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American sports coach and college athletics administrator

Clair L. Gleason
Biographical details
Born	(1923-05-17)May 17, 1923 Burr Oak, Kansas, U.S.
Died	June 29, 1986(1986-06-29) (aged 63) Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1953–1959	Sterling
Basketball
?	Sterling

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1953–1986	Sterling

Head coaching record
Overall	29–29 (football) 104–120

Clair LaVane Gleason (May 17, 1923 – June 29, 1986) was an American football, basketball, and baseball and track coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas, for seven seasons, from 1953 to 1959, compiling a record of 29–29. Gleason succeeded Os Doenges as athletic director and coach at Sterling in 1953. He was previously the director of physical education at Miltonvale Wesleyan College in Miltonvale, Kansas.

Gleason died June 29, 1986, at the Hutchinson Hospital in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Sterling Warriors (NAIA independent) (1953–1959)
1953	Sterling	3–6
1954	Sterling	4–4
1955	Sterling	5–2
1956	Sterling	6–3
1957	Sterling	6–3
1958	Sterling	4–4
1959	Sterling	1–7
Sterling:		29–29
Total:		29–29

DeLassus, David. "Sterling College Records By Year (incomplete data)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
"Football Media Guide" (PDF). Sterling Warriors. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
"New Coach At Sterling". Atchison Daily Globe. Atchison, Kansas. Associated Press. April 17, 1953. p. 5. Retrieved October 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
"Clair L. Gleason", Hutchinson News, July 1, 1986, Hutchinson, Kansas

v t e Sterling Warriors head football coaches
No coach (1893–1895) No team (1896–1897) No coach (1898) No team (1899) G. W. Benn (1900) Unknown (1901) Professor Schaffner (1902) Josiah McCracken (1903) Unknown (1904–1905) No team (1906) Unknown (1907–1909) Garfield Weede (1910–1918) Fred A. Dunsmore (1919) T. E. McDonald (1920) E. H. Faler (1921) Warren Woody (1922–1924) E. R. Cowell (1925–1927) Art Kahler (1928–1930) No team (1931–1933) Ralph Kirby (1934) Harvey Chrouser (1935–1939) Lou Odle (1940–1941) Lorin Helm (1942) No team (1943–1944) John Paden (1945) Duane Wilson (1946–1948) Os Doenges (1949–1952) Clair L. Gleason (1953–1959) Benny Fose (1960) Sam Wilkey (1961) Robert Mistele (1962–1963) Reuben Berry (1964–1965) Curt Bennett (1966–1973) Sam Sample (1974–1976) Les Unruh (1977–1980) Curt Bennett (1981) Scott Downing (1982–1983) Gary D. White (1984–1987) Hadley Hicks (1988–1989) Kim Raynor (1990–1993) Bill Bauer (1994–1996) Curt Bennett (1997–2000) Mark Splitter (2001–2003) Andy Lambert (2004–2015) Chuck Lambert (2016–2017) Chase Hansen (2018–2021) Darren Jackson (2022–2023) Reggie Langford Jr. (2024– )

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