Clarence W. Russell

Clarence W. Russell
	Russell, c. 1906
Biographical details
Died	February 5, 1919; Visalia, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1904–1906	Chicago
Track
?–1907	Chicago
Position(s)	Guard, tackle (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1907	West Virginia
1908	Colorado Mines
1914–1916	New Mexico A&M
Basketball
1914–1917	New Mexico A&M
Baseball
1915	New Mexico A&M
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1914–1918	New Mexico A&M
Head coaching record
Overall	19–15–2 (football); 19–12 (basketball); 11–5 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	National (1905);

Clarence William Russell (? – February 5, 1919) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at West Virginia University in 1907, at the Colorado School of Mines in 1908, and at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as New Mexico State University—from 1914 to 1916, compiling a career college football record of 19–15–2. Russell was also the head basketball coach at New Mexico A&M from 1914 to 1917 and the school's head baseball coach in 1915. A native of Oskaloosa, Iowa, Russell died on February 5, 1919, in Visalia, California.^[1]^[2]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1907)
1907	West Virginia	6–4
West Virginia:		6–4
Colorado Mines Orediggers (Independent) (1908)
1908	Colorado Mines	2–3
Colorado Mines:		2–3
New Mexico A&M Aggies (Independent) (1914–1916)
1914	New Mexico A&M	4–2–1
1915	New Mexico A&M	5–2
1916	New Mexico A&M	2–4–1
New Mexico A&M:		11–8–2
Total:		19–15–2

^ "Will Coach West Virginia; Clarence Russell of Chicago Track Team, Accepts New Position". The Washington Post. June 4, 1907. p. 9. Retrieved July 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Deaths". The University of Chicago Magazine. 11 (5): 189. March 1919. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

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