NCAA Division II College Coach of the Year (1967) 6× CIAA Coach of the Year (1957, 1961, 1963, 1970, 1975, 1980)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1982 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Clarence Edward "Big House" Gaines Sr. (May 21, 1923 – April 18, 2005) was an American college men's basketball coach with a 47-year coaching career at Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Among his numerous honors for his achievements, he is one of the few African Americans to be inducted as a coach into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Before graduating and becoming a coach, he had an outstanding collegiate career as a football player for Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
University in Baltimore, Maryland. Gaines was born in Paducah, Kentucky to Lester and Olivia Bolen Gaines. Clarence helped his family by working in a garage...
The Clarence "Big House" Gaines Award is an award given annually by Collegeinsider.com to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in...
beside other legends like Bear Bryant. The NSMA established the Clarence "Big House" Gaines College Basketball Coach of the Year Awards in 2010, with the...
NCAA tournament. In 2012, he was honored for the turnaround with the ClarenceGaines Award as the best NCAA Division II coach. "Northwest hires new basketball...
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CCAA title and appeared in the NCAA playoffs. He received the first ClarenceGaines Award for the nation's best Division II basketball coach in 2011. In...
of Fame along with Slater Martin, Frank Ramsey, Willis Reed, coach ClarenceGaines, and contributor Alva Duer. Greer is recognized as one of the first...
Clarence Clyde Seedorf (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈklɛrəns ˈseːdɔr(ə)f] ; born 1 April 1976) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He...
NCAA Tournament appearances from 2008 to 2010. Billeter received the ClarenceGaines Coach of the Year award in 2013. In the 2014–15 season, the Vikings...
Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick FitzClarence, GCH (9 December 1799 – 30 October 1854) was a British Army officer and the third illegitimate son of King...
Call Me Big House, ISBN 0-89587-303-6, the autobiography of the late ClarenceGaines, one of America's best collegiate basketball coaches. Johnson is also...
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He...
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