Charles McClendon
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 17, 1923 Lewisville, Arkansas |
| Died | December 6, 2001 (aged 78) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1949–1950 | Kentucky |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1952 | Vanderbilt (assistant) |
| 1953–1961 | LSU (assistant) |
| 1962–1979 | LSU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 137–59–7 |
| Bowls | 7–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SEC (1970) | |
| Awards | |
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AFCA Coach of the Year (1970) Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1992) 2× SEC Coach of the Year (1969, 1970) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1986 (profile) |
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Charles Youmans McClendon (October 17, 1923 – December 6, 2001), also known as "Cholly Mac", was an American football player and coach. He served at the head coach at Louisiana State University from 1962 to 1979. McClendon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
McClendon was born on October 17, 1923 in Lewisville, Arkansas. He played college football under Bear Bryant at the University of Kentucky.
McClendon's first coaching job was as an assistant at Vanderbilt University in 1952. In 1953, he came to LSU as an assistant under head coach Gaynell Tinsley. He was retained as an assistant when Paul Dietzel took over the team in 1955. In 1958, McClendon helped Dietzel coach LSU to its first recognized national championship. At the end of the 1961 season, Dietzel left LSU and picked McClendon to be his successor. McClendon served as the LSU head coach for the next 18 years (1962–1979), the longest tenure of any football coach in LSU history.
During his first 12 years (1962–1973), McClendon coached the Tigers to nine appearances in the final AP Poll, with an average rank of 9.22. During this time, LSU's record was 97–32–5 (.724 winning percentage) and LSU went to two Sugar Bowls (1965 and 1968), two Cotton Bowl Classics (1963 and 1966), and two Orange Bowls (1971 and 1974). LSU won nine games in five consecutive seasons from 1969 to 1973, but during that stretch won only one Southeastern Conference championship (1970) and one bowl game in four visits, the 1971 Sun Bowl versus Iowa State.
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