The late Clarence "Doc" Spears owns the highest winning percentage of any Mountaineer football coach with at least a four-year tenure. During his years at WVU from 1921-24, Dr. Spears compiled a record of 30-6-3, good for a winning percentage of .808.

Born in DeWitt, Ark., Spears had the distinction of coaching three All-Americans in Russ Meredith, Fred Graham and Red Mahan and also had four second team All-America picks. He led WVU to its first bowl game in 1922, San Diego's East-West Game, where the Mountaineers defeated Gonzaga 21-13 to cap a 10-0-1 season for the first undefeated season in school history.

His WVU teams showed records of 5-4-1, 10-0-1, 7-1-1 and 8-1 respectively. His 1924 squad was the first to play at Old Mountaineer Field, christening the facility with a 21-6 victory against West Virginia Wesleyan on September 27 of that year.

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• Position: Head Coach
• Hometown: Kewanee, Ill.
• Inducted into WVU Hall of Fame: 1997