Clement J. McNaspy

Clement James McNaspy (April 20, 1882 – December 15, 1933) was an American football, baseball, and basketball coach, college athletics administrator, and physics profressor. He served as the head football, baseball, and basketball coach and athletic director at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, now known as University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Early years McNaspy was born in Kansas in 1882. At the time of the 1900 United States census, he was living in Union Township, Dickinson County, Kansas, with his mother Anna McNaspy and four younger siblings, and working as a farm laborer. McNaspy studied at the University of Kansas before earning a bachelor's degree at Tulane University. He later added a master's degree from Louisiana State University (LSU). McNaspy Stadium, built in 1940 at the university, was named for McNaspy.

Family McNaspy was married in 1909 to Agnes Aimee Thibodaux. At the time of the 1910 United States census, he was living with Agnes in Lafayette. In a draft registration card dated September 12, 1918, McNaspy indicated that he was a teacher at Southwest Louisiana Industrial Institute. At the time of the 1920 United States census, he was living in Lafayette with Agnes and their two children, C. J. and Agnes, and his occupation was listed as a teacher at the State Institute. At the time of the 1930 United States census, he was living in Lafayette with Agnes and their two children, C. J. and Agnes, and his occupation was listed as a teacher at the State College.

McNaspy's son, C. J. McNaspy, was a Jesuit priest, musicologist, educator, author, and dean at Loyola University New Orleans.

Death and honors McNaspy died on December 15, 1933, at his home in Lafayette, Louisiana, after suffering a heart attack.

In 1940, Southwestern Louisiana Institute constructed McNaspy Stadium, a 4,500-seat stadium located on campus and named in honor of McNaspy. The stadium was later demolished in 2000.

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