{{Short description|American football player and coach (1936–2023)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Y C McNease | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|2|1}} | birth_place = Raleigh, Mississippi, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|3|7|1936|2|1}} | death_place = Monticello, Florida, U.S. | alma_mater = Florida State University, 1963 | player_years1 = 1961–1962 | player_team1 = Florida State | player_positions = End, center, linebacker, fullback | coach_years1 = 1963 | coach_team1 = Florida State (assistant) | coach_years2 = 1964 | coach_team2 = Wichita State (assistant) | coach_years3 = 1965 | coach_team3 = Texas Western (assistant) | coach_years4 = 1966–1967 | coach_team4 = Michigan (assistant) | coach_years5 = 1968–1969 | coach_team5 = Idaho | coach_years6 = 1970 | coach_team6 = Kansas State (assistant) | coach_years7 = 1971–1972 | coach_team7 = UTEP (assistant) | overall_record = 7–13 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = 1 Big Sky (1968) | awards = | coaching_records = }} {{Infobox military person | allegiance = {{USA}} | branch = 15px U.S. Marine Corps | rank = | unit = | service_years = 1956–1959 | battles = Cold War | awards = }} '''Y C McNease''' (February 1, 1936 – March 7, 2023)<ref name=robrep/> was an American college football coach. He was the head coach at the University of Idaho for the 1968 and 1969 seasons.<ref name=obitathn>{{cite news |url=https://www.onlineathens.com/obituaries/pgsc0443197 |work=Athens Banner-Herald |location=Georgia |agency=Obituary |title=YC McNease|date=March 9, 2023 |accessdate=March 9, 2024}}</ref>
==Playing career== Born in Raleigh, Mississippi, McNease graduated from Leland High School in Leland in 1956,<ref name=obitathn/><ref>[http://directory.lhsreunion.org/PrintClass.aspx?BL=D&ClassYear=1956 directory.lhsreunion.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108122954/http://directory.lhsreunion.org/PrintClass.aspx?BL=D&ClassYear=1956 |date=January 8, 2014 }} - 1956 - accessed 2012-05-04</ref> and joined the U.S. Marines.<ref name=passhr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dd1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A-kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5192,2521141|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|title=The pass is here|first=Bob |last=Payne|date=January 24, 1968|page=11}}</ref> After his three years of military service, he attended junior college and transferred to Florida State, where he was on the roster for the 1961 and 1962 seasons as an end and center,<ref>[http://nolefan.org/ath/a01684.html nolefan.org] - Florida State football - Y C McNease - accessed 2012-04-05</ref><ref>[http://nolefan.org/football/frost.html nolefan.org] - Florida State football - year-by-year rosters - accessed 2012-04-05</ref><ref name=tapkn>{{cite web|url=https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A109885 |publisher=DigiNole |agency=(Florida State University) |title=Y C McNease with taped knee, 1962 |accessdate=July 12, 2022}}</ref> and also played linebacker and fullback.<ref name=miaid>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=laQpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2166%2C875154|newspaper= Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington|title=Vandal post goes to Michigan aide|date=January 11, 1968|page=21}}</ref> Well into his twenties and losing his hair, McNease was nicknamed "Pappy" by his younger FSU teammates.<ref>[http://nolefan.org/summary/f1961.html nolefan.org] - Florida State football - 1961 - year-in-review - accessed 2012-04-05</ref>
==Coaching career== Following his playing career, McNease was an assistant coach for five seasons at four schools; Florida State, Wichita State, Texas-El Paso, and Michigan.<ref name=mcnapp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LspeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4107%2C1530408 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho|title=McNease appointed Idaho Vandal football coach |date=January 11, 1968 |page=14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L94jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4622,5573507|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal|title=McNease appointed new coach at Idaho|agency=Associated Press|date=January 11, 1968|page=18|archive-date=November 23, 2015|access-date=November 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123044336/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L94jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4622,5573507|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was named the head coach at the University of Idaho in January 1968 at age 31,<ref name=argipc>{{cite news |url=https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/argonaut/pdf/arg-1968-01-11.pdf |work=Idaho Argonaut |agency=(University of Idaho) |location=Moscow |last=Sherman |first=Dick |title=Idaho picks coach – McNease from Michigan |date=January 11, 1968 |page=6}}</ref> at an annual salary of $16,800.<ref name=lmtfrd>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4061,3027140|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Idaho|title=McNease fired from Vandal football coaching job|date=May 16, 1970|page=12}}</ref> McNease succeeded Steve Musseau and placed a new emphasis on the passing game;<ref name=passhr/> the Vandals were 5–5 and 3–1 in the Big Sky in his first season,<ref name=gem69athl>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1969/245 |publisher=Gem of the Mountains|title=Athletics (1968–69)|date=1969|page=240}}</ref> but they struggled with injuries and slipped to 2–8 with only one win in conference in 1969.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uoFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6040,541614|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Idaho|title=Steve Olson's future dim|date=November 4, 1969|page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I2pYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LvgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2510,2555880|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington|title=Injury-hampered Vandals will face Colorado State|date=November 10, 1969|page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x4FfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6100%2C4096848|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Idaho|title=McNease encouraged|date=November 23, 1969|page=12}}</ref>
After just two seasons at Idaho, McNease was dismissed in May 1970 following spring practices. Though reasons were not fully disclosed by the university, it was attributed to his disciplinary tactics and player unrest.<ref name=robrep>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MFchAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M4UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=894,3543369|newspaper=Tri-City Herald|title=Robbins to replace McNease at Idaho|agency=Associated Press|date=May 17, 1970|page=38|archive-date=January 24, 2013|access-date=November 22, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124201804/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MFchAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M4UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=894,3543369|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=lmtfrd/> Additionally, an altercation reportedly occurred with a player in a Memorial Gym hallway and resulted in a ripped coat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XbZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2257,1709949|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Idaho|title=Idaho officials debating possible coaching change|date=May 9, 1970|page=12}}</ref> In August 1971, over a year after his dismissal, McNease filed a $250,000 (later $1 million) breach of contract lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the university.<ref name=sueuiof>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dJBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3797%2C3553722 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |agency=Associated Press |title=Y C McNease sues U of I, officials |date=August 19, 1971 |page=15}}</ref><ref name=ffcfgid>{{cite news |url=https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/argonaut/items/arg-1971-09-08.html |work=Idaho Argonaut |location=Moscow |agency=University of Idaho |last=Kondo |first=Kimi |title=Former football coach files against Idaho |date=September 8, 1971 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B8xeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4132,3081734|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Idaho|title=Settlement reached in McNease suit against U of I|date=June 14, 1973|page=15}}</ref> An out-of-court settlement was reached in 1973 for just under $24,800.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_xtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nOwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3696,195634|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|title=Settlement approved by McNease|agency=Associated Press|date=June 13, 1973|page=15}}</ref>
McNease coached as an assistant for the next three seasons at Kansas State (1970) and back at UTEP, until his resignation in late October 1972, which followed the resignation of head coach Bobby Dobbs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LLtaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UlADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5139,6042244|newspaper=Prescott Courier|location=Arizona|title=Resignations flow at UTEP|agency=Associated Press|date=October 25, 1972|page=3}}</ref>
==After coaching== McNease left coaching and worked in the insurance and financial services industry, with stops in Athens, Georgia, and back on the Palouse in the Moscow-Pullman area in the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X2VOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1814%2C2059707|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington|title=Saturday smorgasbord|date=November 8, 1980|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XK1fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0DIMAAAAIBAJ&dq=mcnease&pg=1882%2C2985117|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=classified ads|date= November 7, 1980|page=4D}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zLNfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CDMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5876,2891933&dq=yc+mcnease&hl=en|newspaper= Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Idaho|title=classified ads|date=January 23, 1981|page=5D}}</ref> As of 2010, he was a resident of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.<ref>[http://www.doi.idaho.gov/insurance/AgentDetail.aspx?Lic_No=87589 doi.idaho.gov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123034642/http://www.doi.idaho.gov/insurance/AgentDetail.aspx?Lic_No=87589 |date=November 23, 2015 }} - insurance - accessed 2012-04-05</ref><!-- sister's obit (2005) --><ref name=sisobt>{{cite news |url=https://obits.al.com/us/obituaries/birmingham/name/claudine-bounds-obituary?id=14067083 |work=Birmingham News |location=Alabama |agency=(obituary) |title=Claudine Bounds |date=September 30, 2005 |accessdate=July 12, 2022}}</ref> He spent his later years in Florida and died at age 87 at his home in Monticello.<ref name=obitathn/>
==Name== His unique first name was simply "Y C" and unpunctuated; his last name is pronounced in three syllables (Mac-Nee-See).<ref name=miaid/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4L1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4670,3386184|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|title=New coach: Idaho post to McNease|agency=Associated Press|date=January 12, 1968|page=19}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Idaho Vandals | conf = Big Sky Conference | startyear = 1968 | endyear = 1969 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1968 | name = Idaho | overall = 5–5 | conference = 3–1 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1969 | name = Idaho | overall = 2–8 | conference = 1–3 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Idaho | overall = 7–13 | confrecord = 4–4 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 7–13 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }}
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