Bob Mears

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Bob Mears
Biographical details
Born1933 (age 91–92)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1951–1952 La Junta
1953–1955 Western State (CO)
Basketball
c. 1952 La Junta
c. 1955 Western State (CO)
Baseball
c. 1955 Western State (CO)
Position(s) Quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1962–1965 Shafter HS (CA)
1966 Channel Islands HS (CA) (assistant)
1967–1969 Simi Valley HS (CA)
1970–1975 Southwestern (CA) (DC)
1976–1989Southwestern (CA)
Head coaching record
Overall75–65–5 (junior college football)
Bowls4–0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 Mission Conference (1982)
1 Mission Conference South Division (1988)

Robert Mears (born 1933) is American former college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California from 1976 to 1989.

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Mears was born in 1933, in Wichita, Kansas. He attended high school in La Junta, Colorado and then played football and basketball at La Junta Junior College—now known as Otero College in the early 1950s. Mears transferred to Western State College of Colorado—now known as Western Colorado University—earning all-Rocky Mountain Conference honors in football, basketball, and basketball. [1]

Mears was the head football coach at Shafter High School in Shafter, California from 1962 to 1965. He was an assistant football coach in 1966 at Oxnard, California's Channel Islands High School before returning to the head coaching ranks the following year at Simi Valley High School in Simi Valley, California. [2] Mears went to Southwestern College in 1970 as a defensive assistant under head football coach under Wes Foreman. [3] After five seasons as defensive coordinator for the Southwestern Apaches, he succeeded Foreman as head coach in 1976. [4] Mears also served as athletic director at Southwestern and coached swimming and women's softball. [1]

Head coaching record

Junior college football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Southwestern Apaches (Mission Conference)(1976–1989)
1976 Southwestern3–6–11–5–18th
1977 Southwestern2–81–6T–6th
1978 Southwestern5–52–57th
1979 Southwestern6–43–4T–4th
1980 Southwestern3–6–12–46th
1981 Southwestern4–62–4T–5th
1982 Southwestern 10–15–1T–1stW San Diego-South Bay Bowl
1983 Southwestern 9–24–23rdW South Bay-Kiwanis Bowl
1984 Southwestern5–53–5T–5th
1985 Southwestern 9–1–17–12ndT National Football Foundation Bowl
1986 Southwestern7–3–16–2–16thW National Football Foundation Bowl
1987 Southwestern3–72–79th
1988 Southwestern 7–45–41st (South)W National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Bowl
1989 Southwestern2–7–11–7–14th (South)
Southwestern:75–65–544–57–3
Total:75–65–5
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. 1 2 "Bob Mears". Southwestern College . Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ "County Prep Gridders Start Getting In Shape". Ventury County Star-Free Press . Ventura, California. August 27, 1967. p. D2. Retrieved February 4, 2025– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ "Simi Valley Gets New Grid Coach". Ventury County Star-Free Press . Ventura, California. June 23, 1970. p. C1. Retrieved February 4, 2025– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. ↑ "Mears readies for SC position". Chula Vista Star-News . December 25, 1975. p. C2. Retrieved January 16, 2025– via Newspapers.com.


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