Clarence Lester "Biggie" Munn (September 11, 1908 – March 18, 1975) was an
American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at
Albright College (1935–1936),
Syracuse University (1946), and most notably
Michigan State College (1947–1953), where his
1952 squad won a
national championship. Munn retired from coaching in 1953 to assume duties as Michigan State's
athletic director, a position he held until 1971. Each year, the
Michigan State Spartans football team hands out the "Biggie Munn Award" to the team's most motivational player. MSU's
Munn Ice Arena, built in 1974, is named in his honor. Munn was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1959, and, in 1961, he became Michigan State's first inductee into the
Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. He authored the coaching textbook
Michigan State Multiple Offense in 1953.