| Clair L. Gleason | |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Burr Oak, Kansas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S. |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1953–1959 |
| Coach Team2: | Sterling |
| Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
| Coach Years4: | ? |
| Coach Team4: | Sterling |
| Admin Years1: | 1953–1986 |
| Admin Team1: | Sterling |
| Overall Record: | 29–29 (football) 104–120 |
Clair LaVane Gleason (May 17, 1923 – June 29, 1986) was an American football, basketball, and baseball and track coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas, for seven seasons, from 1953 to 1959, compiling a record of 29–29.[1] [2] Gleason succeeded Os Doenges as athletic director and coach at Sterling in 1953. He was previously the director of physical education at Miltonvale Wesleyan College in Miltonvale, Kansas.[3]
Gleason died June 29, 1986, at the Hutchinson Hospital in Hutchinson, Kansas.[4]