He served as the head football coach at St. Augustine's College—now known as St. Augustine's University—in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1963 to 1965 and Shaw University in Raleigh from 1973 to 1974.
He was the interim co-head football coach with Robert Jackson at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina for part of the 1977 season.
Clements was also the head basketball coach at St. Augustine's from 1958 to 1971 and North Carolina Central from 1979 to 1984.
A native of Champaign, Illinois, Clements attended St. Augustine's.
He died on April 1, 1991, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh.