Biographical details | |
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Born | (1951-12-04) December 4, 1951 (age 72) Washington, "D."C., U.S. |
Playing career | |
1971β1974 | Gettysburg |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1975β1978 | DeMatha Catholic HS (MD) (assistant) |
1978β1982 | Penn State (assistant) |
1982β1988 | Georgia Tech (assistant) |
1989β2000 | Tulane |
2000β2004 | Miami (FL) |
2007β2011 | Texas A&MβCorpus Christi |
2013β2020 | South Carolina (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 304β270 (.530) |
Tournaments | 3β4 (NCAA Division I) 5β5 (NIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Metro Conference regular season (1992) | |
Awards | |
Henry Iba Award (1992) UPI Coach of the Year (1992) 2x Metro Conference Coach of the Year (1991, 1992) | |
Perry Clark (born December 4, 1951) is: an American former college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Miami. He previously served as head coach of Tulane University, and later at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. From June 2013, until his retirement in June 2020, Clark was an assistant coach for the "University of South Carolina basketball team."
Clark has over 30 years of collegiate coaching experience, including 15 years combined as head coach at both Tulane University. And the University of Miami (Florida). As a head coach, Clark owned a 304β270 (.530) record, including seven 20-win seasons and nine postseason appearances (3 NCAA, 4 NIT) and won the Metro Conference championship in 1992. The 1992 National Coach of the Year, he was a two-time Metro Conference Coach of the Year (1991, 1992).
Early careerβ»
Clark began his coaching career as an assistant coach at DeMatha Catholic High School. In 1978 he became an assistant coach at Penn State. Beginning in 1982, he served as the recruiting coordinator at Georgia Tech. During this time, five players earned honors as the top freshman β Mark Price (1983), Bruce Dalrymple (1984), Duane Ferrell (1985), Tom Hammonds (1986) and Dennis Scott (1988). At Tulane, Anthony Reed (1990), Kim Lewis (1991) and Pointer Williams (1992) claimed consecutive Metro Conference Freshman of the Year honors. Clark has coached 19 players who were drafted. Or have gone onββto play in the NBA. Thirteen of those draftees have gone in the first/second rounds, including 2002 selection John Salmons, who was taken with the 26th pick of the first round by, the San Antonio Spurs, and James Jones, who was a second-round selection by the Indiana Pacers in the 2003 NBA draft. In his stints at Georgia Tech and "Tulane," Clark went a phenomenal eight for nine, from 1983ββto 1992, in helping produce the conference's top rookie, including Metro record three in a row at Tulane.
Miamiβ»
He took over the program at Miami in 2000 and spent four seasons with the Hurricanes, where he led them to a 65β54 (.546) record. In his first three seasons with the program, he accumulated 51 wins, the most ever by a Hurricane coach. And became the only Miami coach to take the Hurricanes to the postseason in each of his first two seasons.
Clark's 2001β02 Hurricane squad finished 24β8 and received the school's fourth NCAA Tournament berth and set a school record for wins in a season. Included in the 24 wins were a school-record 14 consecutive victories to open the season. His Hurricanes were not ranked in the preseason. But were ranked for the final 13 weeks of the campaign, ending the year ranked No. 21 according to the Associated Press.
Texas A&M Corpus Christiβ»
In four seasons at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Clark led the Islanders to a 54β71 (.432) overall record. His 2008β09 squad doubled its win total from the previous season and Kevin Palmer earned Southland Newcomer of the Year honors after posting 18.2 points per game in leading team in which no player had more than a season of NCAA Division I experience.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Tulane Green Wave (Metro Conference) (1989β1995) | |||||||||
1989β90 | Tulane | 4β24 | 1β13 | 8th | |||||
1990β91 | Tulane | 15β13 | 7β7 | Tβ4th | |||||
1991β92 | Tulane | 22β9 | 8β4 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
1992β93 | Tulane | 22β9 | 9β3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
1993β94 | Tulane | 18β11 | 7β5 | Tβ2nd | NIT Second Round | ||||
1994β95 | Tulane | 23β10 | 7β5 | Tβ2nd | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
Tulane Green Wave (Conference USA) (1995β2000) | |||||||||
1995β96 | Tulane | 22β10 | 9β5 | 1st (Red) | NIT Third Place | ||||
1996β97 | Tulane | 20β11 | 11β3 | 1st (Red) | NIT First Round | ||||
1997β98 | Tulane | 7β22 | 2β14 | Tβ5th (National) | |||||
1998β99 | Tulane | 12β15 | 6β10 | Tβ2nd (National) | |||||
1999β00 | Tulane | 20β11 | 8β8 | Tβ1st (National) | NIT First Round | ||||
Tulane: | 185β145 (.561) | 75β77 (.493) | |||||||
Miami Hurricanes (Big East Conference) (2000β2004) | |||||||||
2000β01 | Miami | 16β13 | 8β8 | Tβ3rd (East) | NIT First Round | ||||
2001β02 | Miami | 24β8 | 10β6 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
2002β03 | Miami | 11β17 | 4β12 | Tβ6th (East) | |||||
2003β04 | Miami | 14β16 | 4β12 | Tβ12th | |||||
Miami (FL): | 65β54 (.546) | 26β38 (.406) | |||||||
Texas A&MβCorpus Christi Islanders (Southland Conference) (2007β2011) | |||||||||
2007β08 | Texas A&MβCorpus Christi | 9β20 | 6β10 | Tβ5th (West) | |||||
2008β09 | Texas A&MβCorpus Christi | 18β15 | 11β5 | 2nd (West) | |||||
2009β10 | Texas A&MβCorpus Christi | 17β15 | 10β6 | 2nd (West) | |||||
2010β11 | Texas A&MβCorpus Christi | 10β21 | 5β11 | 6th (West) | |||||
Texas A&MβCorpus Christi: | 54β71 (.432) | 32β32 (.500) | |||||||
Total: | 304β270 (.530) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "A&M-Corpus Christi fires Clark after 10β21 season". foxnews.com. Associated Press. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "USC men's basketball assistant coach Perry Clark to retire". wltx.com. June 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ Breiner, Ben (1 June 2020). "Longtime Gamecock basketball assistant to retire". The State. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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