Women's Basketball Names Bob Clark as an Assistant Coach
5/23/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
May 23, 2007
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest head women's basketball coach Mike Petersen announced the hiring of Bob Clark as assistant coach. Clark joins the Demon Deacons with 21 years of collegiate coaching experience.
"We're very happy to add Bob to our staff," said Petersen. "He brings a wealth of experience in coaching women's basketball and he's someone I've known a long time and have a great comfort level with him. He's a great basketball person and is a talented teacher, who has an impressive track record for coaching and recruiting."
Most recently, Clark served as the head coach for the girls' basketball team at Loch Raven High School in Baltimore, Md. After leading Loch Raven to the finals of the Region 2A North tournament, Clark was named the Coach of the Year for the Baltimore metropolitan by the Baltimore Examiner. After going 10-11 the previous season, Clark led the Raiders to a 19-4 record in his first year.
Clark's extensive collegiate coaching experience includes assistant stints at American University (2005-06), Georgetown University (1998-04), Towson (1996-98), Long Beach State (1995-96), Radford (1993-95), Providence (1990-93), Arizona State (1987-90) and Oklahoma (1986-87).
During Clark's six seasons at Georgetown, he helped the Hoyas to four WNIT bids and also served as the recruiting coordinator for three years. Clark reunites with Wake Forest's newly appointed associate head coach Natasha Adair, who also served as an assistant coach at Georgetown during the same time.
In addition to postseason experience at Georgetown, Clark was also part of four teams that advanced to the NCAA tournament. While an assistant at Radford, Clark's teams won the Big South Tournament earning an automatic bid to the NCAA's in each of his two seasons. At Providence, the Lady Friars compiled a 62-30 record and earned two at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament. During the 1990-91 season, the Lady Friars led all Division I schools with a 96.7 scoring average, a record that still stands.
Clark's first collegiate position was as an assistant men's basketball coach at Roanoke College in Salem, Va., from 1984-86. During that time, Roanoke won the Old Dominion Athletic Conference title and competed in the Division III National Tournament.
"I'm excited about joining Coach Petersen, his staff and the Wake Forest community," said Clark. "I'm looking forward to competing in the best conference in the country for women's basketball."
Clark, a Philadelphia native, is a 1984 graduate of Towson University with a degree in elementary education. Clark will relocate to Winston-Salem with his wife, Kristen, and two daughters, Alyssa and Brittany.