Connie Clark

For the Tennessee Supreme Court justice, see Cornelia Clark.

Biographical details
Born	(1965-12-20) December 20, 1965 Glendale, Arizona
Playing career
1984–1985	Central Arizona JC
1986–1987	Cal State Fullerton
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1995	Florida State (asst.)
1997–2018	Texas
Head coaching record
Overall	873–401–3 (.685)
Tournaments	NCAA: 52–39 (.571)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4× Big 12 regular season (2002, 2003, 2006, 2010) 4× Big 12 Tournament (1999, 2002, 2003, 2005)
Awards
NFCA Division I Coaching Staff of the Year (2003) NFCA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2006) 3× Big 12 Coach of the Year (2002, 2006, 2010)

Connie Sue Clark (born December 20, 1965) is an American softball coach. The inaugural head coach of the program, Clark was head coach at Texas from 1997 to 2018.

Early life and education

Clark was born and raised in Glendale, Arizona and graduated from Greenway High School in nearby Phoenix in 1983. At Central Arizona Junior College, Clark pitched on the softball team under head coach Mike Candrea and led the team to National Junior College Athletic Association titles in 1984 and 1985.

Transferring to Cal State Fullerton, Clark had a 20–2 record and nation-best 0.18 ERA leading the Titans to the 1986 Women's College World Series title. As a senior in 1987, Clark went 33–5. After graduating from Cal State Fullerton, Clark pitched for Team USA in 1987.

Coaching career

From 1990 to 1995, Clark was an assistant coach at Florida State University. She became the inaugural head softball coach at the University of Texas at Austin in June 1995, leading the Texas Longhorns from 1997 to 2018 with a cumulative 873–401–3 record, four Big 12 Conference regular season titles, four Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament titles, and 19 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including five in the Women's College World Series.

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Texas Longhorns (Big 12 Conference) (1997–2018)
1997	Texas	30–24	6–10	7th
1998	Texas	49–16	11–5	3rd	Women's College World Series
1999	Texas	45–17	10–4	2nd	NCAA Regionals
2000	Texas	30–27–1	11–5	3rd	NCAA Regionals
2001	Texas	24–29	5–13	9th
2002	Texas	50–13	17–1	1st	NCAA Regionals
2003	Texas	49–9	15–2	1st	Women's College World Series
2004	Texas	24–25	5–13	8th
2005	Texas	49–13	11–6	3rd	Women's College World Series
2006	Texas	55–9	15–2	1st	Women's College World Series
2007	Texas	35–20	8–10	6th	NCAA Regionals
2008	Texas	29–23–2	9–9	T–4th	NCAA Regionals
2009	Texas	40–20	11–7	4th	NCAA Regionals
2010	Texas	43–15	14–2	1st	NCAA Regionals
2011	Texas	46–10	14–4	2nd	NCAA Regionals
2012	Texas	47–13	16–8	T–3rd	NCAA Super Regionals
2013	Texas	51–10	14–4	2nd	Women's College World Series
2014	Texas	35–23	12–6	3rd	NCAA Regionals
2015	Texas	38–17	12–6	T–2nd	NCAA Regionals
2016	Texas	38–16	10–7	3rd	NCAA Regionals
2017	Texas	33–26	7–10	4th	NCAA Regionals
2018	Texas	33–26	10–8	4th	NCAA Regionals
Texas:		873–401–3 (.685)	243–142 (.631)
Total:		873–401–3 (.685)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion