Connie Clark
Biographical details | |
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Born | Glendale, Arizona | December 20, 1965
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 | |
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Awards | |
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Connie Sue Clark (born December 20, 1965)[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] As a senior in 1987, Clark went 33–5.[4] After graduating from Cal State Fullerton, Clark pitched for Team USA in 1987.[2]
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.[2][5]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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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
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References
- ^ "NFCA on Twitter".
- ^ a b c "Connie Clark - Head coach - Texas Athletics". texassports.com.
- ^ "page 7" (PDF).
- ^ "Cal State Fullerton Athletics". 20 October 2015.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". stats.ncaa.org.
- ^ Texas Softball 2018 Fact Book (PDF), University of Texas at Austin, 2018, pp. 28–29
- ^ "- Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site". www.big12sports.com.