Clark Swisher Explained

Clark Swisher
Birth Date:27 March 1916
Birth Place:Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.
Death Place:Wessington Springs, South Dakota, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1934–1937
Player Team2:South Dakota
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1934–1938
Player Team4:South Dakota
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1938
Coach Team2:Wagner HS (SD)
Coach Years3:1939–1940
Coach Team3:Elk Point HS (SD)
Coach Years4:1946–1955
Coach Team4:Northern State
Coach Years5:1957–1968
Coach Team5:Northern State
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1946–1955
Coach Team7:Northern State
Overall Record:146–42–4 (college football)
95–88 (college basketball)
Bowl Record:1–0
Tournament Record:Football
0–3 (NAIA playoffs)
Championships:Football
15 SDIC (1948, 1950, 1952–1955, 1957, 1960–1963, 1965–1968)

Clark Leo Swisher (March 27, 1916 – November 28, 2005) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota from 1946 and 1955 and from 1957 to 1968, compiling a record of 146–42–4.[1] Swisher was also the head basketball coach at Northern State from 1946 to 1955, tallying a mark of 95–88.[2] Swisher died on November 28, 2005, at a hospital in Wessington Springs, South Dakota.[3]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clark Swisher. South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. December 30, 2018.
  2. Web site: Men's Basketball Records. Northern State Wolves men's basketball. December 30, 2018.
  3. News: . Northern State coaching legend dies . . . . November 30, 2005 . 5D . January 24, 2019 . .