Kevin Clark | |
Current Title: | Assistant coach |
Current Team: | Towson |
Current Conference: | CAA |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1958 |
Birth Place: | Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1977–1981 |
Player Team1: | Clark |
Coach Years1: | 1982–1983 |
Coach Team1: | Holy Cross (asst.) |
Coach Years2: | 1984–1987 |
Coach Team2: | Clark (asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 1987–1991 |
Coach Team3: | Clark |
Coach Years4: | 1991–1994 |
Coach Team4: | Fairfield (asst.) |
Coach Years5: | 1994–1998 |
Coach Team5: | George Washington (asst.) |
Coach Years6: | 1998–2003 |
Coach Team6: | St. John's (asst.) |
Coach Years7: | 2003–2004 |
Coach Team7: | St. John's (interim) |
Coach Years8: | 2004–2011 |
Coach Team8: | Rhode Island (asst.) |
Coach Years9: | 2011–present |
Coach Team9: | Towson (asst.) |
Kevin Clark (born May 31, 1958) is an assistant men's basketball coach at the Towson University. He is probably most well known for his stint as the interim head coach at St. John's during the 2003–2004 season.
Clark was hired by Mike Jarvis as an assistant at George Washington in 1994, and followed him to St. John's in 1998. In December 2003, Jarvis was fired after a 2-4 start, and Clark was named as his replacement for the rest of the season. Under Clark, the Red Storm were fairly competitive in their first eight Big East Conference games, despite losing each one.
However, the season came unraveled on February 4, after a loss to Pittsburgh. Six players broke curfew and went to a club in downtown Pittsburgh. They took a woman they met there back to the team hotel for sex. Ultimately, one player was expelled, another withdrew from school, another was suspended from school for at least one year, two others were kicked off the team for the rest of the season and another was suspended for two games.[1] School officials did not hold Clark responsible for the incident.
After team captain Andre Stanley was declared academically ineligible, the Red Storm were cut down to only eight players, including four walk-ons. Ultimately, the Red Storm finished 6-21, including a 1-15 record in Big East play—the worst season in the program's history.