Detroit Mercy Titans Hall of Fame
Clark Jr. was a four-year letterwinner in tennis for the Titans from 1955-59, starring at No. 1 and a captain as a sophomore, junior and senior. He reached the finals of the Missouri Valley Conference as a junior, where he also qualified for the NCAA Tournament, and the semifinals as both a sophomore and senior.
As a prep at Cooley High School, he was ranked No. 9 in Southeastern Michigan as a junior and senior and was a member of the Junior Davis Cup Team.Â
After graduation, he served in the Air Force, but came back to his alma mater as an assistant tennis coach in 1959. After working at Michigan for a few years, he returned to U-D as a teacher before being hired as the cross country head coach in 1972, the tennis head coach in 1978, and the track and field head coach in 1982.
As a Titan, he spent 40 years at U-D, coaching tennis for 36 seasons before stepping down in 1991 and retiring from track and field and cross country coaching in 1995. He totaled over 300 career wins throughout all of his sports coaching.
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He is the son of Earl "Dutch" Clark who is also in the Titan Hall of Fame as a football coach.
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