DEONDRI CLARK

HEAD FOOTBALL COACH



Deondri Clark is going into his fourth year at the helm and including last season he is

 sporting an impressive 22-10 (.687%) record.  In just three years, Clark has become one of the top young coaches in the country, guiding SU to a CIAA Eastern Division second place finish in 2003 and in 2004 winning the CIAA title and the Pioneer Bowl.

Clark was named head coach on September 3, 2003 and the 7-3 finish his first season was the Bears best record in 33 years.  Clark is a 1993 graduate of Florida State and a native of Winter Garden, FL.  He was a standout defensive lineman for the Seminoles and legendary Coach Bobby Bowden.  Present N.C. State head coach Chuck Amato was his position coach during his days at Florida State.  During his collegiate career at FSU they won four Bowl games and had an impressive 42-7 record.  FSU never finished less than #4 in the national AP rankings during his career.
 

In 2002, Clark was SU’s defensive coordinator and prior to his tenure at SU, he was the defensive line coach at Benedict College (2001-02).  Prior to Benedict he was a graduate assistant at Michigan State (200-01 and Central Michigan (1999-2000).  He earned his master’s of arts degree from Central Michigan in 2003.