Bobby Clark
Bobby Clark
  • Title:
    Assistant Coach

Bio

Bobby Clark enters his third season an assistant coach with the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Women's Soccer program in 2020, working with his daughter Jennifer Clark, who serves as the program's head coach. 

Clark retired from his previous position as the head coach of the Notre Dame men's soccer team in 2017, after leading the Fighting Irish to the 2013 national championship. In 16 seasons at the helm at Notre Dame, Clark compiled a 216-93-55 record while having his teams ranked in the final top 25 coaches poll 14 times. 

Notre Dame's 2013 national title team earned a 17-1-6 record, including a 13-game unbeaten streak to start the year, giving it the No. 1 spot in the national polls for the first time in program history. For his efforts, Clark earned the 2013 United Soccer Coaches Division I Coach of the Year honor.

In addition to the national championship, Clark also helped the Fighting Irish to two BIG EAST Tournament titles (2003 and 2012), a share of the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship in the program's first season in the league, and the No. 1 overall seed in the 2012 and 2014 NCAA Tournament.

Over his 31 years in college coaching, which also included nine years at Dartmouth and five years at Stanford, Clark earned a 369-156-80 record (.676 win percentage). He led Dartmouth to an 82-42-13 record from 1985-93, including two NCAA quarterfinal appearances, while he coached Stanford to a 71-21-12 record in his five seasons from 1996-2000, finishing as the national runner-up in 1998 and earning a No. 1 ranking in 2000.