Derrick Clark (basketball)

Derrick Clark
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Metro State
Conference Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Biographical details
Born (1971-03-03) March 3, 1971
Muncie, Indiana
Playing career
1993–1995 Cal Lutheran
1995–1997 Shepparton Gators
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–2005 Metro State (asst.)
2005–2007 Air Force (asst.)
2007–2010 Colorado (asst.)
2010–present Metro State
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2× RMAC Coach of the Year (2013, 2014)

Derrick Clark (born March 3, 1971)[1] is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach at Metro State University in Denver, Colorado.

Clark played for coach Mike Dunlap at California Lutheran University. After a short professional career in Australia, he joined Dunlap's coaching staff at Metro State and was on the bench for the Roadrunners' two Division II national championships in 1999 and 2002. In 2005, Clark left Metro State to join Jeff Bzdelik's staff at Division I Air Force, later following Bzdelik to Colorado.[2]

In 2010, Clark was named head coach at Metro State, following Brannon Hays.[2] Clark had immediate success at Metro State, leading the Roadrunners to back to back NCAA tournament appearances. In 2013, he led the team to the Division II national championship game, where the Roadrunners fell to Drury University 74–73.[3] The next season, MSU went 32–2, undefeated in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, and again went to the Division II Final Four. There they were upset by eventual champion Central Missouri.[4]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Metro State[5] (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (2010–present)
2010–11 Metro State 22–8 17–5 2nd NCAA Division II Sweet 16
2011–12 Metro State 25–7 17–5 2nd NCAA Division II Elite Eight
2012–13 Metro State 32–3 20–2 1st NCAA Division II Runner-up
2013–14 Metro State 32–2 22–0 1st NCAA Division II Final Four
2014–15 Metro State 26–6 19–3 T-1st NCAA Division II First Round
2015–16 Metro State 19–11 16–6 T-3rd
Metro State: 156–37 (.808) 111–21 (.841)
Total: 156–37 (.808)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ "Derrick Clark Colorado profile". CUBuffs.com. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Metro State hires former Bzdelik assistant Derrick Clark". Denver Post. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Drury wins Division II championship". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Metro State’s Derrick Clark Still Feeling Sting Of Final Four Loss". Denver.CBSLocal.com. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Men's Basketball Coaching History". GoMetroState.com. Retrieved September 14, 2014.

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