Don Clark
Don Clark went 13–16–1 as a head coach, 1957–1959, at USC. Share
- Record
- 13–16–1 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1959 8–2, No. 14
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | USC | 1–9 | T–7th | |||
| 1958 | USC | 4–5–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1959 | USC | 8–2 | T–1st | 14 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 11 | 2–8–1 | 23% |
| Conference games | 18 | 8–9–1 | 47% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 13 | 5–7–1 | 42% |
| At home | 17 | 7–10 | 41% |
| On the road | 13 | 6–6–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 18 | 8–10 | 44% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 5–6–1 | 46% |
His own 30 games on file, 1957–1959, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Owens 1957–1959 | 3–0 | Washington | 3 | |
| Tommy Prothro 1957–1959 | 2–1 | Oregon State | 3 | |
| Pete Elliott 1957–1959 | 1–2 | California | 3 |
Don Clark’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Washingtonseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Stanfordseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Californiaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| UCLAseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Notre Dameseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Pittsburghseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Washington Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Also a player: Don Clark’s playing career.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Ray GeorgeTexas A&M
- John McKayUSC, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray George | USC, 1958–59: assistant coach | Texas A&M | |
| John McKay | USC, 1959: assistant coach | USC, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.