Shawn Clark
Shawn Clark went 40–24 as a head coach, 2019–2024, at App State. Share
- Record
- 40–24 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Aug 16, 1975
- Alma mater
- App State 1998
- Best season
- 2019 13–1, No. 19
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | App State interim, bowl game | 1–0 | New Orleans Bowl W | 19 | |
| 2020 | App State | 9–3 | Myrtle Beach Bowl W | ||
| 2021 | App State | 10–4 | Boca Raton Bowl L | ||
| 2022 | App State | 6–6 | |||
| 2023 | App State | 9–5 | Cure Bowl W | ||
| 2024 | App State | 5–6 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 7–9 | 44% |
| Conference games | 40 | 25–15 | 63% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 24 | 12–12 | 50% |
| At home | 31 | 26–5 | 84% |
| On the road | 29 | 11–18 | 38% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 47 | 35–12 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 17 | 5–12 | 29% |
His own 64 games on file, 2019–2024, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Elliott 2020–2023 | 4–0 | Georgia State | 4 | |
| Charles Huff 2021–2024 | 2–2 | Marshall | 4 | |
| Mike Houston 2021–2024 | 3–0 | East Carolina | 3 | |
| Ricky Rahne 2022–2024 | 2–1 | Old Dominion | 3 | |
| Jamey Chadwell 2020–2022 | 1–2 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | |
| Clay Helton 2022–2024 | 1–2 | Georgia Southern | 3 | |
| Billy Napier 2020–2021 | 0–3 | Louisiana | 3 |
Shawn 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Stateseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Georgia Southernseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Marshallseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Coastal Carolinaseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Troyseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Louisianaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| East Carolinaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| UL Monroeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | Louisville | Graduate assistant | |
| 2003–08 | Eastern Kentucky | Offensive line coach | |
| 2009–12 | Purdue | Offensive line coach | |
| 2013–15 | Kent State | Offensive line coach | |
| 2016–18 | Appalachian State | Co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2019 | Appalachian State | Assistant head coach and offensive line coach | |
| 2019 | App State | Head coach | |
| 2020–24 | Appalachian State | Head coach | |
| 2025 | UCF | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- John SmithLouisville
- Danny HopeEastern Kentucky, Purdue
- Dean HoodEastern Kentucky
- Patrick HigginsPurdue
- Paul HaynesKent State
- Scott SatterfieldApp State
- Mark IveyApp State
- Eli DrinkwitzApp State
- Scott FrostUCF
Assistants who became head coaches
- Greg GasparatoTroy
- Ted RoofDuke
- Scot SloanSamford
Worked under (9)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Smith | Louisville | 2001–02 | Graduate assistant | |
| Danny Hope | Eastern Kentucky | 2003–07 | Offensive line coach | |
| Dean Hood | Eastern Kentucky | 2008 | Offensive line coach | |
| Danny Hope | Purdue | 2009–12 | Offensive line coach | |
| Patrick Higgins | Purdue | 2012 | Offensive line coach | |
| Paul Haynes | Kent State | 2013–15 | Offensive line coach | |
| Scott Satterfield | App State | 2016–18 | Co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Mark Ivey | App State | 2018 | Co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Eli Drinkwitz | App State | 2019 | Assistant head coach and offensive line coach | |
| Scott Frost | UCF | 2025 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Gasparato | App State, 2019: safeties coach | Troy | |
| Ted Roof | App State, 2019: defensive coordinator | Duke | |
| Scot Sloan | App State, 2023–24: defensive coordinator | Samford |
Other assistants under him (8)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie Harbison | App State, 2019: cornerbacks coach | |
| D. J. Smith | App State, 2019: outside linebackers coach | |
| Garrett Riley | App State, 2019: running backs coach | |
| Dale Jones | App State, 2020–22: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| Tony Petersen | App State, 2020: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Frank Ponce | App State, 2021, 2023–24: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Kevin Barbay | App State, 2022: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Lawrence Dawsey | App State, 2022–24: wide receivers coach |
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.
How he coached
Clark’s teams went for it on 30% of fourth downs and on 49% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 53% of plays and took 24.8 seconds a play, in 2024.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 11 g | 23 of 77 30% | 49% | 53% | 24.8 | +0.09 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.