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UCF Knights’s offensive line coach Shawn Clark died almost two weeks after being hospitalized due to a medical emergency, school announced on Monday. He was 50 years old.
Clark underwent the health problem on September 9 and was far from the team. He would have been stable at the hospital last week. The team did not disclose its official condition at the time.
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The Appalachian state coach Shawn Clark looks at the players to warm up before participating in the UAB in the New Orleans NCAA University Football match in New Orleans on December 21, 2019. (Photo / Brett Duke)
“Shawn was much more than a coach,” said UCF head coach Scott Frost in a statement. “He was a remarkable man, husband and father who cared deeply about his players and staff. The reaction of our players and coaches to the news this morning is a testimony to the character of Shawn and the impact he had on each life he touched. He was loved.”
Clark joined the Knights program after spending five years as a chief coach of the Altoners of the Appalachian State.
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The Moultalneers head coach of the state of the Appalaches, Shawn Clark, reacts to a call in the second half against the Pirates of Caroline de l’Est at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on September 14, 2024. (James Guillory / Imagn images)
He was chief coach of Appalachian State, his Alma Mater, from 2019 to 2024. He had 40-24 in total and 3-1 in matches with victories at the New Orleans Bowl, Myrtle Beach Bowl and Cure Bowl.
“We are deeply saddened by the death of the former student of the App State, All-American football and former head coach Shawn Clark. We extend our deepest sympathy to Shawn’s family and to all those who knew and loved him,” said the school in an article on X.
Head coach Shawn Clark speaks to Asheville Citizen-Totes sports journalist Evan Gerike after the practice of Mountaineers AppState football at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, Wednesday October 23, 2024. (Jasper Colt / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
He began his coach career in 2001 as a graduate assistant for the Cardinals of Louisville. He was an offensive line coach with colonels in eastern Kentucky, Purdue drivers and Kent State gold flashes. He was coach of the Mountaineers offensive line in 2016 and later the attacking coordinator before taking over as a head coach.
