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UCF Knights offensive line trainer Shawn Clark has died almost two weeks after they were hospitalized due to a medical emergency, the school announced on Monday. He was 50.
Clark led the health question on September 9 and had been away from the team. He is said to be stable in the hospital last week. The team did not reveal its official condition at the time.
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Appalachian State coach Shawn Clark looks up players before taking UAB in New Orleans Bowl NCAA College football match in New Orleans, on December 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Brett Duke)
“Shawn was so much more than a coach,” UCF head coach Scott Frost said in a statement. “He was a remarkable man, husband and father who was deeply interested in his players and staff. The reaction of our players and trains on the news this morning is a testimony of Shawn’s character and the influence he had on any life he touched. He was loved.”
Clark joined the Knights’ program after he spent five years as head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers.
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The Appalachian State Mountaine’s main coach Shawn Clark responds to a call in the second half against East Carolina Pirates at the dowdy ficket Stadium on September 14, 2024. (James Guillory/Imag- Pictures)
He was the main coach of the Appalachian State, Hans Alma Mater, from 2019 to 2024. He was 40-24 overall and 3-1 in bowl games with victories in New Orleans Bowl, Myrtle Beach Bowl and Cure Bowl.
“We are deeply saddened by the adoption of the app State Salum, Football Allamerican and former head coach Shawn Clark. We are expanding our deepest sympathy to Shawn’s family and everyone who knew and loved him,” the school said in a post on X.
Main coach Shawn Clark speaks to Asheville Citizen-Times Sports Reporter Evan Gerike after the Appstate Mountaineers’ football exercise at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, Wednesday, October 23, 2024. (Jasper Colt / USA Today Network via Imag images)
He started his coaching career in 2001 as a candidate assistant for Louisville Cardinals. He was an offensive line trainer with the eastern Kentucky -Oberst, Purdue Boilermakers and Kent State Golden Flashes. He was mountaineers’ offensive line trainer in 2016 and later the offensive coordinator before taking over as the main coach.
