Mike Clark (football coach)

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Mike Clark born August 22, 1954 in Wichita, Kansas is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Seattle Seahawks where he has been since 2004.

Clark came to Seattle from Texas A&M, where he spent 14 seasons as the head strength and conditioning coach, adding the title of assistant athletic director in 2000. During his tenure with the Aggies, Clark helped develop current Seahawks defensive linemen Rocky Bernard and Seahawks’ linebackers coach Zerick Rollins.

A 2003 inductee into the USA Strength and Conditioning Coaches Hall of Fame, Clark was twice named Strength Coach of the Year in 1993 and 2000. Also in 2000, he was the president of the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association.

During Seattle’s Super Bowl XL run in 2005, his regimen earned the “Colonel” American Football Monthly’s NFL Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year award.

Before joining the Texas A&M coaching staff, he was head strength and conditioning coach at Southern California (1988-89), Oregon (1983-87), Kansas (1982), and Wyoming (1981). After two years as a graduate assistant at Kansas (1977-78), Clark coached linebackers and served as defensive coordinator at Topeka (Kansas) High School (1979-80).

A graduate of Ottawa University where he played center, Clark earned his B.S. in Physical Education and minored in Biology in 1977.

[edit] Career History

1977-78 - Kansas (Graduate Assistant)
1979-80 - Topeka HS (Defensive Coordinator/Lineackers)
1981 - Wyoming (Head Strength & Conditioning Coach)
1982 - Kansas (Head Strength & Conditioning Coach)
1983-88 - Oregon (Head Strength & Conditioning Coach)
1988-89 - USC (Head Strength & Conditioning Coach) - Pacific-10 Conference Champion both years
1990-00 - Texas A&M (Head Strength & Conmditioning Coach) - 1991-93 Southwest Conference Champions, 1997 Big-12 South Division Champion and 1998 Big 12 Conference Champion
2000-03 - Texas A&M (Assistant Athletic Director and Head Strength & Conditioning Coach)
2004-present - Seattle Seahawks: Head Strength & Conditioning Coach

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