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Full name
  
James Clark

Role
  
Footballer

Height
  
1.88 m

Playing position
  
Position
  
Defender, Midfielder

Name
  
Jamie Clark


Date of birth
  
(1976-12-13) 13 December 1976 (age 39)

Current team
  

Place of birth
  
Aberdeen, Scotland

James Clark (born 13 December 1976) is a Scottish soccer coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach of the University of Washington.

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Early life

James "Jamie" Clark was born on 13 December 1976 in Aberdeen, Scotland. His father is former player Bobby Clark.

College career

Clark, a defender, played his freshman season of college soccer at University of North Carolina, before transferring to Stanford University, where he graduated in 1999.

Professional career

Clark was selected in the 1999 MLS College Draft by the San Jose Earthquakes. Clark made his debut for San Jose before he had graduated from college, and played in twenty consecutive games for the club during his first season. Clark made 34 league appearances in total for San Jose. While at San Jose, Clark spent a brief loan spell at Scottish side Aberdeen, although he never made a league appearance at the club. He also played one game on loan to MLS Pro 40 during the 2000 USL A-League season. Clark spent a total of two-and-a-half seasons playing in Major League Soccer, before returning to Scotland to play with Falkirk and Raith Rovers, before being forced to retire from playing due to a groin injury.

Coaching career

Clark was an assistant coach at the University of New Mexico from 2002 to 2005, and an assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame from 2006 to 2007. Clark was named as head coach of Harvard University in February 2008. He led the Crimson to a 26–10–1 record in his two years there, earning bids to the NCAA tournament both seasons. In June 2010, he was named head coach at Creighton University. He coached the Bluejays for one season, leading them to a 13–5–2 record and an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament, where Creighton reached the second round before losing to SMU in a shootout. On 26 January 2011, he resigned at Creighton to become head coach of the Washington Huskies.

References

Jamie Clark (footballer) Wikipedia


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