SAN ANGELO – Angelo State head football coach Jeff Girsch has announced the hiring of Adam Clark as the Rams' new defensive coordinator.
Clark and coach Girsch have a history together, as Clark was an All-American linebacker at St. Ambrose University while Girsch was coaching there. Clark recorded 198 tackles in just two years with the Fighting Bees, which is tied for the 13th most in a career at St. Ambrose.
"We are so excited about the addition of Coach Adam Clark and his family to Angelo State University," Girsch said. "Adam has proven to be a great defensive mind and a relentless recruiter throughout his career. He has experience as a head football coach and defensive coordinator in the LSC. He will bring great insight to every part of the program."
Most recently Clark worked at Lone Star Conference rival Tarleton State, where he spent the 2018 season coaching the defensive line and special teams units for the Texans. The Tarleton defense in 2018 racked up 33 sacks for 206 yards as the Texans made their deepest run into the NCAA Playoffs in program history.
Prior to his lone season at Tarleton, Clark coached at yet another conference opponent in Western New Mexico, where he was the head coach from 2011 through 2017. Clark's Mustang teams won 33 games during his tenure, ranking him third in WNMU program history for wins by a head coach.
Clark coached a number of outstanding student-athletes while at Western New Mexico, including 42 All-Conference selections and 30 All-Academic honorees as he stepped into a head coaching role for the first time in his career.
Before the head coaching job at WNMU, Clark spent two years as the defensive line coach at Colorado School of Mines. He has also served in the defensive coordinator role previously, working for one season at his alma mater, St. Ambrose, and was the defensive backs coach for three years at Graceland University.
Clark has a bachelor's degree in sociology from St. Ambrose as well as a master's degree in organizational leadership from the same university.
A native of San Diego, California, Clark and his wife Mimi have two sons, Caden and Kai, and one daughter, Kalena.
