Glenn Clark

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Glenn Clark
Born (1969-12-01) December 1, 1969 (age 55)
Pickering, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight211 pounds (96 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionDefender
NLL draft27th overall, 1997
Ontario Raiders
NLL teams Philadelphia Wings
Toronto Rock
Ontario Raiders
Pro career 1998–2006
NicknameThe Professor

Glenn Clark (born December 1, 1969, in Pickering, Ontario) is the head coach of the Albany FireWolves (previously the New England Black Wolves) and the former head coach of the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League. He was also a former NLL player. Clark played in the NLL from 1998-2006 for both the Rock and the Philadelphia Wings. With the Rock, Clark won five NLL Championships. He also appeared in three National Lacrosse League All-Star Games, two with the Rock, and one with the Wings. In 2003, Clark played for Team Canada as they won the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. In 2011, he became goaltending coach for Team Canada. [1] Glenn played for the Eastenders ball hockey team out of Toronto, Ontario from 2013 to 2016

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Off the floor, Clark was a former physical education teacher at Bayview Secondary School in Richmond Hill, Ontario before his retirement in 2019. He currently has 4 kids, one drafted in the 2022 NLL draft.

Biography

Clark first played lacrosse for Ajax at the age of nine. He played five years of Junior lacrosse, three and one half years for Scarborough and one and one half years for Whitby.

Clark was called up in 1990 to help Brooklin win the Mann Cup, and was drafted by the Redmen in 1991, scoring 55 goals and 126 assists plus 467 PIM in 190 games, including a brief stint for Brantford in the "old" NLL in 1991. Glenn was the Defensive Player of the Year for Brooklin all five of the summers in which he played the full schedule. [2]

NLL career

Clark was drafted by the Ontario Raiders, and played in 1998, the Raiders' only season. The next year, the Raiders moved to Toronto, becoming the Toronto Rock. Clark played seven seasons with the Rock, helping lead them to five NLL championships (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2005). Clark appeared in two All-Star Games as a member of the Rock, in 2004 and 2005. After the 2005 season, Clark signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Wings. He played the 2006 season as a member of the Wings and was selected to the All-Star team for a third time.

After the 2006 season, Clark was offered the position of head coach of the Toronto Rock, and immediately retired from playing to take the job. [3] His debut season with the Rock was not as successful as Clark was hoping for; the Rock opened the season with three straight losses before climbing to a final 6–10 record. This was good enough to make the playoffs, but the Rock were beaten 10-6 by the eventual Champion's Cup-winning Rochester Knighthawks.

On January 11, 2008, the Minnesota Swarm defeated the Toronto Rock 17–16 in overtime. After the game, Clark was involved in an altercation with Minnesota forward Sean Pollock outside the Rock dressing room. [4] Clark was later charged with assault by Toronto Police. [4] On January 17, the NLL announced that Clark was suspended indefinitely. [5] The charges against Clark were eventually dropped, [6] and the suspension was lifted on February 13. [7]

The Rock won their 2009 season opener against the New York Titans, but after they lost their next two games, scoring a total of only 15 goals, Clark was fired on January 20, 2009, along with assistant coach Terry Bullen. Assistant coach Jim Veltman was retained by the Rock in an advisory position. [8] Clark was replaced with Jamie Batley.

On June 24, 2015, Clark was named the second head coach of the New England Black Wolves, joined by assistants Jim Veltman and Tracey Kelusky. [9]

Statistics

NLL

Reference: [10]

Glenn Clark Regular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GPGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GP

1998 Ontario Raiders 30111080.333.332.67–––––––––
1999 Toronto Rock 501127100.205.402.0022131801.509.000.00
2000 Toronto Rock 127101794241.427.832.0023361623.008.001.00
2001 Toronto Rock 752767161.009.572.2920221721.008.501.00
2002 Toronto Rock 161071798191.066.131.1921562163.0010.503.00
2003 Toronto Rock 1236979360.756.583.0021011120.505.501.00
2004 Toronto Rock 1332560310.384.622.381000470.004.007.00
2005 Toronto Rock 832543180.635.382.25–––––––––
2006 Philadelphia Wings 162101279410.754.942.56–––––––––
923341745572030.806.052.21117111887191.647.911.73
Career Total:1034052926442220.896.252.16

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

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References

  1. ↑ "Team Canada Lacrosse: The Team". Archived from the original on August 30, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Glenn Clark Joins American Indoor Lacrosse Association". American Indoor Lacrosse Association. February 25, 2014. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ "The Professor Becomes The Coach". torontorock.com. May 11, 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
  4. 1 2 Ryan, Allan (January 14, 2008). "Rock coach charged after dustup with player". Toronto Star . Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
  5. ↑ "League Suspends Clark Indefinitely". NLL.com. January 17, 2008. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  6. ↑ "Charges against Rock coach dropped". Toronto Star . February 6, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  7. ↑ "League Lifts Clark Suspension". NLL.com. February 13, 2008. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  8. ↑ "Toronto Rock hire new coaching staff". TorontoRock.com. January 20, 2009. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  9. ↑ "Black Wolves name Glenn Clark Head Coach; Veltman and Kelusky to serve as assistants". ILIndoor.com. June 24, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  10. ↑ "National Lacrosse League Pointstreak Stats". NLL.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
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