John Clark Stadium

Last updated
John Clark Stadium
John Clark Stadium
Location Plano, TX
Owner Plano ISD
Capacity 14,224
Construction
Built1977
Opened1977
Tenants
Plano Wildcats (UIL) (1977present)
Plano West Wolves (UIL) (1999present)

John Clark Stadium (formerly John Clark Field) is a 14,224-capacity multi-use high school stadium in Plano, Texas. Mostly used for high school football and soccer, the stadium was built in 1977 for $2.73 million and is owned by the Plano Independent School District. It is the home stadium of Plano Senior High School and Plano West Senior High School.

Namesake

The stadium was named after Coach John Clark, the main coach of Plano High School from Jacksonville. As the main coach of the Plano Wildcats, Clark helped the football team win two state championships and nine district championships. Clark served as the Plano ISD Athletics Director for 17 years. During that time he received many awards including the first inductee into the Plano Athletics Hall of Honor, Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor, the Texas High School Athletic Directors' Hall of Honor and the Texas Sports High School Football Hall of Fame.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacksonville, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

Jacksonville is a city located in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,997 at the 2020 U.S. census. It is the principal city of the Jacksonville micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Cherokee County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Texas Christian University</span> University in Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the Add-Ran Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allen High School (Texas)</span> Public school in Texas, United States

Allen High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Allen, Texas. It is the only high school in the Allen Independent School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plano Senior High School</span> Public high school in Plano, Texas, United States

Plano Senior High School is a public secondary school in Plano, Texas, serving students in grades 11–12. The school is part of the Plano Independent School District, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes. Plano is a two-time Blue Ribbon School and a Texas Exemplary School. Students at Plano Senior typically attended one of two feeder high schools: Clark or Vines.

Plano East Senior High School is a public secondary school in Plano, Texas (USA) serving high school juniors and seniors, as well as freshmen and sophomores as a part of the IB World School. It is part of the Plano Independent School District, and enrolls students based on the locations of students' homes. Students at Plano East attended one of two feeder high schools: McMillen or Williams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plano West Senior High School</span> Public high school in Plano, Texas, United States

Plano West Senior High School is a public high school in Plano, Texas serving high school juniors and seniors. Plano West is named after its geographic location within West Plano. The school is part of the Plano Independent School District, and enrolls students based on the locations of students' homes. Students at Plano West attended one of two high schools: Jasper or Shepton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium</span>

Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium is a 24,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama. It opened in 1947 and is home to the Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team. It was also home to the Jacksonville High School Golden Eagles football team until 2004, when they moved to a new stadium on the high school campus. It also served as home to Jacksonville Christian Academy's football team from 2005 until September 27, 2007, when JCA opened an on campus football field.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liberty High School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)</span> Public high school in Bethlehem, Northampton and Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States

Liberty High School is a large urban, public high school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Liberty is the larger of two public high schools in the Bethlehem Area School District; Freedom High School is the other. Liberty's current attendance area includes students from the City of Bethlehem, Fountain Hill, Freemansburg, and Hanover Township. As of the 2021-22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,702 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Justin Blalock</span> American football player (born 1983)

Justin Christopher Blalock is a former American football offensive guard who played eight seasons with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Texas, where he earned All-American honors. The Falcons chose him in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mel Tjeerdsma</span> American football coach

Mel Tjeerdsma is a retired American football coach and athletic director at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. He served as the head coach at Austin College in Sherman, Texas from 1984 to 1993 and at Northwest Missouri State University from 1994 until his retirement after the 2010 season. In his 27 years as a head coach, Tjeerdsma compiled a career college football record of 242–82–4. He led the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats to three NCAA Division II Football Championship titles and four additional NCAA Division II titles games.

Tom Kimbrough Stadium is a 9,800-capacity multi-use high school football stadium in Murphy, Texas. Mostly used for high school football, soccer, and track, the stadium was built in 2003 and is owned by the Plano Independent School District. It is the home stadium of Plano East Senior High School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jerry Moore (American football, born 1939)</span> American football player and coach (born 1939)

Gerald Hundley Moore is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at North Texas State University—now the University of North Texas—from 1979 to 1980, at Texas Tech University from 1981 to 1985, and at Appalachian State University from 1989 to 2012, compiling a career college football coaching record of 242–134–2. In his 24 years at Appalachian State, Moore posted a losing season only once. He led his 2005 Mountaineers team to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. This was the first national championship for any college football team in the state of North Carolina. Moore and the Mountaineers repeated as champions in 2006 and 2007, achieving the first "three-peat" in NCAA Division I FCS/I-AA history. Moore was forced out as head coach at the conclusion of the 2012 season. He was selected for inclusion into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame, and College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Len Casanova</span>

Leonard Joseph Casanova was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Santa Clara University (1946–1949), the University of Pittsburgh (1950), and the University of Oregon (1951–1966), compiling a career college football record of 104–94–11. Casanova was also the head baseball coach at Santa Clara from 1940 to 1942, tallying a mark of 39–25. After retiring from coaching, he served as the athletic director at Oregon. Casanova was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1977.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Odessa High School (Texas)</span> Public school in Odessa, TX, United States

Odessa High School (OHS) is a public high school located in Odessa, Texas, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Ector County Independent School District. The full name of the school is Odessa Senior High School. This name was originally to differentiate it from Odessa Junior High School. Normally, the school is commonly referred to as Odessa High or just OHS. In 2011, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. On April 17, 2014 Odessa High School was named an AVID National Demonstration School.

Judson High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Converse, Texas, United States, 15 miles northeast of downtown San Antonio. It was established in 1959 as part of the Judson Independent School District, and is currently classified as a 6A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). Judson High School is the second oldest International Baccalaureate World School in Texas, since 1985. The school and the District were named after Moses Campbell Judson, who served on the Bexar County School Board from 1918 to 1939. His nephew Jack Judson was on the board when the decision was made to name the new rural high school Judson.

John Paul II High School is a private Roman Catholic college preparatory high school in Plano, Texas. The school is within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas. The school's Vision is "We will make a difference in the world by walking in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II" and the school's Mission is "To develop leaders who are critical thinkers and effective communicators, committed to service and rooted in faith".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alice High School</span> Public school in Alice, Texas, United States

Alice High School is a senior high school in Alice, Texas. A part of the Alice Independent School District, it serves Alice and surrounding communities in Jim Wells County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McMillen High School</span> Free public school in Murphy, Texas, United States

C.A. McMillen High School, commonly known as McMillen High School, McMillen, or MHS, is a secondary school serving grades nine and ten, located in the East Cluster of the Plano Independent School District. Murphy Middle School and Armstrong Middle School feed into McMillen. Students graduating from McMillen will attend Plano East Senior High School for the eleventh and twelfth grades. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Temple High School is a public high school located in Temple, Texas, United States. As of the 2018–2020 biennial realignment, it is classified as a 6A school by the UIL. It is part of the Temple Independent School District located in central Bell County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corky Rogers</span> American football player and coach (1943–2020)

Charles Buxton "Corky" Rogers IV was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at two high schools in Jacksonville, Florida, Robert E. Lee High School from 1972 to 1988 and the Bolles School from 1989 to 2016.