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Coaches corner Steve Clark
Name: Steve Clark my coaching mentor for much of practice? Caro HS Gym
Sport/Activity: Boys’ Varsity Bas- my career. I still talk basketball
ketball with him almost once/week. He Have you traveled anywhere
School / Community: Caro High showed me the level of dedica- special related to this sport/activ-
School tion necessary to be truly suc- ity? No
Family: Wife, JoLynn cessful, which I try to pass on to
my players. What awards or honors have you
How long have you participated won? None in coaching.
in this sport/activity? This is my Who do you idolize in this sport/
first year as the Varsity Boys activity? I don’t know that I “idol- What have you learned from
Coach at Caro. I have coached ize” anyone, but I admire many participating in this sport/activity?
everything from 8th grade to Var- coaches and the philosophies I have learned the importance of
sity at 4 different schools. This is that they project on the court. clear, concise communication.
my 10th year of coaching. Some examples are Tom Izzo, I have learned how to survive
Coach K (I still can’t figure out adversity and come out the other
What do you love best about it? how to spell his name…), Brad
I love seeing the growth in the Stevens, and of course Coach side. I have learned that a
young men I work with, both on Wooden. family is not defined by birth.
and off the court. I love seeing
them achieve something they Have you met anyone famous
didn’t think was possible. in this sport/activity? I have met
a number of college coaches,
Thinking back over the years, many of whom would be consid-
who is a mentor or coach that ered “famous.” I also met Jason
helped you grow as a coach or Richardson once.
athlete? What made them spe-
cial? Warren Wood has been Where does your team normally
What do you like the most
about the sport/activity? The
competition. The fact that
you can’t take a break. The
fact that everyone has to play
both offense AND defense.
The speed with which the
action transitions from one
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