Harvard University

Jamie Clark was named the Virginia B. and James O. Welch, Jr.‘52 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Soccer on February 12, 2008,and is the 13th head coach in the history of the Crimsonprogram.

During the 2009 season, Harvard won the program's 13th Ivy Leaguetitle, posting a 5-1-1 mark in conference play. The Crimson alsowent 14-4-1 overall during the regular season, including an 8-2record on its home field. Harvard swept the Ivy League awards, asAndre Akpan was named Player of the Year and Brian Rogers washonored as Rookie of the Year. The Crimson reached the third roundof the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1987 and defeatedMonmouth, 3-0, in a second-round matchup.  For his effort,Clark was named the NSCAA Northeast Region Coach of the Year.

In his first season at the helm, Clark guided Harvard to an11-5-0 overall record and a 5-2-0 Ivy League mark, as the Crimsonreached the NCAA tournament for the third-straight season and 14thtime overall. During the year, the Crimson had a seven-game winstreak and had five players selected to the All-Ivy League team,including four on the All-Ivy first team. Senior Michael Fucito,one of those first-team All-Ivy choices, was also named a finalistfor the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

Clark came to Harvard after a two-year stint as an assistantcoach at Notre Dame, where he helped the Irish reach thequarterfinals of the NCAA championship both seasons. During thistime, the Irish compiled a 29-11-7 (.691) overall record and a15-3-4 (.727) Big East mark.

As an assistant coach, Clark helped develop some of the bestmen's soccer players in the country, including the 2006 M.A.C.Hermann Trophy winner and Soccer America Player of the Year, JosephLapira. Notre Dame student-athletes also excelled in the classroom,as two players were named to the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Men's ScholarAll-America Team.

In 2007, the Irish were the 10th seed in the NCAA tournament,defeating Oakland, 2-1, and Santa Clara, 2-0, en route to thequarterfinals, where the team fell to the eventual NCAA winner,Wake Forest, 1-0, in overtime. A year earlier, the squad finishedthe regular season ranked sixth nationally and reached the NCAAquarterfinals for the first time in school history. The Irish tookdown defending NCAA champion Maryland, 1-0, in double-overtime.

Clark has also coached five players who were selected in theMajor League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft, including Greg Dalby and NateNorman in 2007, and Ryan Miller and Lapira in 2008 and MichaelFucito in 2009. Dalby was picked by the Colorado Rapids in thesecond round (17th overall pick) of the (MLS) draft. Norman alsoheard his name called as the Chicago Fire selected the midfielderin the second round (21st pick). In 2008, Miller and Lapira werethird-round picks, as Miller went to the Columbus Crew with the31st selection and Lapira was drafted by Toronto FC (35th pick).Fucito was taken with the first pick in the fourth round in 2009,the 46th overall selection.

Prior to his stint at Notre Dame, Clark spent four seasons as anassistant at New Mexico, where he was part of the staff that ledthe Lobos to the title game of the 2005 College Cup. While at NewMexico under head coach Jeremy Fishbein, Clark helped the programreach new heights, which included the program's second trip ever tothe NCAA tournament in 2001. The Lobos made it to the finals of theCollege Cup just four years later in 2005. New Mexico registered an18-2-3 mark in 2005 to tie the school record for wins in a singleseason. During his four years in Albuquerque, the Lobos combined topost a record of 61-16-8. In the four years before his arrival, theteam recorded a 32-40-4 mark.

Clark, the youngest son of Irish head coach Bobby Clark, is a1999 graduate of Stanford, where he was a two-time All-American. In1998, he became the first NSCAA first-team All-American in thehistory of Cardinal soccer as he helped lead the squad to the firstNCAA final appearance in program history. Clark also was asecond-team All-America selection in 1997.

Prior to Clark's arrival at New Mexico, he played two seasonswith the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer. He wasdrafted out of Stanford as the 21st pick overall in the 1999 MLSDraft.

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