Malone University Athletics

Todd Clark, who coached the Malone women's soccer team from 1999-2005 and the men's team from 2003-2005, is this year's recipient of the Meritorious Service Award.
 
Clark posted an 18-36-1 record while doing double duties coaching the men's team, but found the bulk of his success coaching the women, leading the Pioneers to by far their best stretch in the 22-year history of the program.
 
Clark became the women's head coach midway through the 1999 season, inheriting an 0-6-1 team that finished 12-4 down the stretch and placed third in NCCAA National Championships. He then led the Pioneers to a fifth-place finish in 2000 and then back-to-back American Mideast Championships, following an 18-3-1 season in 2001 and an 18-3-2 record in 2002.
 
His 2002 team went on to win the NCCAA National Championship, the first and only such title in the history of the program. A year later, Malone made its first-ever appearance in the NAIA National Tournament. In his final season in 2005, Clark led Malone to a fourth-place finish in the NCCAA.
 
Altogether, Clark posted a 103-35-13 record across seven seasons. His teams produced numerous All-Conference, All-Region, NCCAA All-Americans, Scholar Athletes, Academic All-Americans, and now four Malone Hall of Famers.
 
Clark was a three-year starter on the Malone men's soccer team in the early 90s and he graduated from the college in 1994 with a degree in Education. He earned his Master's in Sport Science from Ashland University. Clark is currently the head women's soccer coach at Canisius College where he has been the last five seasons. Todd and his wife Heather are the parents of Nate (24) and Halle (23).