2008

Athletic Hall ofFarne Co:tch Clark. "lie taught me more than :.cason uppcamncc:s."

Onl.' a~piring go.tl that Clarl\ \\H~ unable to achtC\ e was winning a Region 23 tit II.'. ahhough hi:-: te:um. appeared in fin: rcgton toumament::-. lie was diagno-;ed '' ith an inop– erable hmin tumor prior to the 200 I sca~on and lll-;llus hallie to cancer at ag~· 4lJ l;1tcr th;ll year on July IS rhe Dmo1ond Warrior stadium \\a~ n.u.1cJ in his holllH. th~· lt1llm\ ing year. Clark·:-. jcrst') was also rettred and ts pronHncntly di...– playcd in the luhb) llf the Brackccn-Wood Ph~stcal l:ducation Btulding. :\ replica l11' the jer:-.ey is displayed on the right field lcncc at Clark Stadtlllll. Sport~\\Ti tcr 1\ I arty Stamp~·r. 111 an article lilllml– tng Clark'-. death. qutllcd hie; fri..:nd':-. c:--planation li.1r not l·apluring a Rcgwn crown. "\\'c'rc just two pla:crs a\\ay.. .:· Stamper saiJ Clark told him on ..;c\cral occasions. and follm' mg a long pause ga\ c the following answer: ·Babe Ruth •md Cy Young!" Stamper also noted in hi-. ;uttdc that co:1ching "wa' only a small pari'' oi'Ciark's legacy. a, indicated by the number of fi1rmcr Diamond Warrior., \\ lw sl'kctcd coaching a" a <:ar~·~r.

just coaching; he taught nK' how tn \Teat people and that there wen: more to athlcucs than winmng and losing. Although Jamie wa~ \cry Jocu,cd on wirming and it was \cry important to hun. he was also l'l!IH.'Crncd \\ith dc,clopmg young men. Holliman slated. " I k wa, simply a ,·cry honest and sim– ple man. He \\as and :lhntys "111 be a part of my life. I truly Ieel part of my dm c to continually build thi-. pro– gmm is because I kntl\\ the e!Tort and passion he poured into this progran~:· Added cum:nl ECCC head soilball coach Scott I hll. a member of Clark':. I '>R9 Diamond \\'arri11r squad· "lie wa:. c\lremcl) pa;.– sionatc about lm JOb and len a lastmg imprcs::-ion upon ;.o many mdi\lduals that had a chance to be around him. He wa-. a mentor to me a~; "dl a-. many others that attended East C'cntral and played lor him." Hill s:.ltd. "Coach Clark accepted a grc