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During his tenure at Connecticut, Clark worked primarily with the distance runners and guided the Huskies to back-to-back American Athletic Conference women’s indoor track and field titles (2015-16), in addition to the school’s first AAC women’s cross country crown in 2017. Most recently this spring, Kat Surin and Susan Aneno earned second-team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

At Tennessee, Clark served as the women’s track and field head coach until 2011, before he was promoted to Director of Track and Field/Cross Country and oversaw both the men’s and women’s programs. Clark led the Lady Vols to NCAA indoor crowns in 2005 and 2009, with Tennessee producing nine combined NCAA indoor/outdoor top-10 finishes during his career.

Under Clark’s leadership, Tennessee captured three SEC indoor championships and five SEC cross country titles. The Lady Vols claimed 61 individual SEC titles while establishing six American records and two world records. Clark was a three-time SEC Indoor Coach of the Year and a three-time SEC Cross Country Coach of the Year.

Clark was named National Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) in 2009 and the United States Track Coaches Association (USTCA) in 2005. Forty-six of his Tennessee student-athletes combined to earn 192 All-America honors.

During his combined tenures at Tennessee and Florida, Clark earned 21 coach of the year accolades (11 track and field with 10 cross country).

On the international scene, Clark was the United States women's middle distance assistant coach at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic games. He was also the United States head coach for the World Championship Team in 2001 and an assistant coach in 1997, specializing in middle distance.

At the 2000 U.S. Olympic trials, Clark was part of a historic moment as he coached his wife (Jearl Miles-Clark) and two sisters (Hazel Clark, Joetta Clark Diggs) to a sweep in the 800 meters and the trio advanced to the Sydney Games. Clark also coached his wife to the 800 American record (1:56.40), which lasted 20 years.

Cooper developed Sharika Nelvis of Arkansas State into not only the nation’s top collegiate hurdler, but into the nation’s top women’s track and field athlete, winning the 2014 Honda Award for her sport. Nelvis was the NCAA champion in the 100 hurdles outdoors (12.52w) and the 60 hurdles indoors (7.93) and, a year later, made the U.S. team for the IAAF World Championships and won a U.S. indoor title in the 60 hurdles. Nelvis won seven Sun Belt championships and was among three finalists for The Bowerman, college track’s most prestigious honor.

Another top performer coached by Cooper was Jaylen Bacon, also at Arkansas State. While a collegian, Bacon was fourth in the 100 at the U.S. outdoor championships, earning a spot on the U.S. national team’s 4x100 relay for the World Championships in London, winning a silver medal.

Two of his athletes broke into the school indoor top-10 list in 2020 -- triple jumper Keyshawn King and pole vaulter Max Manson, who joined pole vaulter J.T. Herrscher among the top five freshman performers in Stanford history.

At Eastern Michigan, Ignaczak coached the women’s jumps, multis, and throws. He helped coach the Eagles to the 2018 Mid-American Conference women’s indoor championship, with his athletes scoring in every jumps event. He coached athletes to 10 school top-10 performances, one school record, and coached a conference freshman field performer of the year.

Two of his athletes advanced to the NCAA East Preliminaries in 2018, in the triple jump and pole vault. Jannina Pollatz advancedt to the NCAA East Prelims twice in the pole vault and cleared a collegiate best of 13-8 ¼ (4.18 meters). Ignaczak also coached Kadian Clarke to a school record in the weight throw, of 61-4 (18.69m).

At Central Arkansas, Ignaczak coached the short sprints, hurdles, jumps, and multis. His athletes set 29 school records and earned more than 100 school top-10 performances. He had seven NCAA East Prelims qualifiers, and had qualifiers in each of the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships, earning two NCAA All-America honors. High jumper Eric Moore became UCA's first NCAA Division 1 championships qualifier with a jump of 7-2 1/2 (2.20m), and Ignaczak coached athletes to USATF qualification in the high jump and a USATF junior qualification in the 110 hurdles.

Before Central Arkansas, Ignaczak coached sprints, hurdles, and jumps coach for the Jersey Shore Elite Track Club. He also oversaw speed training at the All-Star Sports Academy in his hometown.

At Saint Francis, Ignaczak coached the jumps and multis, and assisted with sprints, hurdles, and relays. He coached one conference champion, and his athletes set two school records, and earned 14 school top-10 performances. Ignaczak also assisted the Red Flash in earning a runner-up finish in the Northeast Conference in 2013, resulting in Women’s Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

A native of Toms River, New Jersey, Ignaczak was a school-record hurdler and team captain at Toms River High School North. He was a New Jersey Open outdoor champion in the 110 high hurdles while competing for Shore Athletic Club.

At Mount Saint Mary’s University, Ignaczak was a Northeast Conference finalist indoors and outdoors, and earned his degree in 2010. He began his career at Monsignor Donovan High in Toms River, coaching the sprints, hurdles, relays, jumps, and throws. He had three all-state athletes and one national qualifier.

Ignaczak has USATF (Levels I, II, and III) certifications in the jumps and combined events, and an IAAF Level 5 certification in the jumps.