james clark

James Clark '09

  • Title
    Sports Information Director/Associate Head Baseball Coach-Recruiting Coordinator
  • Email
    jrclark@knox.edu
  • Phone
    309-335-4851
  • Years at Knox
    2013 to present
  • Undergrad Degree
    B.A., 2009, Economics, Knox College
  • Grad Degree
    M.S., 2013, Sport Management, Western Illinois University
Clark, a 2009 Knox College graduate, joined the Prairie Fire coaching staff in the fall of 2013.

Clark was named Sports Information Director in the fall of 2015 after serving as Sports Visual and Social Media Director and Assistant Sports Information Director for the previous two years. Clark previously served as the head baseball coach at Eureka College in 2012 and Spoon River College in 2010 and 2011. Clark worked as a student assistant in the sports information department for four years while a student at Knox.

While at Spoon River College, Clark was in charge of compiling all statistics for the men's and women's basketball teams until the programs were disbanded after the 2010 season.

Clark was a member of the 2008 Midwest Conference Championship baseball team and was a two-time Academic All-Midwest Conference honoree.

He also assisted on the Quincy Gems staff in the summer of 2011. The Gems took home the Prospect League Championship with a record of 40-18. In 2014, Clark managed the Laramie Colts Baseball Club in their inaugural season in the Rocky Mountain Baseball League. The Colts finished with a record of 24-15 (23-10 in the RMBL). He returned in 2015 to lead the team to a 21-17 record.

Starting in the summer of 2006 Clark assisted his father, the late John Clark, with the Oneida American Legion Post 727 baseball program in Oneida, IL. He now manages the senior legion team and they won their first District Championship since 2000 in the summer of 2017.

Clark earned a master’s degree in sport management from Western Illinois University.