| Jerry Clark | |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1932 |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1952–1953 |
| Player Team2: | Iowa |
| Player Positions: | Guard |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1956 |
| Coach Team2: | Grinnell HS (IA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1957–1958 |
| Coach Team3: | Mason City HS (IA) |
| Coach Years4: | 1959–1986 |
| Coach Team4: | Cornell (IA) |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1959–1971 |
| Coach Team6: | Cornell (IA) (assistant) |
| Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
| Coach Years8: | 1981–1984 |
| Coach Team8: | Cornell (IA) |
| Coach Sport9: | Golf |
| Coach Years10: | 1959–1974 |
| Coach Team10: | Cornell (IA) |
| Overall Record: | 159–85–1 (college football) 12–12–1 (high school football) |
| Championships: | Football 6 MWC (1961, 1964, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984) 2 MWC West Division (1976–1977) 1 MWC Red Division (1977) 3 MWC South Division (1982–1984) |
Jerry Clark (born February 27, 1932) is a former American football player and coach football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa from 1959 to 1986, compiling a record of 159–85–1.[1] [2]
Clark attended the University of Iowa, where he played football as a guard in 1952 and 1953, before graduating in 1954. He coached football at Fort Carson in Colorado in 1954 and 1955 before returning to the state of Iowa to coach high school football. Clark led Grinnell High School to a record of 6–3 in 1956, before moving to Mason City High School, where he guided the Mohawks to a records of 2–5–1 in 1957 and 4–4 in 1958.[3] Clark was also an assistant basketball coach at Cornell from 1959 to 1971, the school's head golf coach from 1959 to 1974, and the school's head baseball coach from 1981 to 1984.