The 2023-24 campaign marks Andy Clark's 31st season at the helm of the Carleton men's and women's swimming and diving programs. He led the women's team to the 2000, 2001, and 2009 MIAC titles. On the men's side, he guided the Knights to 19 top-four finishes over the last 21 trips to the conference meet highlighted by third-place finishes in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022, and 2023. In addition, the Carleton women placed in the top 10 at the 2002, 2003 and 2005 NCAA Division III Championships.
His athletes at Carleton have won 10 national titles and earned All-America recognition 68 times with another 102 receiving All-America Honorable Mention. Additionally, Each of his 30 squads have been awarded academic team honors by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) on both the men's and women's side.
Clark has over 30 years of coaching experience at the USS and collegiate levels. From 1988-90, Clark coached the men's and women's swim teams at Whitman College (Wash.). After two successful seasons at Whitman, Clark pursued graduate work at the University of Oregon, where he continued to coach and teach swimming. In 1992, Clark worked as an assistant coach with the Stanford University men's swim team under the tutelage of Skip Kinney. Clark was involved with the training and coaching of several elite athletes including 1992 Barcelona Olympians Joe Hudepohl, Jeff Rouse and Pablo Morales. Following Stanford's 1993 NCAA Division I championship season, Clark accepted the head coaching position at Carleton. Clark returned to California for brief sabbaticals after the 1999-2000 and 2006-2007 seasons, coaching Stanford swimmers as they trained in Palo Alto, Calif., and Colorado Springs, Colo., in preparation for the Olympic Trials. He is a graduate of Whitman College (B.A., geology, 1986) and the University of Oregon (M.S., exercise science, 1992).
In addition to his coaching duties at Carleton, Clark serves as an associate professor of physical education, athletics and recreation. Clark and his wife, Kathy, have two children.
