Glenn Clark | |
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— Lacrosse player — | |
Born |
Pickering, Ontario |
December 1, 1969
Position | Defender |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 218 pounds (99 kg) |
Former NLL teams |
Philadelphia Wings Toronto Rock |
Nationality | Canada |
NLL Draft | 27th overall, 1997 Ontario Raiders |
Pro career | 1998–2006 |
Shoots | Left |
Nickname | The Professor |
Glenn Clark (born December 1, 1969 in Pickering, Ontario) is the head coach of the New England Black Wolves and the former head coach of the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League. He was also a former NLL player. Clark played in the NLL from 1998-2006 for both the Rock and the Philadelphia Wings. With the Rock, Clark won five NLL Championships. He also appeared in three National Lacrosse League All-Star Games, two with the Rock, and one with the Wings. In 2003, Clark played for Team Canada as they won the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. In 2011, he became goaltending coach for Team Canada.
Off the floor, Clark is a physical education teacher at Bayview Secondary School in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Clark first played lacrosse for Ajax at the age of nine. He played five years of Junior lacrosse, three and one half years for Scarborough and one and one half years for Whitby.
Clark was called up in 1990 to help Brooklin win the Mann Cup, and was drafted by the Redmen in 1991, scoring 55 goals and 126 assists plus 467 PIM in 190 games, including a brief stint for Brantford in the "old" NLL in 1991. Glenn was the Defensive Player of the Year for Brooklin all five of the summers in which he played the full schedule.