After serving as an assistant coach for a year, Patrick Clark was named head coach of William Smith tennis in 2026.
Clark has been a collegiate coach for more than a decade. In 10 seasons as an assistant for the men's tennis team at his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus, he helped the Gusties secure nine Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and nine NCAA tournament bids, advancing to the round of 16 seven times and the quarterfinals twice. Clark mentored 14 All-Americans and three individual national champions.
Clark also spent one season as the assistant coach for the men's and women's tennis teams at Elmhurst. That year, the Bluejays' men's team won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin regular season and tournament championships.
As a student-athlete, Clark was a three-time All-MIAC selection on the tennis team. Playing primarily at No. 2 in both singles and doubles, he went 55-25 in singles and 49-33 in doubles. Clark helped the Gusties capture three MIAC Championships and three NCAA tournament bids, reaching the national quarterfinals in 2009.
Clark earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Gustavus Adolphus in 2012. He earned a master's degree in social work from Minnesota State, Mankato in 2020.
