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Clark Swisher
The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
27 March 1916(Vermillion, United States of America)
Death:
28 November 2005(Wessington Springs, United States of America)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Clark Swisher (March 27, 1916 – November 28, 2005) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota from 1946 and 1955 and from 1957 to 1968, compiling a record of 146–42–4. Swisher was also the head basketball coach at Northern State from 1946 to 1955, tallying a mark of 95–88. Swisher died on November 28, 2005, at a hospital in Wessington Springs, South Dakota.
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern State Wolves (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Northern State | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1947 | Northern State | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1948 | Northern State | 7–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1949 | Northern State | 1–5–2 | |||||||
| 1950 | Northern State | 5–3 | 1st | ||||||
| 1951 | Northern State | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1952 | Northern State | 6–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1953 | Northern State | 8–0 | 1st | ||||||
| 1954 | Northern State | 6–2 | 1st | ||||||
| 1955 | Northern State | 9–1 | 1st | W Botany Bowl | |||||
| Northern State Wolves (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) | |||||||||
| 1957 | Northern State | 7–1 | T–1st | ||||||
| 1958 | Northern State | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1959 | Northern State | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1960 | Northern State | 8–1 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1961 | Northern State | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | ||||
| 1962 | Northern State | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | ||||
| 1963 | Northern State | 8–1 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1964 | Northern State | 6–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1965 | Northern State | 5–4 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1966 | Northern State | 6–1–2 | 5–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1967 | Northern State | 8–1 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1968 | Northern State | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | ||||
| Northern State: | 146–42–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 146–42–4 | ||||||||