Glenn Clark (born December 1, 1969 in

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) is the head coach of the Albany FireWolves (previously the

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) and the former head coach of the

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of the

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. He was also a former NLL player. Clark played in the NLL from 1998-

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for both the Rock and the Philadelphia Wings. With the Rock, Clark won five NLL Championships. He also appeared in three

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s, two with the Rock, and one with the Wings. In 2003, Clark played for Team Canada as they won the

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. In 2011, he became goaltending coach for Team Canada. Glenn played for the Eastenders ball hockey team out of Toronto, Ontario from 2013-2016 Off the floor, Clark was a former

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teacher at

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before his retirement in 2019. He currently has 4 kids, one draft in the 2022 NLL draft.

Biography

Clark first played lacrosse for Ajax at the age of nine. He played five years of Junior lacrosse, three and one half years for

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and one and one half years for

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. Clark was called up in 1990 to help

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win the

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, 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.

NLL career

Clark was drafted by the

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, and played in 1998, the Raiders' only season. The next year, the Raiders moved to Toronto, becoming the Toronto Rock. Clark played seven seasons with the Rock, helping lead them to five NLL championships ( 1999,

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, and

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). Clark appeared in two All-Star Games as a member of the Rock, in 2004 and

. After the 2005 season, Clark signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Wings. He played the 2006 season as a member of the Wings and was selected to the All-Star team for a third time. After the 2006 season, Clark was offered the position of head coach of the Toronto Rock, and immediately retired from playing to take the job. His debut season with the Rock was not as successful as Clark was hoping for; the Rock opened the season with three straight losses before climbing to a final 6-10 record. This was good enough to make the playoffs, but the Rock were beaten 10-6 by the eventual

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-winning

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. On January 11, 2008, the

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defeated the

17-16 in overtime. After the game, Clark was involved in an altercation with Minnesota forward Sean Pollock outside the Rock dressing room. Clark was later charged with assault by Toronto Police. On January 17, the NLL announced that Clark was suspended indefinitely. The charges against Clark were eventually dropped, and the suspension was lifted on February 13. The Rock won their

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season opener against the New York Titans, but after they lost their next two games, scoring a total of only 15 goals, Clark was fired on January 20, 2009 along with assistant coach Terry Bullen. Assistant coach

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was retained by the Rock in an advisory position. Clark was replaced with Jamie Batley. On June 24, 2015 Clark was named the second head coach of the

, joined by assistants Jim Veltman and Tracey Kelusky.

Statistics

NLL

Reference:

References

External links

Wings announce signing of Glenn Clark

The Professor becomes The Coach

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