James Edward Clark (born ) is a former

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coach. He served as the head football coach at the

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from 1966 to 1969, compiling a record of 17–22. Clark attended high school in

Belzoni, Mississippi Belzoni ( ) is a city in Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta region, on the Yazoo River. The population was 2,235 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Humphreys County. It was named for the 19th-centur ...

and played

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at the

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(Ole Miss) before graduating in 1950. He earned a master's degree at Mississippi Southern College—now known as

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—in 1957.

Head coaching record

College

References

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