J.J. Clark - Women's Head Coach

Clark has coached the women's track and field and cross-country teams at the University of Florida for nine seasons. He has been named SEC Cross Country Coach of the Year two of the last four years, and was named United States Track and Field Nike Elite Coach of the Year in 1998. In 2000, he was the personal coach for the entire Team USA women's 800m contingent at the Olympic Games, coaching wife Jearl Miles-Clark, Hazel Clark and Joetta Clark Diggs.

Clark made the move from graduate assistant during the 1991-92 season to take over UF's distance duties in 1992-93. An All-American middle distance runner at Villanova, he graduated in 1986 with a communications degree.

After graduating, he was head coach of the women's cross-country team at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J., until 1989. He qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 1,500m in 1988.

In addition to coaching Gator athletes, Clark was named to the U.S. coaching staff for the 1997 World Track and Field Championships as an assistant coach for the women's team.