Clark Finalist For National Coach Of The Year

Feb. 28, 2002

CORAL GABLES, FL (hurricanesports.com) – University of Miami headmen’s basketball coach Perry Clark has been selected as one of 25 finalistsfor the Naismith College Basketball Coach of the Year Award. The winner willbe announced on April 5, 2002 at the Cobb Galleria Center in Atlanta.

Now in its 34th year, the Naismith Awards program honors theoutstanding college basketball coaches in the United States. The awardsprogram was founded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, an organization dedicated torecognizing the achievements of excellence in basketball.

Clark, in his second season at Miami, has guided the 18th-rankedHurricanes to a 22-6 record, including a school-record 14 consecutive winsto open the season. Miami’s 22 victories marks the most regular-season winssince the Hurricanes joined the BIG EAST in 1991. Miami is one win shy oftying the school single-season record of 23 victories.

Miami concludes its regular-season against Virginia Tech at 2 p.m.on Saturday, March 2 at Miami Arena.

Naismith Coach of the Year Finalists
Henry Bibby, Southern California
Perry Clark, Miami(FL)
Tom Crean, Marquette
Mike Davis, Indiana
Billy Donovan, Florida
Mark Few, Gonzaga
Pete Gillen, Virginia
Mark Gottfried, Alabama
Jim Harrick, Georgia
Ben Howland, Pittsburgh
Bob Huggins, Cincinnati
Ernie Kent, Oregon
Bobby Knight, Texas Tech
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
Mike Montgomery, Stanford
Jim O’Brien, Ohio State
Lute Olson, Arizona
Skip Prosser, Wake Forest
Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma
Herb Sendek, North Carolina State
Bill Self, Illinois
Tubby Smith, Kentucky
Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State
Gary Williams, Maryland
Roy Williams, Kansas