RICHMOND, Ky. – AJ Clark, who has been an assistant coach at Palm Seashore Atlantic College for the previous two seasons, has joined the teaching workers at Japanese Kentucky College.
Clark helped Palm Seashore Atlantic to back-to-back profitable seasons for the primary time since 2003-05. In 2023-24, the Sailfish posted their second-highest profitable proportion in this system's NCAA Division II period. The PBA posted the very best convention report within the 2019–20 season and achieved a regional rating for the primary time since 2019–20.
“I’m so excited to welcome AJ to our teaching workers,” EKU Head Coach AW Hamilton mentioned. “His drive, work ethic and keenness for serving to younger folks develop into the very best variations of themselves on and off the sector are what endeared him to me.”
Clark is not any stranger to working with a high-scoring offense. Palm Seashore Atlantic averaged 84.9 factors and 17 assists per recreation final season. The Sailfish ranked 28th nationally in scoring and 15th in assists.
Previous to becoming a member of the Palm Seashore Atlantic program, Clark served as an assistant coach, defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Georgia Southwestern State College from 2020 to 2022. Throughout his time with the Hurricanes, GSW led the Peach Belt Convention in turnovers and was the one nationwide workforce finisher within the high 5 in each steals and blocks per recreation. Georgia Southwestern earned a bid to the NCAA Match in 2020-21.
Clark was an assistant coach at Younger Harris Faculty in the course of the 2019-20 season. He helped develop a guard that led the nation in assists per recreation and completed seventh in steals per recreation. As offensive coordinator, Clark helped the Mountain Lions lead the Peach Belt Convention in scoring (87.5 ppg) and Three-pointers made per recreation (11.6).
Previous to coming into school teaching, Clark spent two years at Groundwork Participant Improvement because the Director of Basketball Operations. He based the group's journey ball program and developed gamers who went on to play professionally in Australia, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Estonia and Africa.
Clark performed at Pfeiffer College, the place he was a Four-year workforce captain and three-time MVP. He additionally earned third workforce All-America honors. As a senior, Clark averaged 20 factors, three assists and two rebounds per recreation. He helped Pfeiffer to a convention championship, an NCAA Match look and a top-25 nationwide rating.
Clark earned a bachelor's diploma in sports activities administration from Pfeiffer in 2016. He graduated with a grasp's diploma in sports activities administration in 2022 at West Georgia.
EKU gained the 2023-24 Atlantic Solar Convention Common Season Championship, this system's first common season convention title in 45 years. Hamilton was named ASUN Coach of the 12 months and NABC District III Coach of the 12 months. He’s the primary coach in program historical past to be named convention coach of the 12 months twice.