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Men's Basketball
Coaching: Pat Clarke enters his ninth season as a member of the University of Rhode Island men's basketball staff and his fifth as an assistant coach. He moved into a full-time bench coaching role during the 2005-06 season, after serving as the team's director of basketball operations since his arrival in Kingston in 2001. At that time, HoopScoop rated Clarke among the top director of basketball operations in the country. In his two years on the sidelines at URI, the Rams have totalled 33 wins and advanced to the Atlantic 10 Championship game in 2007. A native of Olean, N.Y., Clarke began working with head coach Jim Baron at St. Bonaventure as the team's director of basketball operations during the 1999-2000 season, before joining Baron in Rhode Island. Clarke is responsible for nearly all aspects of the program, including on-the-floor coaching, recruiting, and game preparation. In 1999, Clarke left his longtime post as coach and athletic director at Olean's Archbishop Walsh High to join Baron's staff at St. Bonaventure. The Bonnies earned their first NCAA bid in 22 years in 2000, finishing with a 21-10 record. St. Bonaventure followed up that success by posting an 18-12 record and earning an NIT invitation in 2001. At Archbishop Walsh, Clarke spent 11 years (1988-99) as athletic director, chair of the physical education department and head coach for baseball, softball, football and boys' basketball. His basketball teams went 151-102 (.597), highlighted by an undefeated regular season in 1990, a trip to the New York State Championship in 1991 and a conference title in 1996. Many of his players have gone on to play at the collegiate level. Clarke earned his bachelors degree in physical education from St. Bonaventure in 1992. He and his wife Kristin reside in East Greenwich, R.I. with their daughters, Maura Lynn and Molly Christine and son Michael Gerald. Updated July 28, 2009
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