{"id":389326,"date":"2025-09-23T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/389326\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:00:12","slug":"shawn-clark-dies-ex-college-football-head-coach-passes-away-after-medical-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/389326\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Clark dies: Ex-college football head coach passes away after medical emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\/ucf-knights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UCF Knights<\/a> offensive line coach Shawn Clark has died nearly two weeks after being hospitalized due to a medical emergency, the school announced on Monday. He was 50.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Clark suffered the health issue on Sept. 9 and had been away from the team. He was said to be stable in the hospital last week. The team didn\u2019t disclose his official condition at the time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/appalachian-state-shawn-clark-092225-3.jpg\" alt=\"Shawn Clark in 2019\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Appalachian State coach Shawn Clark watches players warm up before taking on UAB in the New Orleans Bowl NCAA college football game in New Orleans, on Dec. 21, 2019.\u00a0 (AP Photo\/Brett Duke)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shawn was so much more than a coach,&#8221; UCF head coach Scott Frost said in a statement. &#8220;He was a remarkable man, husband, and father who cared deeply about his players and staff. The reaction of our players and coaches to the news this morning is a testament to Shawn\u2019s character and the impact he had on every life that he touched. He was loved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Clark joined the Knights\u2019 program after he spent five years as the head coach of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\/appalachian-state-mountaineers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Appalachian State Mountaineers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/joel-klatts-college-football-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">JOEL KLATT&#8217;S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS: INDIANA SHAKES UP THE TOP 10, LSU FALLS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/appalachian-state-shawn-clark-092225-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shawn Clark vs East Carolina\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Appalachian State Mountaineers head coach Shawn Clark reacts to a call in the second half against the East Carolina Pirates at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Sept. 14, 2024. (James Guillory\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>He was the head coach at Appalachian State, his alma mater, from 2019 to 2024. He was 40-24 overall and 3-1 in bowl games with wins at the New Orleans Bowl, Myrtle Beach Bowl and Cure Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are profoundly saddened by the passing of App State alumnus, football All-American and former head coach Shawn Clark. We extend our deepest sympathy to Shawn\u2019s family and everyone who knew and loved him,&#8221; the school said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/appalachian-state-shawn-clark-092225-2.jpg\" alt=\"Shawn Clark on the field\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Shawn Clark speaks to Asheville Citizen-Times sports reporter Evan Gerike after the AppState Mountaineers&#8217; football practice at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Jasper Colt \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He started his coaching career in 2001 as a graduate assistant for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\/louisville-cardinals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Louisville Cardinals<\/a>. He was an offensive line coach with the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, Purdue Boilermakers and Kent State Golden Flashes. He was the Mountaineers\u2019 offensive line coach in 2016 and later the offensive coordinator before taking over as head coach.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/a> and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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