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Cam Clark enters his third season on the Cardinals’ coaching staff and his second as co-defensive coordinator. Clark came to Beaumont after spending the 2016 campaign as the defensive coordinator at Faulkner University.

Clark produced one of the conference top linebackers in 2018, in senior Chaston Brooks. A four-year letterwinner in the program, Brooks finished third on the team with 70 tackles, including a tackle for a loss, eight pass breakups, an interception and two forced fumbles. He was recognized by the league as an honorable mention all-conference selection following the season. 

During Clark’s first season in Southeast Texas, he coached one of the youngest position groups in the Southland. Big Red’s depth chart consisted of one senior and a junior, while the rest of the roster consisted of first or second year players. 

Prior to his season at Faulkner, Clark spent three years working with current Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn serving as a defensive graduate assistant. During his time with the Tigers, Clark worked with Auburn’s safeties and nickel backs, as well as special teams. Clark was also heavily involved with recruiting.

During his time at Auburn, the Tigers climbed to the top of the Southeastern Conference. Auburn locked up the 2013 SEC West Division title on its way to an SEC Championship with a victory over Missouri in the title game. The Tigers rolled their way into the National Championship. It was nearly an unthinkable accomplishment prior to the season as the Tigers were coming off a 3-9 campaign that saw them fail to win an SEC contest.

Clark served in a similar capacity under Malzahn at Arkansas State. He assisted with a team that won the 2011 Sun Belt Conference Championship and played in the GoDaddy Bowl.

Clark’s stop at Faulkner as the defensive coordinator was his second trip to the university. He made a stop in Montgomery, Ala. in 2008 when he was hired as the secondary and wide receivers coach. Clark also served as Faulkner’s recruiting coordinator during that time.

Clark’s coaching path followed a successful playing career at Harding University where he was a four-year letterwinner in football and track and field. Clark received his bachelor’s degree from Harding in 2007. He graduated from Auburn with a masters in adult education in 2014.

Clark and his wife, Dana, have two children, son, Hutch and daughter, Davis.