Renee Clark was named the Lincoln University head softball coach in May 2020.
Clarke brings over 30 years of collegiate coaching and playing experience to Lincoln, including 28 years as a head coach on both the NCAA Division III and Division I levels, where she won 480 games. Most recently, Clarke spent the last 16 seasons as the head coach at Swarthmore College, coaching 26 all-conference and two all-region selections while also serving as the Assistant director of Facilities for the Garnet.
Clarke spent three seasons at Division I Drexel University before becoming Swarthmore's head coach, earning America East Coach of the Year honors in 2001 when she led the Dragons to a 33-26-1 record. Â Prior to Drexel, Clarke was the Head Softball and Field Hockey Coach at Division III Kean University. She led her teams to three NCAA and three ECAC tournament appearances during her 11-year tenure at Kean, winning the ECAC Division III Softball Championship in 1990. Clarke coached three All-Americans and three Academic All-Americans while at Kean.
A four-year softball and field hockey player during her collegiate career at Rutgers University, Clarke earned Atlantic 10 All-conference honors four straight years and was a member of three USA Softball World Championship Teams (1984-85, 1987). She was inducted into the Rutgers University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.
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