Coach Clark Livin’ the Dream
DaVinci Academy's gym coach on teaching physical education, RC planes and a football career that is often misremembered.
Chad Clark, the gym coach at DaVinci Academy, has taught here at DaVinci for 9 years. He was born in Puyallup, Washington and graduated from Western Washington University.
Coach has taught physical education for 11 years. He chose physical education because he has been an athlete all his life and has always been interested in health. When asked about his life goals, to be financially comfortable and have a happy family, his response is “I’m livin’ them.”
Coach Clark’s hobbies include golf and flying RC planes. He enjoys RC planes because he’s always wanted to fly real planes. His favorite genre of music is hip hop and his dream car is the Saleen Mustang. In high school, he played several sports including basketball, baseball and track, but his favorite was football.
In Clark’s football career he played for several teams. In high school he played for the Manson High School Trojans, and he is very proud of what the team accomplished. Later in life Coach played in college for the Wenatchee Valley College Knights. After that he played for the Vikings semi-pro, the Utah Catzz, and the Utah Blue Devils. Later he was thought to play for the Seahawks, but he did not; the common misconception actually is that he played for the Everett Hawks. So people took this and made it sound like he played for the Seahawks, but he never did. Although he did not play for the Seahawks, he enjoyed his time on the Everett Hawks.
He says that if he had not chosen to be a teacher he would have gone pro in football or become a construction worker. Coach Clark loves having an impact on his students, no matter how big or small, as long as it exists.
