IRVING, Tex (WIAT)– UAB coach Bill Clark has been named the 2017 Conference USA Coach of Year, league officials announced Wednesday.
The Blazers were picked to finish last in the C-USA preseason poll, with many preseason magazines pitting them dead last in the country. Clark led the Blazers to an 8-4 overall record and 6-2 in conference, both of which are school records. UAB finished second in the C-USA West Division and will play Ohio in the Bahamas Bowl on Dec. 22.
“What Bill Clark and his staff have accomplished over the last two and half years is simply amazing and we are honored his fellow C-USA coaches agreed by naming him Coach of the Year,” said Director of Athletics Mark Ingram.