The Bobby Clark File (cont.) Year-By-Year Collegiately With Bobby Clark Year School Record Postseason/Honors/Final Rankings 1985 Dartmouth 6-7-1 1986 Dartmouth 9-3-3 1987 Dartmouth 10-3-1 1988 Dartmouth 10-4-0 Ivy League Champion 1989 Dartmouth 7-6-1 1990 Dartmouth 14-2-2 NCAA Quarterfinals #8 ISAA, #16 Soccer America Ivy League Champion 1991 Dartmouth 6-6-3 1992 Dartmouth 11-5-2 NCAA Quarterfinals Ivy League Champion NSCAA Region I Coach of the Year New England Intercollegiate Soccer League Coach of the Year 1993 Dartmouth 9-6-0 Dartmouth Totals 1996 Stanford
82-42-13 (.646) – 9 years 10-4-4 MPSF Mountain Division Coach of the Year 1997 Stanford 13-5-2 NCAA First Round #21 NSCAA, #21 Soccer America NSCAA Far West Region Coach of the Year MPSF Mountain Division Coach of the Year 1998 Stanford 18-5-2 NCAA Runnerup #2 NSCAA, #9 Soccer America 1999 Stanford 12-4-3 NCAA First Round #23 NSCAA, #15 Soccer America 2000 Stanford 18-3-1 NCAA Quarterfinals #6 NSCAA, #4 Soccer America Pac-10 Coach of the Year Stanford Totals 71-21-12 (.740) – 5 years 2001 Notre Dame 12-7-0 NCAA First Round #18 NSCAA, #18 Soccer America BIG EAST Coach of the Year 2002 Notre Dame 12-6-3 NCAA Second Round #20 Soccer America 2003 Notre Dame 16-3-4 NCAA Sweet 16 #8 NSCAA, #3 Soccer America 2004 Notre Dame 13-3-3 NCAA Second Round #17 NSCAA, #12 Soccer America BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year 2005 Notre Dame 12-8-3 NCAA Sweet 16 #15 NSCAA 2006 Notre Dame 15-6-2 NCAA Quarterfinals #6 NSCAA 2007 Notre Dame 14-5-5 NCAA Quarterfinals #6 NSCAA 2008 Notre Dame 12-7-2 NCAA Second Round #16 NSCAA 2009 Notre Dame 11-8-4 NCAA Second Round 2010 Notre Dame 10-6-4 Notre Dame Totals Collegiate Totals
NCAA Second Round #21 NSCAA
127-59-30 (.657) – 10 seasons 280-122-55 (.673) – 24 seasons
Accolades were in abundance for Notre Dame during the 2008 season. Besler earned the distinction of becoming the first player in program history to be named both a first-team All-American and first-team Academic All-American. Besler and Dike both were first-team all-BIG EAST selections and headlined a group of five Notre Dame players that copped allleague honors. The 2007 campaign was arguably the greatest season in Notre Dame history. The Irish captured a share of the regular-season BIG EAST title as they tied for the Blue Division championship with Connecticut. The Irish went 7-0-4 in league play and were the only BIG EAST squad to go undefeated within the conference. Notre Dame advanced to the finals of the BIG EAST Championship before falling to Connecticut, 2-0. During the season, the Irish peaked at a program-best
No. 2 in the national rankings. Notre Dame opened the ’07 season with a 2-1 overtime win against top-ranked UCLA at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic in Bloomington, Ind. That would be the first of five triumphs over ranked foes for the Irish on the year. Notre Dame garnered the 10th seed in the 2007 NCAA Championship and following a first-round bye, the Irish topped Oakland University 2-1. A 2-0 upset victory at No. 7 Santa Clara propelled Notre Dame into the ‘Elite Eight’. The season would come to an end as the Irish suffered a 1-0 overtime loss at eventual national champion Wake Forest in the NCAA quarterfinals to finish with a 14-5-5 record and a No. 6 ranking in the final NSCAA poll. In what has become a common theme in the Clark era at Notre Dame, the Irish boasted two All-America honorees in 2007. Lapira earned first-team All-America
accolades for the second straight season, while Miller was a second-team pick. Miller also earned Academic All-America honors. Lapira and Miller were unanimous first-team all-BIG EAST selections. The duo spearheaded a group of seven Fighting Irish players that copped all-conference accolades. The Irish ended the ’06 campaign ranked sixth nationally after compiling a 15-6-2 record and finishing third in the BIG EAST Conference’s Blue Division with an 8-3-0 mark. After earning the No. 12 seed and a firstround bye in the NCAA Tournament, Notre Dame knocked off UIC 1-0 in the second round before taking down defending NCAA champion Maryland 1-0 in double-overtime to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in program history. The win over the Terrapins marked the second straight season in which the Irish topped the defending national champion in postseason play. Notre Dame downed Indiana, the two-time defending national champion, 2-0 in the second round of the 2005 tournament. Accolades were in store for the 2006 Irish squad following the unprecedented success. Lapira won the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy as the nation’s top player according to the NSCAA. He became the first studentathlete in program history to win a national player of the year award. Lapira, who led all NCAA Division I men’s players with 22 goals and 50 points, also captured player-of-the-year honors from Soccer America along with being Notre Dame’s first-ever unanimous first-team All-American. Lapira was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year, while Dalby was selected as the league’s midfielder of the year. In all, the Irish boasted five all-conference performers. Dalby earned first-team All-America honors for the second straight season. The 2005 season presented some challenges for Clark as the Irish had to reload after losing a stellar senior class following the 2004 campaign. A difficult slate faced Notre Dame and the Irish responded with a 12-8-3 record and a berth in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 16. The Irish had an impressive run as they posted back-to-back 2-0 shutouts in the first two rounds of the tournament. The Irish topped Western Illinois at home and then hit the road and took down the Hoosiers. The victory over Indiana marked the first time in nine tries that Notre Dame had ever knocked off a defending national champion in regular season or postseason play. Dalby became the first player in program history to be named a first-team All-American on three separate lists (NSCAA, Soccer Times, College Soccer News). He also was a unanimous first-team all-BIG EAST selection and a M.A.C. Hermann Trophy semifinalist. Ian Etherington joined Dalby as a first-team all-league member. In 2004, the Fighting Irish faced lofty preseason expectations despite losing key components to a squad that won the BIG EAST tournament the previous year. Notre Dame lost a valuable seven-member class, which contained five all-BIG EAST selections and 35 of the team’s 38 goals in 2003, to graduation. The 2004 Irish still managed to post a 13-3-3 record that included an 11-game unbeaten streak and they peaked at No. 4 in the national polls. The ’04 squad was led by a stout defense that allowed just nine goals on the year en route to the program’s first regular-season BIG EAST title with an 8-1-1 conference mark, which led to Clark and assistant coaches Brian Wiese and Mike Avery being named the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year. Six members of the Irish squad earned all-BIG EAST honors, including AllAmerica goalkeeper Chris Sawyer, who received his second straight BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year award. Fellow seniors Kevin Goldthwaite and Jack Stewart joined Sawyer on the first-team all-conference team with Stewart winning the BIG EAST’s Defensive Player of the Year. A disappointing 2-1 loss to Ohio State in the second
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