Michelle Clark-Heard
American basketball player and coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michelle Clark-Heard (born July 27, 1968)[1] is the head coach for the Mercer Bears women's basketball team.[2][3][4]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Mercer |
| Conference | SoCon |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 27, 1968 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Playing career | |
| 1987–1990 | Western Kentucky |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–2002 | Nebraska (assistant) |
| 2002–2005 | Cincinnati (assistant) |
| 2005–2007 | Kentucky State |
| 2007–2012 | Louisville (assistant) |
| 2012–2018 | Western Kentucky |
| 2018–2023 | Cincinnati |
| 2024–present | Mercer |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2023–2024 | Mississippi State (assistant A.D. for women's basketball) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 252–147 (.632) |
In her first year at Western Kentucky University her team posted a 22–11 record, after going 9–21 the season prior to her arrival.
In 2018, the University of Cincinnati hired her as the head coach for the Cincinnati women's basketball team. In her first season, she led the team to more than 20 wins for the first time since 2003 and at least 12 conference wins for the first time since 1999.[5]
On March 7, 2023, she was fired as the head coach of the Cincinnati women's basketball team. She finishes with an overall record of 74–74 and a conference record of 35–46.[6]
On May 17, 2023, Mississippi State University announced that she was hired as the Assistant Athletic Director for Women's Basketball.[7]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–88 | Western Kentucky | 34 | - | - | 43.5 | 0.0 | 59.6 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | 6.9 |
| 1988–89 | Western Kentucky | 31 | - | - | 40.0 | 0.0 | 67.0 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | - | 7.3 |
| 1990–91 | Western Kentucky | 29 | - | - | 48.8 | 0.0 | 60.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | - | 8.7 |
| Career | 94 | - | - | 44.1 | 0.0 | 62.6 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | - | 7.6 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[8] | |||||||||||||
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky State (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2005–2007) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Kentucky State | 5–23 | 4–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Kentucky State | 19–9 | 12–4 | T-4th | |||||
| Kentucky State: | 24–32 (.429) | 16–16 (.500) | |||||||
| Western Kentucky (Sun Belt Conference) (2012–2014) | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | Western Kentucky | 22–11 | 13–7 | 3rd | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| 2013–14 | Western Kentucky | 24–9 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| Western Kentucky (Sun Belt): | 46–20 (.697) | 26–12 (.684) | |||||||
| Western Kentucky (Conference USA) (2014–2018) | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | Western Kentucky | 30–5 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Western Kentucky | 27–7 | 15–3 | T-2nd | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2016–17 | Western Kentucky | 27–7 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Western Kentucky | 24–8 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| Western Kentucky (C-USA): | 108–27 (.800) | 59–11 (.843) | |||||||
| Western Kentucky (Overall): | 154–47 (.766) | ||||||||
| Cincinnati (American Athletic Conference) (2018–2023) | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | Cincinnati | 24–11 | 12–4 | 3rd | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2019–20 | Cincinnati | 22–9 | 11–5 | 2nd | |||||
| 2020–21 | Cincinnati | 8–16 | 6–12 | 7th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Cincinnati | 11–17 | 4–11 | 11th | |||||
| 2022–23 | Cincinnati | 9–21 | 2–14 | 11th | |||||
| Cincinnati: | 74–74 (.500) | 35–46 (.432) | |||||||
| Mercer (Southern Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Mercer | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Mercer: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 252–147 (.632) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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