Kevin Clark joined Northwestern in June 2022 and is currently the Deputy Director of Athletics. He also serves as a member of the department’s senior staff.
Clark came to Evanston after serving Temple University in a variety of increasingly comprehensive roles over the last decade, most recently as Senior Advisor to the President. Appointed to the position in 2015, Kevin had university-wide responsibility for the daily operation of the university. His portfolio consists of over 800 employees and included most of the university’s non-academic units including: Capital Projects, Campus Safety Services, Real Estate, Facilities, Services Operations, Campus Recreation, Athletics, Purchasing, and Auxiliary Services Environmental Health and Radiation Safety.
In 2013 Clark was appointed Temple's Vice President and Director of Athletics, where he implemented a vision that supported growth, personal development, and academic and athletic achievement. During his tenure Owls student-athletes posted record GPAs, participated in the conference football championship game, and went to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. He negotiated multi-year contracts that produced record multimedia rights revenues and the largest apparel agreement in department history.
In May of 2015, President Neil D. Theobald nominated him to the newly created position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. The new role entrusted Clark with responsibility for the daily operation of the university and consolidated the leadership of four previously separate divisions under his care: Intercollegiate Athletics; Construction, Facilities and Operations; Campus Recreation; and Business Services. In guiding a team of more than 800 employees, he led the implementation of more than $300M in capital projects and infrastructure, including a state-of-the-art library and the Temple Sports Complex.
The move to Northwestern is a Big Ten Conference homecoming for Clark, who spent nearly 11 years at Indiana University. He began his career in Bloomington as the Associate Athletic Director for Business & Finance and Chief Financial Officer and finished as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations. His tenure included leadership of the department's business office, information technology, human resources, travel services, athletic facilities, IU Golf Course, equipment operations, concessions and food services, and other areas of internal administration. He also served as the sport administrator for football, baseball, and women's basketball.
Prior to his time at Indiana, Clark served as the director of business administration-student development at Saint Louis University, where he also worked as Assistant Athletic Director of Business and Finance from 1996 to 2000. He also spent five years as a staff accountant at the NCAA.
Clark holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Grambling State University and an MBA from Webster University. The Kansas City native retired as a Major after serving 23 years in the United States Army Reserve.
Clark came to Evanston after serving Temple University in a variety of increasingly comprehensive roles over the last decade, most recently as Senior Advisor to the President. Appointed to the position in 2015, Kevin had university-wide responsibility for the daily operation of the university. His portfolio consists of over 800 employees and included most of the university’s non-academic units including: Capital Projects, Campus Safety Services, Real Estate, Facilities, Services Operations, Campus Recreation, Athletics, Purchasing, and Auxiliary Services Environmental Health and Radiation Safety.
In 2013 Clark was appointed Temple's Vice President and Director of Athletics, where he implemented a vision that supported growth, personal development, and academic and athletic achievement. During his tenure Owls student-athletes posted record GPAs, participated in the conference football championship game, and went to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. He negotiated multi-year contracts that produced record multimedia rights revenues and the largest apparel agreement in department history.
In May of 2015, President Neil D. Theobald nominated him to the newly created position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. The new role entrusted Clark with responsibility for the daily operation of the university and consolidated the leadership of four previously separate divisions under his care: Intercollegiate Athletics; Construction, Facilities and Operations; Campus Recreation; and Business Services. In guiding a team of more than 800 employees, he led the implementation of more than $300M in capital projects and infrastructure, including a state-of-the-art library and the Temple Sports Complex.
The move to Northwestern is a Big Ten Conference homecoming for Clark, who spent nearly 11 years at Indiana University. He began his career in Bloomington as the Associate Athletic Director for Business & Finance and Chief Financial Officer and finished as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations. His tenure included leadership of the department's business office, information technology, human resources, travel services, athletic facilities, IU Golf Course, equipment operations, concessions and food services, and other areas of internal administration. He also served as the sport administrator for football, baseball, and women's basketball.
Prior to his time at Indiana, Clark served as the director of business administration-student development at Saint Louis University, where he also worked as Assistant Athletic Director of Business and Finance from 1996 to 2000. He also spent five years as a staff accountant at the NCAA.
Clark holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Grambling State University and an MBA from Webster University. The Kansas City native retired as a Major after serving 23 years in the United States Army Reserve.