Temple University Athletics
Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- christopher.clark@temple.edu
- Phone:
- 215-204-6268
The Owls made significant progress in the second season under Fisher's staff, improving their regular-season win total by five and adding four additional victories in AAC play. Temple's offense shined, setting a new program record of 78.8 points per game. Defending the Liacouras Center with pride, the Owls boasted a 12-2 record on North Broad Street, defeating No. 18 Memphis and North Texas. Temple became the only AAC team to beat the top two seeded conference teams in the regular season.
Jamal Mashburn Jr., a three-time All-Mountain West standout, joined Temple through the transfer portal in 2024-25. Mashburn thrived in his lone season in the Cherry and White, earning spots on the All-AAC Second Team and the AAC Newcomer Team. Prior to an injury that caused him to miss nine of the final 10 games of the season, Mashburn Jr. ranked second nationally in points per game (22.0) and led the conference in scoring. He became the first NABC All-District First Team selection at Temple since 2019-20.
The 2024 recruiting class, ranked as the top class in the conference by Rivals, was highlighted by a Aiden Tobiason's AAC All-Freshman Team selection.
In 2023-24, Temple became the first team in American Athletic Conference history to win four games in four days at the conference tournament and helped guide Temple to its first appearance in the AAC championship game. TU finished second in program history with 296 made three-pointers and were 31st nationally with just 9.9 turnovers per game. The Owls also came away with 7.4 steals an outing, a jump of more than two per game from the previous season and their highest total since 2018-19.A 2008 Temple grad where he played under both legendary Hall of Fame Temple coach John Chaney and Dunphy, Clark has been on the Owls’ staff a total of eight seasons, one as the video coordinator during the 2015-16 season and the previous seven as an assistant coach on Dunphy’s (2016-19) and Aaron McKie’s staffs (2019-23).
During his six seasons as an Owl assistant, Clark has been one of the team’s top recruiters. Among the top players he has recruited to Temple are all-AAC honoree Damian Dunn, and all-AAC freshman honorees Jahlil White and Zach Hicks and current starting point guard Hysier Miller.
Prior to his return to Temple, Clark served two seasons as assistant head coach at Campbell University. He spent two seasons at Campbell (2013-15) as well as four seasons (2009-13) as an assistant coach at St. Francis (Pa.). At St. Francis, he helped lead the program to program to two consecutive Northeast Conference tournament appearances. He also served as the program’s associate head coach his final season.
A four-year member of the Owls (2004-08) as a player, Clark had a breakout senior season while serving as team captain. The Philadelphia native (St. Joseph's Prep HS) led the Owls in three-point percentage (57-137, .416) and helped lead Temple to a 21-13 record and the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship as the team's sixth man. Named the 2008 Philadelphia Big 5 Most Improved Player, he increased his scoring average from 2.6 points per game as a junior to 7.5 points per game as a senior.
Clark also has an extensive resume of community service. He has been a Big Brother Program volunteer, a Reading for Children volunteer, and has done community service at the Carousel House in Philadelphia. Additionally, he has volunteered with Midtown Parish United Methodist Church, Temple Rollin Owls Basketball League, and Cherry Hill's Martin Luther King Day.
He and his wife, Sharena, have three sons, Caysen, Chase, Camorie, and a daughter CrisMonae.
