[1] During his 14-year tenure at UCF, Clark never had a losing season, and built the Knights into a national power, leading the team to five Sunshine State Conference regular season championships, one conference tournament championship and six NCAA tournament appearances in eight years.
[3] In 1969, Clark, who was a Wisconsin high school coach, was responsible for starting the university's basketball program from scratch.
[2] The first season would serve as an omen for UCF basketball, with Clark bringing the university unprecedented success as a Division II team.
Under Clark, the Xavier varsity basketball team had an outstanding run almost every year in the Wisconsin Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association State Championships.
His legacy at Xavier almost seems made up, as he quickly established a very successful and strong tradition... one that still makes the school widely respected in athletic circles.
A then-single-game-record-crowd of 7,095 witnessed the '63 state finals, eager to see Xavier top Marquette High, 71-66, in a raucous, 'mostly-blue' Milwaukee Arena.
His basketball teams won 49 straight, but their shot at the '64 state title and 50-in-a-row came up short against Marinette Central & Coach Marty Crowe, 43-37.
Torchy's teams also had a 62-game regular season win streak—before Chicago St. Pat's put an end to that string, 66-54, before an as-always packed-in-crowd in the noisy & hot XHS gym.
The post-season Football Playoffs in Wisconsin did not start until 1969—after Clark left Xavier for a college coaching position in Florida.
Many alumni came back for the special night, including Rocky Bleier, who introduced Coach Clark.