By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
Swim coach Todd Clark died on Sunday when he suffered a sudden heart attack while walking into the WAAC Winter Age Group Open meet at West Allegheny Senior High School. He was 61 years old.
Clark most recently is the head coach of Steel City Aquatics in Pittsburgh, where he has worked since 2020. He was promoted to head coach in 2024.
Clark had over 35 years of experience as a head swimming coach at different levels, and has served three years on the USA Swimming National Team staff and has placed two athletes on the US National Junior Team, including open water swimmer Claire Pophal and pool swimmer Rachel Zilinskas.
Prior to his time at Steel City, he worked with the Lake Erie Silver Dolphins and the Hawken School in Cleveland. LESD earned USA Swimming Silver Medal status under Clark’s leadership, and his high school teams won four state titles.
Prior to that he worked as a coach at Peters Township High School and with the Fox Chapel Killer Whales in the Pittsburgh area.
In the college ranks, Clark worked as the assistant head coach at his alma mater Kenyon in 1988, where both the men and women won NCAA Division III titles.
After one year there he was named the head coach at another D3 school: Case Western Reserve University. In 13 years there, he coached 44 All-Americans and two individual NCAA Division III National Champions. His teams twice had the highest GPAs in college swimming.
As an athlete, he was a seven time All-American at Kenyon and a five-time USMS National Champion.
Clark also extended his touch on the sport beyond his own coaching, serving as the Senior Chair for Allegheny Mountain Swimming and leading several LSC training camps.
Part of a swim coaching power couple, his wife Marian is the head coach of Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics. They have three children, Maiti, Mara, and Mac.
According to Steel City Aquatics team president Matt Puthoff, the team is grieving but also celebrating his life and the “powerful, positive impact he made on thousands of lives.”
“Todd and his wife, Marian, have been stalwarts of our community for years, and we want to ensure his story is told—not just for the sake of his impressive resume, but for the family he leaves behind,” Puthoff said. “Todd was immensely proud of his son, who is currently in the middle of his freshman year at the University of Tennessee. He so often shared pictures of his son experiencing life in Knoxville, and that pride was evident to everyone who knew him.
“The selflessness Todd possessed was unmatched; he sacrificed countless hours away from his own family to help us and our families become better people. His coaching went far beyond the stopwatch. His pep talks were usually simple and to the point, and more often than not, a swimmer would leave that conversation with a smile on their face. He was a constant, welcoming presence on the deck at big meets, offering a big hardy handshake, a huge hug, and a laugh so distinct you could hear it from the stands.”
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