{{Short description|American football and basketball coach (1914–1979)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Clark Jarnigan | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|5|24}} | birth_place = Graham, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|10|19|1914|5|24}} | death_place = Abilene, Texas, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1933–1936 | player_team2 = Hardin–Simmons | player_positions = Center | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1937 | coach_team2 = Hardin–Simmons (freshmen) | coach_years3 = 1938 | coach_team3 = Denton HS (TX) | coach_years4 = 1939–1942 | coach_team4 = Hardin–Simmons (line) | coach_years5 = 1942 | coach_team5 = Hardin–Simmons (interim HC) | coach_years6 = 1943–1944 | coach_team6 = North Carolina Pre-Flight (line) | coach_years7 = 1946 | coach_team7 = Baylor (line) | coach_years8 = 1947–1957 | coach_team8 = West Texas State (line) | coach_years9 = 1958–1959 | coach_team9 = West Texas State | coach_sport10 = Basketball | coach_years11 = 1942–1943 | coach_team11 = Hardin–Simmons | overall_record = 2–19 (college football)<br>1–9 (college basketball) | bowl_record = 0–1 | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''William Clark Jarnagin''' (May 24, 1914 – October 19, 1979) was an American football and basketball coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/clark-jarnagin-1.html|title=Clark Jarnigan|publisher=Sports-Reference College Basketball|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref> He served as the interim head football coach at Hardin–Simmons University during the 1943 Sun Bowl. Jarnigan was the head football coach at West Texas State University—now known as West Texas A&M University—from 1958 to 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ribble.name/jarnagin_clark.html|title=William Clark Jarnigan|publisher=ribble.name|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref> He was also the head basketball coach at Hardin–Simmons during the 1942–43 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hsuathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/Coaching_History|title=Men's Basketball Coaching Records|publisher=Hardin–Simmons Cowboys basketball|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===College football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Hardin–Simmons Cowboys | conf = Border Conference | startyear = 1942 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1942 | name = Hardin–Simmons | overall = 0–1{{#tag:ref|Warren B. Woodson was the head coach for Hardin–Simmons for the regular season before going into the service with the United States Navy. He led the Cowboys to an overall record of 9–0–1 with a mark of 4–0–1 in conference play, sharing the Border Conference title with Texas Tech. Jarnagin was appointed interim head coach for the 1943 Sun Bowl.|group=n|name=1942season}} | conference = <ref name=1942season group=n/> | confstanding = <ref name=1942season group=n/> | bowlname = Sun | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Hardin–Simmons | overall = 0–1 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = West Texas State Buffaloes | conf = Border Conference | startyear = 1958 | endyear = 1959 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1958 | name = West Texas State | overall = 1–9 | conference = 1–4 | confstanding = T–5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1959 | name = West Texas State | overall = 1–9 | conference = 0–5 | confstanding = 6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = West Texas State | overall = 2–18 | confrecord = 1–9 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 2–19 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jarnigan, Clark}} Category:1914 births Category:1979 deaths Category:American football centers Category:Baylor Bears football coaches Category:Hardin–Simmons Cowboys basketball coaches Category:Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football coaches Category:Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football players Category:North Carolina Pre-Flight Cloudbusters football coaches Category:West Texas A&M Buffaloes football coaches Category:High school football coaches in Texas Category:People from Graham, Texas Category:Players of American football from Young County, Texas Category:20th-century American people