Carl Clapp

Carl Clapp (born c. 1959) is an American college sports administrator, who is currently the associate athletics director for administrative services at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Prior to working at Hawaii, Clapp was the athletic director at Saint Mary's College of California.[1] Before that, he was previously the athletic director at the University of Redlands and Avila University.[2] He also served as the interim athletics director at Hawaii in 2008 following the termination of Herman Frazier.[3] His first task as interim AD was to find a new football coach after June Jones left to accept the head coaching position at SMU and was part of the selection committee that hired Greg McMackin.[4] Clapp also played a crucial role in securing a partnership between Hawaii and sports apparel brand Under Armour, a deal that is still in effect today.[5]

Carl Clapp
Current position
TitleAssociate Athletics Director
TeamHawaii
Biographical details
Born1959 (age 61–62)
Alma materUC Santa Barbara (1981)
University of Arizona (1985)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979–1981Santa Barbara CC (volunteer asst.)
1981–1982Arizona (volunteer asst.)
1982–1984Arizona State (volunteer asst.)
1984–1986Wichita State (asst.)
1988–1991Emporia State (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1988–1992Emporia State (assistant AD)
1992–1995Avila
1995–2000University of Redlands
2000–2006Saint Mary's
2006–presentHawaii (associate AD)
2008→ Hawaii (interim AD)

Clapp was rumored to be a candidate for the open athletics director at his alma mater UC Santa Barbara after the retirement of Gary Cunningham.[6] He applied for the open athletic director position at the University of Montana in 2012 and was one of four finalists, but the job ultimately went to Kent Haslam.[7][8]

References
  1. "Mark Orr Named New Athletic Director at Saint Mary's College of California". Saint Mary's College Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. "Carl Clapp named interim athletics director at UH Manoa". University of Hawaii at Manoa. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. Tang, Jason. "Carl Clapp Takes on New Task". KHNL. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. "McMackin ready to pick up where Jones left off at Hawaii". ESPN. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. Ryan, Thomas J. "Under Armour Sponsors University of Hawaii". SGB Media. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. Lewis, Ferd. "Santa Barbara courting Clapp". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. Briggeman, Kim. "UM athletic director candidate from Hawaii wants to win by 'doing things right'". The Missoulian. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  8. "UH's Carl Clapp not selected to be Montana athletic director". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 20 July 2020.


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