Clark James
Growing up in San Diego, California, Clark was known for his game with an arsenal of skills, a laser focus and dedication to his team. Clark saw basketball as vehicle to access top education and transcend normal life, with aspirations of becoming a professional athlete. His career has provided opportunities to travel the world and stands as a testament that a professional sporting career can be long and continually successful at every turn, with opportunities beyond playing.
Clark considers himself blessed to have been a professional basketball player with many of his previous teammates sharing a similar lifestyle of playing NBA, Euro league and other top international competitions around the world. Many of these lifelong friends now stand as connections for up-and-coming athletes that want to follow their basketball dreams of a professional playing career and playing in different markets.
Playing Career
· Starting point guard USA Junior Olympic team
· California all state player
· CIF High-school Player of the Year
· NCAA Championships participant and Captain of Pepperdine University
· Professional Basketball player at CB Salamanca, Spain, Olaria Atlético Clube Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, CLS & Pacific Surabaya, Indonesia, Mavericks of Mildura, Australia.
Coaching and Development background
· Creator of Drive Ball Life a basketball skills program that identifies a person’s strengths, how to capitalize on those gifts and what will help them reach their goal of being the best version of themselves
· Skill coach for Haileybury College, Sandringham Sabres
· Skill coach Melbourne Tigers (‘07-‘08)
o Helped to build a skill base for the Melbourne Tigers professional NBL team that saw them have the best start to the season in the history of their franchise (9 wins – 0 losses) and stand as the number one team, at the highest level of basketball, within Australia.
· Professional Coach for JM Group Int’l professional team in Rosarito, Ensenada, Mexicali and Mexico City in Mexico.
· Assisted players to receive professional contracts in;
o Mexico – Lechugueros de León, Soles de Mexicali, Pioneros de Quintana Roo
o Brazil – Flamengo, Iguaçu, Saldanha da Gama
o Argentina – La Unión
o Spain – Real FC Barcelona
o Sweden – Norrköping Dolphins
o Poland – WKS Śląsk Wrocław