“He brings a wealth of experience in coaching women?s basketball, and he?s someone I?ve known a long time,” Wake Forest coach Mike Peterson said. “He?s a great basketball person and is a talented teacher who has an impressive track record for coaching and recruiting.”

Clark has 30 years of coaching experience, and 20 of that has come at the college level, most recently as an assistant with American and Georgetown. He also served stints at Towson, Long Beach State, Radford, Providence, Arizona State and Oklahoma.

When the assistant?s job opened up at Wake Forest, the first name out of new associate head coach Natasha Adair?s mouth was Bob Clark.

“He is a real teacher of the game, and he molded me into the coach I am today,” said Adair, who coached with Clark at Georgetown. “We wanted to bring somebody in who already knows what college coaching is about and who can help us continue moving forward to get our program the best it can be.”

Clark, who has lived in the Baltimore area for 10 years, cited his teaching abilities as one of his major strengths when interviewing with Peterson for the job. The key for him is being able to relate to his players.

“You have to gear your coaching towards the crowd you have,” Clark said. “I taught the kids at Loch Raven like I did when I was at Georgetown and American.”

Leaving Loch Raven and this area is tough for Clark, but taking a job in a prime Division I women?s basketball conference has been one of his career goals.

“Professionally, this is perfect for me,” Clark said.