The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Assistant Coach, Football - Edge
LaAllan Clark joined the Texas Football staff as edge coach in February 2025.
Prior to Texas, Clark spent two years as a defensive line graduate assistant for Ohio State from 2023-24 where he worked with nine All-Big Ten defensive linemen.
Clark helped the 2024 Ohio State defense rank first nationally in scoring defense (12.9 ppg), total defense (254.6 ypg), yards allowed per play (4.19), touchdowns allowed per play and opponents touchdowns scored in the red zone (16) as the Buckeyes won the National Championship. Ohio State also ranked No. 2 in the nation in sacks (53), passing touchdowns allowed per game (10), and opponent red zone scoring percentage (.605), while ranking No. 3 in rushing defense (87.6 ypg), passing defense (167.0 ypg), and sacks per game (3.31).
In 2023, Clark mentored and developed an Ohio State defensive line that played an integral role in the Buckeyes in ranking first in the FBS in pass defense, third in total defense and 18th against the run.
He spent the 2022 season as the defensive ends coach at Southern University and helped the Jaguars to the SWAC Western Division title.
The year before in 2021, he was also part of a SWAC Western Division championship team, but at Prairie View A&M, where he began his coaching career in 2019 as a graduate assistant.
In addition to his college coaching experience, Clark has trained a number of current NFL pass rushers.
A native of Baton Rouge, La., Clark lettered two seasons (2014-2015) at Northwestern State before transferring Grambling State University, where he was a two-year letterwinner (2017-2018) as a defensive end for the Tigers. During the 2017 season, he led the conference and was sixth in the country with 11 sacks. He graduated in Fall 2018 with a degree in business administration.
