title: Clarion Hardy
text: # Clarion Hardy
  
  Clarion DeWitt Hardy (October 2, 1877 – June 27, 1936) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Dakota Wesleyan University in three separate stints (1902, 1907–1908, and 1913–1914) compiling a record of 16–14–2. Hardy also had two stints at the head baseball coach at Dakota Wesleyan, from 1905 to 1910 and again in 1913. He later served as a public speaking and debate professor at Northwestern University.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### Football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dakota Wesleyan (Independent) (1902) ||||||
  | 1902 | Dakota Wesleyan | 3–1–1 |
  | Dakota Wesleyan (Independent) (1907–1908) ||||||
  | 1907 | Dakota Wesleyan | 3–3 |
  | 1908 | Dakota Wesleyan | 3–3 |
  | Dakota Wesleyan (Independent) (1913–1914) ||||||
  | 1913 | Dakota Wesleyan | 1–5–1 |
  | 1914 | Dakota Wesleyan | 6–2 |
  | Dakota Wesleyan: | Dakota Wesleyan: | 16–14–2 |
  | Total: | Total: | 16–14–2 |
  