title: Clark Swisher
text: # Clark Swisher
  
  Clark L. Swisher (March 27, 1916 – November 28, 2005) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota from 1946 and 1955 and from 1957 to 1968, compiling a record of 146–42–4. Swisher was also the head basketball coach at Northern State from 1946 to 1955, tallying a mark of 95–88. Swisher died on November 28, 2005, at a hospital in Wessington Springs, South Dakota.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### College football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Northern State Wolves (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1946–1955) ||||||
  | 1946 | Northern State | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2nd | |
  | 1947 | Northern State | 6–2 | 2–1 | 2nd | |
  | 1948 | Northern State | 7–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |
  | 1949 | Northern State | 1–5–2 | 0–2–2 | 9th | |
  | 1950 | Northern State | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1st | |
  | 1951 | Northern State | 4–4 | 3–2 | 4th | |
  | 1952 | Northern State | 6–1 | 4–1 | 1st | |
  | 1953 | Northern State | 8–0 | 6–0 | 1st | |
  | 1954 | Northern State | 6–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | |
  | 1955 | Northern State | 9–1 | 7–0 | 1st | W Botany Bowl |
  | Northern State Wolves (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1957–1968) ||||||
  | 1957 | Northern State | 7–1 | 7–0 | 1st | |
  | 1958 | Northern State | 8–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | |
  | 1959 | Northern State | 5–4 | 5–3 | 4th | |
  | 1960 | Northern State | 8–1 | 5–1 | T–1st | |
  | 1961 | Northern State | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal |
  | 1962 | Northern State | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal |
  | 1963 | Northern State | 8–1 | 6–0 | 1st | |
  | 1964 | Northern State | 6–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | |
  | 1965 | Northern State | 5–4 | 5–1 | 1st | |
  | 1966 | Northern State | 6–1–2 | 5–0–1 | 1st | |
  | 1967 | Northern State | 8–1 | 6–0 | 1st | |
  | 1968 | Northern State | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal |
  | Northern State: | Northern State: | 146–42–4 | 107–14–3 | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 146–42–4 | | | |
  | National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
  