Coach Ryan Clark returned to Minot State in the spring of 2024 as the new women’s head basketball coach after spending two seasons as an assistant coach for the Beaver women’s basketball program from 2019-21.
Prior to returning to Minot State, Clark spent two seasons as the head women's basketball coach and assistant athletic director at Lake Region State College in Devil's Lake, North Dakota where he guided the Royals to back-to-back 20-12 seasons which included an upset of No. 21-ranked North Dakota State College of Science, 87-85, during the 2022-23 season and a trip to the Region XIII semifinals that year.
Prior to taking over leadership of the Royals, Clark spent one season with NSIC rival Northern State as an assistant coach. He began his collegiate coaching career at Dickinson State where he was an assistant for the men's basketball program for the 2018-19 season.
A native of Adelaide, Australia, coach Clark began his collegiate playing career at Lake Region State College before playing and earning his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Dickinson State in 2018. Clark earned his Master's in Sports Management from Minot State in 2020 while an assistant coach for the Beavers.
He returns to Minot with his wife, Sheridan, and their son, Finn.
