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Show Jackson Named Mentor By DAVE WIGHAM Clipper Sports WOODS CROSS -- Clyde Jackson, who has been an assistant coach at the school since 1973, has been named the new head basketball coach for Woods Cross. HE TAKES over for Wayne Baker who has been the only head coach the Cats have known since they became a high school. Wayne has stepped down from his duties of coaching but will remain at the school as a teacher and the athletic director for the Cats. "I appreciate the school's confidence in me and I look forward to continuing the tradition here at the school" noted Coach Jackson. "I also appreciate the association I have enjoyed over the years with Wayne Baker. One of the reasons I stayed here at Woods Cross was the fact that I always felt like Coach Baker made me feel like a true assistant varsity coach rather than just the junior varsity coach. I've always felt he had confidence in my ability and that he weighed my opinion in varsity matters." mat-ters." CLYDE WENT on to talk about his former boss, "he always had a great repore with his players. He's a good coach and it's been a pleasure to work with him over the years. He's always treated his players well and since he reached the top this season I think he just wanted to get out of coaching on a high note and he did." Coach Jackson was born and raised in North Logan and he spent his prep days at South Cache and later as a member of the first graduating gra-duating class from Sky View High. While in high school Clyde participated in football and basketball, "I tried to run track but I wasn't that good" he jokes. AFTER GRADUATING in 1965 he attended Utah State for a year and then filled a mission to New York. Upon returning he went back to Utah State where he graduated with a degree in physical education. He then accepted his first coaching job which was at Manila High School. Clyde took over a basketball program that was 0-20 with no starters returning. "I was the only coach at the school. I had to do the ninth graders, the sophomore team and the varsity club. We didn't have a junior varsity program" he admitted. In his first season he guided his team to an 11-9 mark and in his second season he was 18-6 and took Manila to the state tournament tourna-ment for their first time ever. AT THIS TIME Clyde decided what he wanted out of education so he enrolled at Utah State again seeking his MBA in business. At that time though the head coaching job at Bountiful High became open and Clyde applied. ap-plied. The job stayed within the school but the next day Jim Hill from the Davis District offices called Clyde and told him that an assistant assis-tant from Woods Cross had left the school to take over as junior varsity coach at Bountiful. Jim then asked Clyde if he would be interested i i . . 1 SV " " ' t N After serving as assistant at Woods Cross since 1973, Clyde lackson h is been named new head coach for the Cats. in the Woods Cross opening, he was and he was offered the job the following day. Since being at Woods Cross Clyde has built up a great reputation for himself since his junior varsity clubs have won trie region title every season with the exception of this past season. I lis best teams were when he had Tom Clay and Wes Johnson, a club that went 19-1, and the club that had Race McC'leery and Todd Robinson as juniors, they went 18-1. ONE THING still up jn ,he air rkUl now js the stalT that will be working with Coach Jackson. Jack-son. "No one is sure what will happen in lint aspect" he noted, "I would love to have Ri, k Palmer working with me again but that all do pends on what happens with him at the junior high he II be teaching at. Then I'll have to look for someone already on the stair. No one re My knows about it right now so we'll have lo w it and see." |