Cody Clark enters his second year as the Coordinator of Media Relations and radio voice of Delta State Statesmen and Lady Statesmen athletics.
Clark, who begins his second stint with DSU Athletics, oversees the digital media efforts of the department. In conjunction with the External Relations staff, Clark is responsible for website content creation, the development and execution of social media content and strategies, and the development of print materials and publications.
In addition to those responsibilities, he manages Delta State's radio broadcasts, live-streaming audio and video properties, and production on the Statesmen Sports Network. Clark will serve as the radio play-by-play announcer for football, men's basketball and baseball.
Clark returns to the Delta after spending time with Hubbard Broadcasting in West Palm Beach, Fla., as the sports update anchor for Fox Sports 640 and as a producer on NewsTalk 850 WFTL.
Prior to his time in West Palm Beach, Clark spent one season with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Orlando Magic as Broadcast Coordinator. His role with the Magic included helping execute the day-to-day operations of the Magic Radio Network. Clark served as the locker room correspondent for home games, gathering post game audio from interviews with players and coaches. He produced halftime features and other content for air, and also produced Orlando's daily in-season radio show, Magic Drive Time.
Clark, a native of Lexington, South Carolina, is a 2016 graduate of Delta State with a Master's of Science in Sport and Human Performance with a concentration in Sport Management. He is also a 2012 graduate of Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa with a Bachelor's in Communications (Radio, TV and Journalism) and a minor in Sport Management.
While at Delta State, Clark served as an External Relations/Athletic Communications graduate assistant and worked with Lady Statesmen cross country, Statesmen soccer, Statesmen and Lady Statesmen basketball and Statesmen baseball. He also lent his voice to the Statesmen Sports Network, broadcasting soccer via internet stream and serving as the midweek radio voice of Statesmen baseball.
At Waldorf, Clark was a four-year member of the Warriors' varsity cross country and track and field teams and was a four-time Daktronics-NAIA Academic All-American. Clark garnered North Star All-Conference honors in his senior cross country season, finishing 10th overall at the NSAA Championships. Off the course, Clark served as the station manager for KZOW 91.9 FM, Waldorf's student radio station, and was the radio play-by-play voice for volleyball and men's and women's basketball.
Clark also belongs to CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America, which is a professional development group for strategic communicators working in collegiate athletics. He currently resides in Cleveland.
