Clark Pearson is in his 15th year at Auburn and his ninth working with head coach Bruce Pearl and Auburn men's basketball.
 
Pearson spent his first six seasons as the head athletic trainer for football, overseeing the care, prevention and rehabilitation of injuries for the football team.
 
Prior to coming to the Plains, Pearson served as the head football athletic trainer at the University of Wisconsin for four years from 2005-09. He also served as an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Oklahoma from 1997-2005.
 
While at Auburn, Pearson has presented case reports around the country on non-operative treatments of Lisfranc injuries, crisis management plans, hydration and concussions. He was also published in the American Journal of Orthopedics for his work on “Contact Ulnar Fracture in a Collegiate Baseball Player.” Pearson has authored various sports medicine policies, procedures and emergency action plans for Auburn Athletics and the Southeastern Conference.
 
During his time at Oklahoma, he conducted a two-year research study in conjunction with the Gatorade Sports Science Institute – “Salt Depletion and Cramping in Collegiate Football Players.” Pearson was also a member of the 2001 Big 12 Conference Athletic Training Staff of the Year.
 
At Wisconsin, Pearson completed a “Post-Surgical Hamstring Protocol Case Report” and conducted the “Collegiate Lineman Type II Diabetes Study.” He was a participant in the “Big Ten Conference/NFL Shoe and Surface Study.”
 
A member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA), the Southeastern Athletic Trainers’ Association and the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association, Pearson holds various certifications in Blood Flow Restriction Therapy, Graston Technique, Class IV Therapeutic Laser, Whole Body Cryotherapy, Myofascial Decompression Techniques, Dry Needling for Orthopedic Rehab and Sport Performance.
 
A native of Franklin, Kentucky, Pearson earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management from the University of Kentucky in 1995, and a master’s degree in human relations from the University of Oklahoma in 1997. He and his wife, Nancy, have a son, Bradley, and a daughter, Katherine.