Clint Conque (born July 14, 1961) is an American former

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player and coach. Conque was the head football coach at the

University of Central Arkansas The University of Central Arkansas (Central Arkansas or UCA) is a public university in Conway, Arkansas, United States. Founded in 1907, the university is one of the oldest in the state. As the state's only normal school at the time, UCA has hist ...

(UCA) from 2000 to 2013 and

Stephen F. Austin State University Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU or SFA) is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas, in the United States. Named after Stephen F. Austin, one of the founders of Texas, SFA was founded as a teachers college in 1923 and built on part ...

(SFA) from 2014 to 2017, compiling a career head coaching record of 126–84.

Playing career

Conque played collegiately at

Southwest Mississippi Community College Southwest Mississippi Community College is a public community college in unincorporated Pike County, Mississippi, in Summit, MS The college's district includes Pike, Amite, Walthall, and Wilkinson counties. History The college was officia ...

and then

Nicholls State University Nicholls State University is a public university in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Founded in 1948, Nicholls is part of the University of Louisiana System. Originally named Francis T. Nicholls Junior College, the university is named for Francis T. Nichol ...

where he was named first-team

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in 1982. He played for the

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in the

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(NFL) in 1983.

Coaching career

High School career

Conque was

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at Rayne High School in

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in 1985 and

offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator (OC) is a Coach (sport), coach responsible for a gridiron football team's offense (American football), offense. Generally, the offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator represent the second ...

at St. Thomas More High School in

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in 1986.

College career

Early career

Conque began his college coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater,

in 1984. After spending two years at the high school level, he returned to college coaching as both a

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and

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coach at

McNeese State University McNeese State University is a public university in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Founded in 1939 as Lake Charles Junior College, it was renamed McNeese Junior College after John McNeese, an early local educator. The present name was adopted in 1970. M ...

from 1987 to 1989. In 1990, Conque moved to

Samford University Samford University is a Private university, private Christian university in Homewood, Alabama, United States. It was founded by Baptist Church, Baptists in 1841 as Howard College and located until 1887 in Marion, Alabama. It is governed by an in ...

as running backs coach and held that position until 1992. In 1993, Conque became running backs and inside

wide receivers A wide receiver (WR), also referred to as a wideout, and historically known as a split end (SE) or flanker (FL), is an eligible receiver in gridiron football. A key skill position of the offense, WR gets its name from the player being spli ...

coach at

Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – Hig ...

through 1994. In 1995, he dropped coaching inside wide receivers and continued to focus on coaching running backs. From 1996 to 1998, Conque added

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to his role as running backs coach. In 1999, Conque became offensive coordinator along with being running backs coach.

Central Arkansas

Conque was head football coach at the

from 2000 to 2013, compiling a record of 105 wins and 59 losses. After Conque left for Stephen F. Austin, he was replaced as head football coach by Steve Campbell.

Stephen F. Austin

Conque was hired as head football coach at

(SFA) in December 2013. In his first season at SFA, Conque helped guide the Lumberjacks to an 8-5 record, a five-win improvement from the 3-9 mark during the 2013 season. Conque was 5-3 in Southland Conference games, including wins over sixth-ranked McNeese State and eighth-ranked Southeastern Louisiana, finishing tied for third. Conque was named the SLC Coach of the Year, leading the Lumberjacks to the FCS playoffs for the first time since 2010. He also helped mentor senior Gus Johnson to a record-setting year as Johnson was named the SLC Player of the Year and finished ninth in the Walter Payton Award voting. On June 18, 2018, Conque was suspended indefinitely as the head coach at Stephen F. Austin State University. According to the university statement, "Stephen F. Austin State University has suspended head football coach Clint Conque pending an investigation into alleged violations of university policy. Jeff Byrd was named interim head coach. Conque announced his resignation on August 6, 2018 stating “Although I have remained confident in the ongoing investigation into the potential violation of university policy, as a family of faith and out of respect to my profession, I do not want this situation to be a further distraction to the 2018 football team and season." He finished with a record of 21 wins and 25 losses at Stephen F. Austin.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Stephen F. Austin profile
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