Joe Clancy

Joseph Patrick Clancy (born October 28, 1990) is a former highschool American football quarterback and current coach at Merrimack College. He played college football at Merrimack College.

Early life

Joe Clancy was born to Mary Anne Clancy and Brian Clancy in 1990. His father Brian Clancy worked at the local oil distribution center Townsend Oil. His mother Mary Anne is a board member on multiple local commerce organizations, though her role is unclear

In 2004, his mother Mary Anne Clancy was elected as the 64th Mayor of Newburyport. Shortly into her tenure, she made headlines across international news media including ZDnet, for exchanging "inappropriate" e-mails with Nock Middle School teacher Jason Beauparlant, who was Joe Clancy's physical education teacher at the time.

Allegedly, Joe Clancy's father, Brian Clancy, attacked Jason Beauparlant with a baseball bat on the front lawn of the house Brian and Mary Anne shared, where Joe lived at the time. Brian Clancy was subsequently charged with assault, and threatening to commit murder. This case was widely reported, and considered novel, as there had been few prominent cases of adultery involving digital communications in 2004. That a public figure used municipal resources to commit said crime made it all the more interesting, and eventually the emails were published.

Clancy played football, basketball and baseball for the Clippers at Newburyport High School.

College career

Clancy continued his football career at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. Clancy redshirted his freshman year for the Warriors.

2010 season

Appeared in seven games passing for 466 yards and three touchdowns.

2011 season

Played in all 10 games, completing 53 of 83 passes for 781 yards and seven touchdowns.

2012 season

After splitting time at Quarterback the previous season, Clancy entered 2012 as the sole starter and emerged as one of the best players in the country. He was named Northeast-10 Conference Offensive Player Of The Year, earned All-Region distinction and won the Harry Agganis Award for Senior Achievement. He led the NE-10 with 323 completions for 3,945 yards and 31 touchdowns in 10 games. The Warrior offense was near the top in several statistical catorgories nationally and averaged 525.8 yards a game which was 2nd overall. Clancy's 3,945 passing yards was ranked 4th in the country. Clancy tied the league record for passing touchdowns in a game with (7) against St. Anselm on October 20, completing 27 of 42 passes for 553 yards.

2013 season

Clancy followed up leading Merrimack to a 7-4 record. The offense once again ranked near the top nationally in several categories. He became the first NE-10 quarterback to throw for over 4,000 yards in a season finishing with 4,116 while also breaking single-season conference records for completions (396), attempts (615) and touchdowns passes (48).

Clancy opened the season throwing 22 touchdowns in Merrimack's first four games including four against Division 1A Wagner. He set a school record for single-game passing yards with 571 yards against American International and tied his conference record of seven touchdown passes vs. Pace. He finished the season ranked 3rd nationally in yards passing and 2nd in touchdown passes and ended his brief time at Merrimack with every major single-game, season, and career passing record. In two seasons as the full-time starter, he was the conference all-time leader in completions (812) and completion percentage (63.7%) and his 89 career TD passes and 9,308 passing yards rank him 3rd respectively.

Following the season Clancy was again named NE-10 Offensive Player of the Year. Other honors followed including First Team All-Conference, Beyond Sports Network Honorable Mention All-American, Gridiron Club of Greater Boston Co-Offensive Player Of The Year, New England Football Writers All-New England, Daktronics All-Super Region I Second Team and was named a regional finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy.

Clancy was selected to a number of bowl games following the 2013 season. He first played in the 2013 National Bowl at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He was then selected and played in the 2014 Medal of Honor Bowl at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina where he led all quarterbacks with 88 yards passing.

Professional career

Blacktips

In the fall of 2014, Clancy signed with the Blacktips of the Fall Experimental Football League (FXFL). He made his first start on October 25, 2014, against the Boston Brawlers. Clancy finished out the season with the Blacktips.

San Jose SaberCats

Clancy was assigned to the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League (AFL) on February 5, 2015. He was placed on recallable reassignment on March 23, 2015, without having played a single game.

Los Angeles KISS

On April 28, 2015, Clancy signed with the Los Angeles KISS. Clancy appeared in his first game with the KISS during their Week 6 game at the Las Vegas Outlaws. Clancy was 5-for-19 passing for 62 yards. On March 26, 2016, Clancy was placed on recallable reassignment, without playing a single game

References

External links

Merrimack Warriors bio

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Living people
1990 births
American football quarterbacks
Merrimack Warriors football players
Blacktips (FXFL) players
San Jose SaberCats players
Los Angeles Kiss players
Players of American football from Essex County, Massachusetts
People from Newburyport, Massachusetts