Clark ‘Corky’ Nelson, 75, one of the winningest coaches in North Texas football history, died Nov. 17 in Temple. He was head football coach from 1982 to 1990 and also served as athletic director in 1990. He was inducted into the UNT Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013 after bringing order to Mean Green football in the 1980s. His teams won the Southland Conference championship in 1983, when he was named conference coach of the year, and went to the Division I-AA playoffs three times. After playing college football for Southwest Texas State, he began his coaching career at the high school level and also coached at Baylor University and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. He is survived by his wife, Judy Buckles Nelson (’80 M.S.), a former women's basketball coach at UNT.
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Clark ‘Corky’ Nelson, 75, one of the winningest coaches in North Texas football history, died Nov. 17 in Temple. He was head football coach from 1982 to 1990 and also served as athletic director in 1990. He was inducted into the UNT Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013 after bringing order to Mean Green football in the 1980s. His teams won the Southland Conference championship in 1983, when he was named conference coach of the year, and went to the Division I-AA playoffs three times. After playing college football for Southwest Texas State, he began his coaching career at the high school level and also coached at Baylor University and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. He is survived by his wife, Judy Buckles Nelson (’80 M.S.), a former women's basketball coach at UNT.
