# Michelle Clark-Heard

Michelle Clark-Heard (born July 27, 1968) is the head coach for the Mercer Bears women's basketball team.

## Career

In her first year at Western Kentucky University her team posted a 22–11 record, after going 9–21 the season prior to her arrival.
In 2018, the University of Cincinnati hired her as the head coach for the Cincinnati women's basketball team. In her first season, she led the team to more than 20 wins for the first time since 2003 and at least 12 conference wins for the first time since 1999.
On March 7, 2023, she was fired as the head coach of the Cincinnati women's basketball team. She finishes with an overall record of 74–74 and a conference record of 35–46.
On May 17, 2023, Mississippi State University announced that she was hired as the Assistant Athletic Director for Women's Basketball.

## Career statistics
### College

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 1987–88 | Western Kentucky | 34 | - | - | 43.5 | 0.0 | 59.6 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | 6.9 |
| 1988–89 | Western Kentucky | 31 | - | - | 40.0 | 0.0 | 67.0 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | - | 7.3 |
| 1990–91 | Western Kentucky | 29 | - | - | 48.8 | 0.0 | 60.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | - | 8.7 |
| Career | Career | 94 | - | - | 44.1 | 0.0 | 62.6 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | - | 7.6 |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. ||||||||||||||

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Kentucky State (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2005–2007) ||||||
| 2005–06 | Kentucky State | 5–23 | 4–12 | 9th | |
| 2006–07 | Kentucky State | 19–9 | 12–4 | T-4th | |
| Kentucky State: | Kentucky State: | 24–32 (.429) | 16–16 (.500) | | |
| Western Kentucky (Sun Belt Conference) (2012–2014) ||||||
| 2012–13 | Western Kentucky | 22–11 | 13–7 | 3rd | WNIT Second Round |
| 2013–14 | Western Kentucky | 24–9 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round |
| Western Kentucky (Sun Belt): | Western Kentucky (Sun Belt): | 46–20 (.697) | 26–12 (.684) | | |
| Western Kentucky (Conference USA) (2014–2018) ||||||
| 2014–15 | Western Kentucky | 30–5 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2015–16 | Western Kentucky | 27–7 | 15–3 | T-2nd | WNIT Quarterfinals |
| 2016–17 | Western Kentucky | 27–7 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2017–18 | Western Kentucky | 24–8 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round |
| Western Kentucky (C-USA): | Western Kentucky (C-USA): | 108–27 (.800) | 59–11 (.843) | | |
| Western Kentucky (Overall): | Western Kentucky (Overall): | 154–47 (.766) | | | |
| Cincinnati (American Athletic Conference) (2018–2023) ||||||
| 2018–19 | Cincinnati | 24–11 | 12–4 | 3rd | WNIT Quarterfinals |
| 2019–20 | Cincinnati | 22–9 | 11–5 | 2nd | |
| 2020–21 | Cincinnati | 8–16 | 6–12 | 7th | |
| 2021–22 | Cincinnati | 11–17 | 4–11 | 11th | |
| 2022–23 | Cincinnati | 9–21 | 2–14 | 11th | |
| Cincinnati: | Cincinnati: | 74–74 (.500) | 35–46 (.432) | | |
| Mercer (Southern Conference) (2024–present) ||||||
| 2024–25 | Mercer | 0–0 | 0–0 | | |
| Mercer: | Mercer: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 252–147 (.632) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||