Facts: - sport: basketball - player team: cal lutheran shepparton gators - coach team: metro -rrb- colorado -lrb- asst. -rrb- metro state state -lrb- asst. -rrb- air force -lrb- asst. - current conference: rocky mountain athletic conference - player years: 1993 -- 1995 1995 -- 1997 - coach years: 1997 2010 -- present -- 2005 2005 -- 2007 2007 -- 2010 - current team: metro state - current title: head coach - birth date: 3 march 1971 - awards: 2 , 2014 -rrb- rmac coach of the year -lrb- 2013 - name: derrick clark - birth place: muncie , indiana Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of derrick clark -lrb- basketball -rrb- .
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derrick clark -lrb- born march 3 , 1971 -rrb- is an american college basketball coach , currently head coach at metro state university in denver , colorado .clark played for coach mike dunlap at california lutheran university .after a short professional career in australia , he joined dunlap 's coaching staff at metro state and was on the bench for the roadrunners ' two division ii national championships in 1999 and 2002 .in 2005 , clark left metro state to join jeff bzdelik 's staff at division i air force , later following bzdelik to colorado .in 2010 , clark was named head coach at metro state , following brannon hays .clark had immediate success at metro state , leading the roadrunners to back to back ncaa tournament appearances .in 2013 , he led the team to the division ii national championship game , where the roadrunners fell to drury university 74 -- 73 .the next season , msu went 32 -- 2 , undefeated in the rocky mountain athletic conference , and again went to the division ii final four .there they were upset by eventual champion central missouri .