Northwest Missouri State Athletics

Mark Clements (Athletics Administration – 2003-2018)
Clements, a native of Blair, Neb., served as an associate athletic director at Northwest from 2003-2018. Clements handled a wide variety of internal operations for the Bearcats including game day operations, budgeting, ticketing, student labor oversight, purchasing/procurement and facilities. Clements played an integral part in helping with The Fall Classic at Arrowhead, which had Northwest playing Pittsburg State annually in Kansas City from 2002-2013. Clements assisted in the opening of Bearcat Stadium in 2003 as he delved into season tickets, suites and Stadium Club. Clements was an administrator for four Bearcat football national championships (2009, 2013, 2015 and 2016) and the first men's basketball national crown in 2017. He was a main cog in Northwest playing host to is first NCAA Central Region men's basketball tournament in 2017. He also oversaw a variety of facility projects including installation of artificial turf and lights at Bearcat Stadium (2007), new floors in Bearcat Arena and Martindale Gymnasium (2011) and a new videoboard at Bearcat Stadium (2014). Clements served as Northwest's interim director of athletics in the fall of 2010 and was the director of athletics at Dana College prior to coming to Northwest. Clements was a member of the NCAA Div. II baseball Central Region advisory committee and served as the chair on the national committee from Sept. 2016 through Nov. 2018. He earned his bachelor's degree from Dana and his master's degree from Hastings College.