2021 Fight'n Friars program photo

Alan Clinton- Head Coach

Alan Clinton was recently inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame both as a wrestler and a coach as well as the California Wrestling Hall of Fame in May of 2018. He was also named State Athletic Director of the Year in 2016 and National Coach of the Year in 2019.

He is now in his 29th season of coaching. The Southern Section wrestling fixture started at Servite in 2006 after a decorated career at El Modena where he won 10 Century League Championships, four CIF Southern Section Titles and seven runner up honors at El Modena High School from 1986-2006. At El Modena Alan served as the Boys Athletic Director, also the girls, and then both simultaneously. In 2012 Coach Clinton returned to El Modena to be inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame.

In his fifteen years at Servite, he has earned 6 CIF Championship, 8 CIF Runner Up and 6 Trinity League Titles. Coach Clinton has been named CIF Southern Section Coach of the Year five times, OC Register Coach of the Year and most recently, was named Trinity League and OCWCA Coach of the Year in 2016. In the 2010-11 school year he was named California’s CIF Model Coach of the Year for wrestling and then named for all sports. He was also named Southern Section Athletic Director of the Year in 2008-2009. Moreover, he has an outstanding resume of service, earning the Honorary Service award from the Orange County Community Council PTA in 1996 and the Southern Section Champions for Character, “Pursuing Victory with Honor” in 2004 and 2011. Coach Clinton is a member of the CIF State Boy’s Wrestling Advisory Committee, CIF Southern Section Wrestling Advisory Committee, Orange County Wrestling Chapter, and also serves as a member-at-large of the Orange County Athletic Directors Association.

Coach Clinton recently spoke at the CIF Summit on the topic of hiring coaches. View his presentation here.