Megan Riley Clark is a 1999 graduate of James Madison University, where she was a 3 time All-American on the Dukes Division I Lacrosse Team. Megan's freshman year she was the Colonial Athletic Association - Rookie of the Year, followed by CAA Player of the Year her senior year. She was also JMU's Female Athlete of the Year in 1999. Megan was a member of the US Developmental squad for 2 years. During her 4 year career at JMU, Megan helped her team to the NCAA Playoffs 3 years in a row, falling short her senior year of a Final Four appearance. Megan was the Most Valuable Player in the North/South Senior All Star Game in 1999. She is JMU's all time leader in assists. Megan was named to the 25th Colonial Athletic Conference Silver Anniversary Team in December 2009. In September 2011 Megan was inducted into the James Madison University Athletic Hall of Fame. Megan was inducted into the US Lacrosse Greater Baltimore Chapter Hall of Fame in January 2013. She was most recently inducted into the US Lacrosse Chesapeake Chapter Hall of Fame in 2019.
Megan spent two seasons at Johns Hopkins University as an assistant coach before coming to Vanderbilt. During her 2 year stint the Blue Jays were 21-14 and earned ECAC title in 2001. From 2002 until 2009 she was an assistant lacrosse coach at Vanderbilt University . While at Vanderbilt, she worked contributed to the team's offensive ideas and concepts and assisted with goalies. She helped take the Commodores to it's first ever Final Four appearances in 2004. Megan has coached 6 All Americans while at Vanderbilt, along with a nationally ranked goalkeeper who earned the All American Lacrosse Conference Goalie of the Year in 2008.
Megan gave her spare time helping to start a middle school lacrosse program at Harding Academy in February, 2004. She also began helping Tennessee area high school girls improve their game at a five week fall clinic in September of 2005. It was such a success that it was time for Nashville to have its own club team and TNLAX was formed in December of that year. Megan was the head coach at Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville for 6 years where she led the Knights to 5 playoff appearances and one Final Four. Over those 6 years the Knights were 70-32. Megan
was the offensive assistant coach for the United States U19 women's
lacrosse team that won the Gold Medal in the FIL World Championship in
Hannover Germany in August 2011. She has been a head and assistant
coach for the Girls South Underclass All Star team that competes at the
Under Armour Tournament held in Towson, Maryland in 2012 and 2013. Megan is the head coach of Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, where she has led the Honey Bears to 3 State Championships (2022, 2023, 2024) in the TGLA Private School State Championship. Megan was named USA Lacrosse Tennessee Coach of the Year in 2018. She will be inducted into the USA Lacrosse Tennessee Chapter Hall of Fame class of 2025. This is the second class to be inducted into the Tennessee Chapter.