Bio

Clinton was named Director of Athletics in 1989 and is the director of the highly successful Dominican College Boys and Girls Basketball Camps and Clinics. In 1996, he was recognized as the CACC Administrator of the Year.  Since coming to Dominican in 1989, Clinton has overseen an athletic department that has grown from five sports to 19 sports and made the transition from an NAIA school to an NCAA Division II member.  During his tenure Dominican College sports have won numerous CACC Championships, 10 NAIA Championship appearances, 2 ECAC Championships, earned ten NCAA Regional Tournament appearances and one NCAA Championship appearance.  In 2004 a local newspaper declared Dominican Athletic programs as one of the best in the tri-state area.

In addition he also serves as the head coach of the men's basketball team with a 526-428 career record. He has led the program to four CACC Championships and 10 twenty-win seasons.  He is a four-time recipient of the CACC Coach of the Year Award (1996, 2000, 2001, 2013) and is a three-time recipient of the All-Metropolitan Coach of the Year Award (1996, 2013, 2020).  Prior to Dominican's membership in the NCAA, Clinton guided two teams to the NAIA National Tournament.

Clinton has also served on numerous NCAA committees, including having served as the NCAA East Region and National Chair for Division II Baseball and and was the East Region Chair of the Men’s Basketball Committee.  He is also a member of the National Association of Collegiate Director of Athletics (NACDA), the Athletics Directors Association (ADA) and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).

In 2015, Clinton was inducted into the Rockland County Sports Hall Of Fame and into the Union College Athletic Hall of Fame.

In 2021-22 academic year, Clinton was named one of four recipients from Division II as a NCAA Division II Cushman & Wakefield Athletics Director of the Year.

Clinton spent his collegiate career at Union College (NY) where he scored over a thousand points and earned a BA in English in 1983. As a scholastic player, he was a star point guard at Albertus Magnus High School (NY) and is in his alma mater's Hall of Fame.

Clinton and his wife, Marybeth, have five children: Tara, Joey, Laura, Kelly and Erin. He and his family reside in Pearl River, NY.