Athletics & Mascots
David Clark’s public art with Athletics theme/subject.
David Thompson at North Carolina State
Slightly over life-sized, on a 44-inch tall mirror-polished stainless steel base.
Reynolds Coliseum, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
According to the Basketball Hall of Fame: “With lightning quick moves, an explosive 44-inch vertical leap, and a precise shooting touch, David Thompson often left opposing defenders in his dust…A three-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, he was also considered the conference's greatest player. During his junior year at NC State, Thompson led the Wolfpack to the NCAA title and earned Most Outstanding Player honors.”
David Thompson and his teammate Monte Towe developed the Alley Oop pass at a time when dunking was illegal in college basketball.
Our design services included creating two bronze informational plaques found on the kiosks at the back of the plaza, and working with the school’s landscape architects to create a plaza similar in feel to the ‘Coaches Corner’ on the opposite side of the Coliseum.
Davey O’Brien at TCU
6’ tall.
Schollmaier Arena, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Davey O’Brien was the 1938 Heisman Trophy winner who led TCU to an undefeated season and a national championship. He now has an annual quarterback award named after him.
Dr. James Cash at TCU
6’ 6” tall (Life-sized).
Schollmaier Arena, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Cash was the first Black student-athlete at TCU and the first Black basketball player in the Southwest Conference. At TCU, Cash, an Academic All-American, was named First Team All-Southwest Conference in 1968 when he led TCU to the 1968 Southwest Conference championship. He is one of five players in program history with at least 1,000 points and 800 rebounds. Cash’s jersey is one of four retired at TCU.
Following TCU, where he earned a bachelor’s degree, Cash earned a master’s and doctorate degree at Purdue. Cash then began educating others when he joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1976 and taught in each of the major HBS programs. In 1985, he became the first Black faculty member to receive tenure. In 2020, Cash was the first Black person at Harvard to have a building, Cash House, named for him.
Coach Dutch Meyer at TCU
6’ tall.
Schollmaier Arena, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Meyer was the head football coach at TCU from 1934 to 1952. During his TCU career, he won two national titles, the first in 1935 and the second in 1938. He finished his TCU career with a record of 109 wins, 79 losses, and 13 ties.
Gary Patterson at TCU
6’ tall.
Schollmaier Arena, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Patterson served as the head football coach of the Horned Frogs from December 2000 to October 2021. Amassing 22 coach-of-the-year honors, Patterson is TCU’s winningest coach recording 181 wins and 79 losses, including 17 bowl appearances.
Tom the Tiger at the University of Memphis
8’ long x 5’ tall.
Student Center, University of Memphis, TN.
A portrait of the school’s live mascot, Tom II, installed in honor of the school’s 60th anniversary. Design services included creation of the stepped base that serves as a meeting point on campus, and a place for students to hang out as well as a time-capsule location.
Tiger at Tennessee State University
3.5’ tall x 7’ long x 20” wide.
Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
This tiger was requested to be more ferocious than the one we did for Memphis, so we concentrated on athletic contrast between the bulky front end of this ambush predator and the slim, slinky hindquarters of a (very) big cat.
“Fight On!’ Trojan at Kelly Walsh High School
12.5’ tall x 2.5’ wide x 6’ deep.
Kelly Walsh High School, Casper, WY
Created for a large public high school, this Trojan was carefully researched to be as historically accurate as possible.
