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Head coach Shawn Clark stresses safety of players and staff, discusses shift of focus towards recruiting amid coronavirus outbreak

App State head coach Shawn Clark watches his team stretch during the first week of spring practices.

If everything was normal right now, App State students would be finishing up their first week of classes after spring break. App State football players would be on campus following their training and practice schedules. App State football coaches would be evaluating their team and working on getting ready for the start of the 2020 season. But everything’s not normal.

“Our first priority was our players and our staff,” head coach Shawn Clark said. “We made sure we communicated with our players last Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday (to) let them know what was going on.