Stephen Clark's mother says decision on next year hasn't been finalized

The only thing that appears to be certain about Stephen Clark’s basketball or educational futures is that nothing is certain yet.

Reports surfaced on Friday that the Douglass High School basketball standout was not going to graduate early and would stay in high school for his senior year. But his mother, Dorshell Clark, told The Oklahoman on Saturday night that the decision “hasn’t been finalized.”

“He’s still going to go out to UCLA on Monday for a visit,” she said. “I talked to the coach at Virginia this weekend. We might be going to Stanford at some point. We haven’t said aye or nay on this right now.”

Part of the holdup continues to revolve around the vacant head coaching position at Douglass. Phil Ingersoll accepted an offer to take the job, but had the offer rescinded four days later. Now the school is once again looking for the person who will replace Terry Long, who left to take the head job at Mustang last month.

The whole situation seems to remain unsettled, and it’s unclear when that might change.

– Scott Wright, swright@opubco.com
Twitter: @ScottWrightOK