Clark Atlanta hires former GSU, CFL star as head coach

ATLANTA - Clark Atlanta, seeking new leadership for a team that went 1-10 last year, has hired former Georgia Southern and Canadian Football League star Tracy Ham as its head coach. <br> <br> The school planned to introduce Ham at a news conference Friday. <br> <br> Ham, 37, was quarterback of Georgia Southern&#39;s Division I-AA national championship teams in 1985 and 1986. He and record-breaking rusher Adrian Peterson are the only Eagles whose numbers have been retired. <br> <br> He spent 13 years in the CFL, playing for the Edmonton Eskimos, Toronto Argonauts, Baltimore Stallions and Montreal Alouettes.