Robert Ira Clardy (born July 25, 1984) is an American high school football coach. He is the head football coach at Bolivar High School in Bolivar, Missouri, a position he has held since 2025. Clardy served as the head football coach at Southwest Baptist University from 2015 to 2024, compiling a record of 39–60 in ten seasons. He was an assistant coach at Southwest Baptist for seven seasons prior to his head-coaching tenure. He played college football for Southwest Baptist as a quarterback.

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffsAFCA#
Southwest Baptist Bearcats (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2015–2024)
2015Southwest Baptist4–63–5T–6th
2016Southwest Baptist10–27–1T–1stL NCAA Division II First Round22
2017Southwest Baptist5–54–3T–4th
2018Southwest Baptist0–100–78th
2019Southwest Baptist3–81–67th
2020–21Southwest Baptist1–21–23rd (West)
2021Southwest Baptist4–73–4T–5th
2022Southwest Baptist6–54–23rd
2023Southwest Baptist4–73–4T–5th
2024Southwest Baptist2–81–78th
Southwest Baptist:39–6027–41
Total:39–60
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

Coach Clardy was succeeded by Paul Hansen as the head football coach of SBU.

Personal life

Clardy lives in Bolivar with his wife, Krysten, and their three children: daughters Addyson and Brooklynn, and son Lawson.

Krysten Clardy (née Bartshe; born January 7, 1987) is a 2009 graduate of SBU and was an All-MIAA soccer player for the Bearcats from Carson City, Nevada. She currently serves as the Associate Athletic Director for Compliance and Senior Woman Administrator at Southwest Baptist University.