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 39âÂÂ60 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.
Coach Clardy was succeeded by Paul Hansen as the head football coach of SBU.
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.