Clarence Noe Broward County Athletic Director

Clarence Noe, Ed.D. educator for 42 years, with the last 39 years working for the Broward School System.  He served for 25 years as the County Director of Athletics from 1972-1996, the year he retired. 

He graduated from New Washington High School in 1947 in New Washington, IN. He received his Bachelors' Degree in 1954 and the Master Degree in 1957, both from Indiana University.  He lettered two years in varsity baseball at the University of Louisville. He served in the U.S Air Force 1947-49.  His first teaching/coaching position was at Lexington High School, in Lexington, IN as the basketball, cross-country, baseball coach and the athletic director.

The Noe Family moved to Ft. Lauderdale in 1957, where Clarence was head of the physical education department, track, and cross country coach. He served as the Stranahan Dean of Boys in 1966-67. He was appointed County Supervisor of Driver Education and Physical Education in 1967.

He was appointed County Director of Athletics in 1972, while still  serving in charge of Driver Education, Physical Education and Health Education for several years.

He also was the first President for the Broward County Track and Field Association in 1970-71. He was active in the Florida Athletics Coaches Association during his years as a coach at Stranahan High School.  He was a Charter Board Member of the Broward County Chapter for the Brian Piccolo Football Hall of Fame.

He served on the Broward County Parks and Recreation Board from 1981-83 and 1985-1991.

Dr. Noe received many awards and honors during his professional career. He was chosen Broward County Track Coach of the year by the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel Newspaper in 1965 and Broward County Track Coach of the year by the Miami Herald Newspaper in 1966.

He also served as the Head Referee for the Florida High Schools Boys and Girls State Track Meets for 30 years. He was inducted into the Florida High School Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1990 and into the Florida High School Activities Association Hall of  Fame in 1996.  

In 2006 he  was awarded the  Jimmy Carnes  Lifetime  Achievement Award for Track. He has received numerous other Association Meritorious and Distinguish Service Awards. He also served as a Lecturer, Moderator, and Panelist for a great number of State and National Athletic Conferences.  He wrote the Constitution and By-Laws for the Broward County Gulfstream Middle School Athletic Conference and served as the Executive Director from 1975 to 1996

He also wrote the Broward County Athletic Association Constitution and By-Laws for the High Schools and served as Commissioner of the Conference from 1978 to 1996, when he retired.