Reed Clarke was a health teacher and coach at Fox Chapel Area High School from 1966 to 1996. Hired to teach physical education and health, Reed began his coaching career by coaching track and cross country from 1967 to 1973, but he is best remembered as a golf coach. Reed coached girls golf from 1980 to 1988 and boys golf from 1988 to 1996. His time as head coach included coaching Michelle Michanowicz to back-to-back PIAA championships in 1980 and 1981, and Calay Jaynes to a PIAA championship in 1988. At Fox Chapel Area, Reed was a constant presence at boys basketball games, serving as the boys official basketball scorekeeper from 1989 to 2017.
Reed was a PIAA swimming official for 30 years and is a past president of the Westmoreland County Swimming Officials Association. He served on the board of directors for the Pittsburgh Youth Golf Foundation from 2006 through 2012, was the Tri-State PGA Junior Golf coordinator from 1995 through 2006, and served on the golf staff at Oakmont Country Club as a ranger and starter from 1991 to 2017.
His past honors include a distinguished service award from the Tri-State Professional Golf Association in 2006, and he was previously honored with a selection into the Tri-State PGA Hall of Fame.