- Mark Farley
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Mark Farley Sport(s) Football Current position Title Head coach Team Northern Iowa Conference MVFC Record 92–38 Biographical details Born April 5, 1963 Place of birth Waukon, Iowa Playing career 1983–1985 Northern Iowa Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1986–1988
1989–1996
1997–2000
2001–presentNorthern Iowa (GA)
Northern Iowa (LB)
Kansas (LB)
Northern IowaHead coaching record Overall 93–38 Tournaments 10–6 (NCAA D-I playoffs) Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 7 MVFC (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) Awards Eddie Robinson Award (2007) Mark Farley (born April 5, 1963) is an American football coach. He is currently the as head coach at the University of Northern Iowa, a position he has held since 2001. Farley played inside linebacker at Northern Iowa from 1983 to 1985. He led the team in tackles in 1984 and 1985 and was named Gateway Football Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 1985. He then became an assistant at Northern Iowa. In 1989 he was named linebackers coach by new head coach Terry Allen. In 1997 he followed Allen to the University of Kansas, but left in 2001 when the head coaching position at his alma mater opened up. Acting as his own defensive coordinator, Farley's squads perennially rank among the top defense teams in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP° Northern Iowa Panthers (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2001–present) 2001 Northern Iowa 10–3 6–1 1st L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal 4 2002 Northern Iowa 5–6 2–5 T–6th 2003 Northern Iowa 10–3 6–1 T–1st L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal 5 2004 Northern Iowa 7–4 5–2 3rd 25 2005 Northern Iowa 11–4 5–2 T–1st L NCAA Division I-AA Championship 2 2006 Northern Iowa 7–4 5–2 T–2nd 17 2007 Northern Iowa 12–1 6–0 1st L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal 5 4 2008 Northern Iowa 12–3 7–1 T–1st L NCAA Division I Semifinal 4 4 2009 Northern Iowa 7–4 5–3 T–3rd 18 18 2010 Northern Iowa 7–5 6–2 1st L NCAA Division I First Round 18 19 2011 Northern Iowa 9–2 7–1 T-1st NCAA Division I playoffs TBD Northern Iowa: 98–39 61–20 Total: 98–39 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. References
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Northern Iowa Panthers head football coaches No coach (1895–1896) • Fred Wolff (1897) • E. K. Leighton (1898) • Sweetland (1899) • Fred Williams (1900) • G. B. Affleck (1901) • Charles Pell (1902–1905) • No team (1906–1907) • Clayton B. Simmons (1908–1909) • J. O. Perrine (1910) • H. F. Pasini (1911–1912) • Allen P. Berkstresser (1913–1916) • J. O. Perrine (1917) • Russell Glaesner (1918) • Ivan Doseff (1919–1920) • L. L. Mendenhall (1921–1924) • Paul Bender (1925–1929) • Lawrence W. Whitford (1930–1932) • Johnny Baker (1933–1934) • Thomas Johnson (1935) • Clyde Starbeck (1936–1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Clyde Starbeck (1945–1957) • Willard Hammer (1958–1959) • Stan B. Sheriff (1960–1982) • Darrell Mudra (1983–1987) • Earle Bruce (1988) • Terry Allen (1989–1996) • Mike Dunbar (1997–2000) • Mark Farley (2001– )
Current head coaches of the Missouri Valley Football Conference Brock Spack (Illinois State) • Trent Miles (Indiana State) • Terry Allen (Missouri State) • Craig Bohl (North Dakota State) • Mark Farley (Northern Iowa) • John Stiegelmeier (South Dakota State) • Dale Lennon (Southern Illinois) • Mark Hendrickson (Western Illinois) • Eric Wolford (Youngstown State)
Eddie Robinson Award winners 1987: Duffner | 1988: Russo | 1989: Russell | 1990: McDowell | 1991: Ault | 1992: Taaffe | 1993: Allen | 1994: Tressel | 1995: Nutt | 1996: Barbier | 1997: Talley | 1998: Johnson | 1999: Matthews | 2000: Glenn | 2001: Lembo | 2002: Tate | 2003: Ayers | 2004: Kill | 2005: McDonnell | 2006: Moore | 2007: Farley | 2008: Matthews | 2009: Frazier | 2010: Samuel
Categories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- American football linebackers
- Kansas Jayhawks football coaches
- Northern Iowa Panthers football players
- Northern Iowa Panthers football coaches
- People from Allamakee County, Iowa
- College football coaches first appointed in the 2000s stubs
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