Mark Farley

Mark Farley
Farley at the 2011 Principal Charity Classic
Sport(s) Football
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Northern Iowa
Conference MVFC
Record 137–71
Biographical details
Born (1963-04-05) April 5, 1963
Waukon, Iowa
Playing career
1983–1985 Northern Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1988 Northern Iowa (GA)
1989–1996 Northern Iowa (LB)
1997–2000 Kansas (LB)
2001–present Northern Iowa
Head coaching record
Overall 137–71
Tournaments 15–8 (FCS playoffs)
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 the head coach at the University of Northern Iowa, a position he has held since 2001. Farley started at inside linebacker at Northern Iowa from 1983 to 1985. He led the team in tackles in 1984 and 1985, was named Gateway Football Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 1985, first team all-conference three times, earned honorable mention All-America honors twice and twice named Academic All-American.[1]

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. In early 2008, Farley served as the interim director of athletics at Northern Iowa.[2] With a win over in-state rival Iowa State on September 3, 2016, Farley passed Northern Iowa legend Stan Sheriff in all-time wins as a football coach.

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs TSN/STATS# Coaches'°
Northern Iowa Panthers (Gateway Football Conference / Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2001–present)
2001 Northern Iowa 10–36–11stL I-AA Playoffs Semifinal4
2002 Northern Iowa 5–62–5T–6th
2003 Northern Iowa 10–36–1T–1stL I-AA Playoffs Quarterfinal5
2004 Northern Iowa 7–45–23rd25
2005 Northern Iowa 11–45–2T–1stL I-AA National Championship2
2006 Northern Iowa 7–45–2T–2nd17
2007 Northern Iowa 12–16–01stL FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal54
2008 Northern Iowa 12–37–1T–1stL FCS Playoffs Semifinal44
2009 Northern Iowa 7–45–3T–3rd1818
2010 Northern Iowa 7–56–21stL FCS Playoffs First Round1819
2011 Northern Iowa 10–37–1T–1stL FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal56
2012 Northern Iowa 5–64–4T–6th
2013 Northern Iowa 7–53–5T–7th
2014 Northern Iowa 9–56–23rdL FCS Playoffs Second Round1010
2015 Northern Iowa 9–55–3T–3rdL FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal86
2016 Northern Iowa 5–64–4T–4th
2017 Northern Iowa 8–56–2T–2ndL FCS Playoffs Second Round1919
2018 Northern Iowa 2–31–1
Northern Iowa: 137–7183–39
Total:137–71
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Coaching tree

Assistant coaches under Mark Farley who became NCAA head coaches:

References

  1. ↑ "2017 Football Coaching Staff". University of Northern Iowa. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "UNI names interim director of athletics". Cedar Falls, Iowa: University of Northern Iowa. January 31, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
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