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	129–61
Biographical details
Born	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	129–61
Tournaments	14–8 (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 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. In early 2008, Farley served as the interim director of athletics at Northern Iowa.^[1]

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	10–3	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal	5	6
2012	Northern Iowa	5–6	4–4	T–6th
2013	Northern Iowa	7–5	3–5	T–7th
2014	Northern Iowa	9–5	6–2	3rd	L NCAA Division I Second Round	10	10
2015	Northern Iowa	9–5	5–3	T–3rd	L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal	6	6
2016	Northern Iowa	0–0	0–0
Northern Iowa:		129–61 (.679)	76–33 (.697)
Total:		129–61 (.679)
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

References

1. "UNI names interim director of athletics". Cedar Falls, Iowa: University of Northern Iowa. January 31, 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

External links

• Northern Iowa Profile
• Mark Farley at the College Football Data Warehouse