Mark Farley

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Mark Farley
College	Northern Iowa
Sport	Football
Conference	GFC
Team record	63–25
Born	April 5, 1963 (1963-04-05) (age 45)
Place of birth	Waukon, Iowa
Career highlights
Overall	63–25
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Awards
2007 Eddie Robinson Award
Playing career
1983-1985	Northern Iowa
Position	ILB
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986-1988 1989-1996 1997-2000 2001-present	Northern Iowa (GA) Northern Iowa (LB) Kansas (LB) Northern Iowa

Mark Farley (born April 5, 1963(1963-04-05) in Waukon, Iowa) is an American football coach. He serves as head coach for the Northern Iowa Panthers since 2001.

Farley played inside linebacker at Northern Iowa from 1983-1985. He led the team in tackles 1984-85 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 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 Division I-AA.

[edit] Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl	Coaches#	AP°
Northern Iowa Panthers (Gateway Football Conference) (2001 – present)
2001	Northern Iowa	10–3	6-1	1st	L Division I-AA Semifinal
2002	Northern Iowa	5–6	2-5	T-6th
2003	Northern Iowa	10–3	6-1	T-1st	L Division I-AA Quarterfinal
2004	Northern Iowa	7–4	5-2	3rd
2005	Northern Iowa	11–4	5-2	T-1st	L Division I-AA Championship Game
2006	Northern Iowa	7–4	5-2	T-2nd
2007	Northern Iowa	12–1	6–0	1st	L Division I-AA Quarterfinal
Northern Iowa:		63–25	35-13
Total:		63–25
National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.

[edit] External links

• Official bio at Northern Iowa

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