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Mark Whipple was the former quarterback coach for the National Football League team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is the current Offensive Assistant Coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. He joined the team on January 24, 2004 after a collegiate coaching career that included many schools, most notably the University of Massachusetts, where he posted a record of 49–25 with two conference championships and a NCAA Division I-AA national title. On January 25, 2007, he was let go by new Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, and replaced with Ken Anderson.
A 1979 graduate of Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in political science, Whipple was the starting quarterback for the Bears in 1977 and 1978, leading Brown to a 13-5 record and a pair of second-place Ivy League finishes. He was a member of the Bears’ 1976 Ivy League championship team, the first Ivy football championship in school history. During his three-year varsity career, he completed 175 of 340 passes for 2,365 yards and 13 touchdowns, while running for 518 yards and 10 touchdowns. A two-time honorable mention All-Ivy pick in football, Whipple also earned four varsity letters on the baseball diamond as Brown’s starting shortstop. He was inducted into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.
After coach Tom O'Brien left Boston College to coach North Carolina State, it was reported that Mark Whipple was the leading candidate to replace him. [1] That job eventually went to Jeff Jagodzinski.
