Mark Ivey

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Mark Ivey
Current position
TitleLinebackers coach
TeamLouisville
ConferenceACC
Biographical details
Born (1973-07-11) July 11, 1973 (age 50)
Collinsville, Virginia U.S.
Playing career
1991–1995Appalachian State
Position(s)Linebacker, Defensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996Port Charlotte HS (FL) (OL/DL)
1997Cape Coral HS (FL) (assistant)
1998–2001Gulf Coast HS (FL) (DC/OL)
2002–2006Cypress Lake HS (FL)
2007–2011Barron G. Collier HS (FL)
2012–2013Appalachian State (ST/OLB)
2014–2017Appalachian State (DL)
2018Appalachian State (AHC/DL)
2018Appalachian State (interim HC)
2019–2022Louisville (DL)
2023–presentLouisville (LB)
Head coaching record
Overall1–0 (college)
Bowls1–0

Mark Ivey (born July 11, 1973) is an American college football coach who is the linebackers coach at the University of Louisville. A longtime high school football coach in Florida, he joined the college coaching ranks at his alma mater, Appalachian State, in 2012, serving as their interim head coach in 2018 when Scott Satterfield departed to be the head coach at Louisville. He followed Satterfield to Louisville in 2019 to serve as his defensive line coach.

Coaching career[edit]

High school coaching[edit]

After graduating from Appalachian State in 1996, Ivey coached the freshman offensive and defensive line at Port Charlotte High School in Florida. He spent the 1997 season at Cape Coral High School as an assistant, before going on to coach the offensive line and serve as the defensive coordinator at Gulf Coast High School.[1] He was also the head coach at Cypress Lake High School and Barron G. Collier High School from 2002 to 2006 and 2007 to 2011, respectively. At Barron Collier, he compiled a 36–19 record, led them to state playoff appearances all five years of his tenure, and won three consecutive district championships from 2007 to 2009.[2]

Appalachian State[edit]

Ivey was named the outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at his alma mater Appalachian State in 2012, working under former teammate Scott Satterfield.[3] He was reassigned to defensive line coach in 2014 and later added the title of assistant head coach in 2018.

Ivey was named the interim head coach in 2018 after Satterfield departed to take the head coaching job at the University of Louisville.[4][2] He coached the team in their bowl game against Middle Tennessee, where the Mountaineers won by a score of 45–13. His interim tag was not removed at the end of the season, and Eliah Drinkwitz was hired to be the new head coach.[5]

Louisville[edit]

Ivey was officially named the defensive line coach at Louisville in 2019, joining Satterfield once again.[6][7] In 2023, Ivey elected to remain with Louisville under new coach Jeff Brohm as linebackers coach.

Head coaching record[edit]

College[edit]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt Conference) (2018)
2018 Appalachian State 1–0 ‡ W New Orleans
Appalachian State: 1–0 ‡ Served as interim HC for bowl game
Total: 1–0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "College football: Former Barron Collier, Cypress Lake coach Mark Ivey heads to Louisville". Naples Daily News. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Former Cypress Lake, Barron Collier coach Mark Ivey named interim coach at Appalachian State". The News-Press. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Ivey Rounds Out Football Coaching Staff". App State Athletics. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ "App State Begins Search for Head Football Coach". App State Athletics. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ^ "App State's Mark Ivey ruled out for football program's head coaching vacancy". Winston-Salem Journal. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Satterfield Hires Ivey to Coach the Defensive Line". University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Louisville football confirms hire of Mark Ivey as defensive line coach". Courier Journal. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

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