Coaches
Mark Farley
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Mark Farley
Played at Northern Iowa 1983-1985
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-1988 | Northern Iowa | GA | GA | not known |
| 1989-1996 | Northern Iowa | Position | LB | not known |
| 1997-2000 | Kansas | Position | LB | Terry Allen |
| 2001-2024 | Northern Iowa | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2025- | Illinois | Analyst | OA | Bret Bielema* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 1-1 | - → - | - | - | - | 0% wins | - |
| 2002 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 0-1 | - → - | - | - | - | 50% wins | - |
| 2003 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 9-2 | - → - | - | - | - | 0% wins | - |
| 2004 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 7-4 | - → - | - | - | - | 82% wins | - |
| 2005 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 10-3 | - → - | - | - | - | 64% wins | - |
| 2006 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 7-4 | - → - | - | - | - | 77% wins | - |
| 2007 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 12-1 | - → - | - | - | - | 64% wins | - |
| 2008 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 11-2 | - → - | - | - | - | 92% wins | - |
| 2009 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 7-4 | - → - | - | - | - | 85% wins | - |
| 2010 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 7-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 64% wins | - |
| 2011 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 10-2 | - → - | - | - | - | 58% wins | - |
| 2012 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 5-6 | - → - | - | - | - | 83% wins | - |
| 2013 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 7-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 46% wins | - |
| 2014 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 9-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 58% wins | - |
| 2015 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 9-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 64% wins | - |
| 2016 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 5-6 | - → - | - | - | - | 64% wins | - |
| 2017 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 8-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 46% wins | - |
| 2018 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 7-6 | - → - | - | - | - | 62% wins | - |
| 2019 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 10-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 54% wins | - |
| 2021 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 6-6 | - → - | 18 | 15 | - | - | 128 |
| 2022 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | 8 | 125 | - | 50% wins | 130 |
| 2023 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | 52 | 96 | - | 55% wins | 128 |
| 2024 | Northern Iowa (FCS) | 3-9 | - → - | 48 | 121 | - | 55% wins | 129 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northern Iowa | FCS | 3-4 |
Worked under
- Terry Allen · Kansas 1997-2000 (Position)
- Bret Bielema* · Illinois 2025-2026 (Analyst)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Jay Norvell · Northern Iowa 1988 · him GA, them Position
- Ross Els · Northern Iowa 1989-1994 · him Position, them GA, Position
- Chris Klieman · Northern Iowa 1991-2010 · him Head coach, Position, them DC, GA, Position
- Chris Klieman · Kansas 1997 · him Position, them GA
- Jay Johnson · Kansas 1997-2000 · him Position, them GA, Position
- Chris Kapilovic · Kansas 1999-2000 · him Position, them GA
- Jay Niemann · Northern Iowa 2001 · him Head coach, them Position
- William Inge · Northern Iowa 2001-2004 · him Head coach, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Erik Chinander · Northern Iowa 2004-2009 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Brandon Hall · Northern Iowa 2006 · him Head coach, them Position
- Scott Frost* · Northern Iowa 2007-2008 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Jeremiah Johnson · Northern Iowa 2009-2023 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Jovan Dewitt · Northern Iowa 2009-2011 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Matt Entz* · Northern Iowa 2010-2011 · him Head coach, them Position
- Travis Williams · Northern Iowa 2012 · him Head coach, them Position
- Joe Davis · Northern Iowa 2015 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Collin Klein* · Northern Iowa 2016 · him Head coach, them Position
- Todd Sturdy · Northern Iowa 2016 · him Head coach, them OC
- David Braun* · Northern Iowa 2017-2018 · him Head coach, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Jeff Burris · Northern Iowa 2017 · him Head coach, them Position
- John Bond · Northern Iowa 2017-2018 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Isaac Fruechte · Northern Iowa 2019 · him Head coach, them Position
- Justin Roper · Northern Iowa 2019 · him Head coach, them Position
- Shawn Watson · Northern Iowa 2020-2021 · him Head coach, them Analyst, OC, Position
- Bodie Reeder · Northern Iowa 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them OC
- Randall McCray · Northern Iowa 2022 · him Head coach, them DC
- Ryan Clanton · Northern Iowa 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them OC
- Joel Filani · Northern Iowa 2024 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Aaron Henry · Illinois 2025 · him Analyst, them DC
- Barry Lunney Jr. · Illinois 2025-2026 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Bret Bielema* · Illinois 2025-2026 · him Analyst, them Head coach
- Mike Neu · Illinois 2025-2026 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Myers Hendrickson · Illinois 2025-2026 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Terrance Jamison · Illinois 2025 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- Bobby Hauck · Illinois 2026 · him Analyst, them DC
- Jared Elliott · Illinois 2026 · him Analyst, them Position
- Tyrone Wheatley · Illinois 2026 · him Analyst, them Position