Coaches
Mark Carney
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Mark Carney*
Head coach, Kent State · Played at Fordham 1998-2001 · alma mater (CFBD): Fordham
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-2003 | Fordham | Other | SA | not known |
| 2004-2008 | Richmond | Position | QB/WR | not known |
| 2009-2013 | Bowling Green | Position | WR | Dave Clawson |
| 2014 | Baldwin Wallace | OC | OC/QB | not known |
| 2015-2018 | Virginia State | OC | OC/QB | not known |
| 2019 | Charlotte | Position | QB | Will Healy |
| 2020-2022 | Charlotte | OC | OC/QB✓ | Will Healy |
| 2023 | Kent State | Position | TE/IWR | Kenni Burns |
| 2024 | Kent State | OC | OC✓ | Kenni Burns |
| 2025- | Kent State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Charlotte | Offensive coordinator | 86 | 68 | 97 | 32 | 127 |
| 2021 | Charlotte | Offensive coordinator | 66 | 52 | 62 | 86 | 130 |
| 2022 | Charlotte | Offensive coordinator | 95 | 83 | 52 | 66 | 131 |
| 2024 | Kent State | Offensive coordinator | 132 | 134 | 134 | 128 | 134 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 5-7 | - → - | 118 | 103 | -19.3 | 0% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | Kent State | 3-7 | - → - | 135 | 96 | -22.1 | 42% wins | 138 |
Worked under
- Dave Clawson · Bowling Green 2009-2013 (Position)
- Will Healy · Charlotte 2019-2022 (OC, Position)
- Kenni Burns · Kent State 2023-2024 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 2
- Cherokee Valeria · Kent State 2025-2026 (DC)
- Clay Patterson · Kent State 2025-2026 (OC, Position)
Coached together
- Dave Clawson · Fordham 2002-2003 · him Other, them Head coach
- Ed Foley · Fordham 2002-2003 · him Other, them OC, Position
- Mike Elko* · Fordham 2002-2003 · him Other, them DC, Position
- Ben Albert · Richmond 2004 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Dave Clawson · Richmond 2004-2007 · him Position, them Head coach
- Jay Bateman · Richmond 2004 · him Position, them Other
- Marcus Satterfield · Richmond 2004 · him Position, them Position
- Mike Elko* · Richmond 2004-2005 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Russ Huesman · Richmond 2004-2008 · him Position, them DC
- Mike London · Richmond 2008 · him Position, them Head coach
- Vincent Brown · Richmond 2008 · him Position, them Position
- Dave Clawson · Bowling Green 2009-2013 · him Position, them Head coach
- Mike Elko* · Bowling Green 2009-2013 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Sean Spencer · Bowling Green 2009-2010 · him Position, them Position
- Shannon Morrison · Bowling Green 2009 · him Position, them DC
- Warren Ruggiero · Bowling Green 2009-2013 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Nick Monroe · Bowling Green 2010-2013 · him Position, them Position
- Clark Lea* · Bowling Green 2012 · him Position, them Position
- Reggie Barlow · Virginia State 2016-2018 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Alex Atkins · Charlotte 2019 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Brandon Cooper · Charlotte 2019-2021 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Marcus West · Charlotte 2019-2021 · him OC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Maxwell Thurmond · Charlotte 2019 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Will Healy · Charlotte 2019-2022 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Joe Cox · Charlotte 2021 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Peter Rossomando · Charlotte 2021-2022 · him OC, Position, them Head coach, Position
- Greg Brown · Charlotte 2022 · him OC, Position, them DC
- David Duggan · Kent State 2023 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Kenni Burns · Kent State 2023-2024 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Matt Johnson · Kent State 2023 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Matt Limegrover · Kent State 2023-2024 · him OC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Clay Patterson · Kent State 2024-2026 · him Head coach, OC, them OC, Position
- Kody Morgan · Kent State 2024 · him OC, them DC
- Cherokee Valeria · Kent State 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them DC