Mark Ivey (born July 11, 1973) is an

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coach who is currently the linebackers coach at the

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. A longtime high school football coach in

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, he joined the college coaching ranks at his alma mater,

Appalachian State Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...

, in 2012, serving as their interim head coach in 2018 when

Scott Satterfield Fredric Scott Satterfield (born December 21, 1972) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati. Satterfield previously served as the head football coach at the Universi ...

departed to be the head coach at Louisville. He followed Satterfield to Louisville in 2019 to serve as his defensive line coach.

Coaching career

High school coaching

After graduating from Appalachian State in 1996, Ivey coached the freshman offensive and defensive line at

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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. He was also the head coach at Cypress Lake High School and

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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.

Appalachian State

Ivey was named the outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at his alma mater

in 2012, working under former teammate

. 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

. He coached the team in their bowl game against

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, 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.

Louisville

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

Head coaching record

College

‡ Served as interim HC for bowl game

References

External links

Louisville profile

Appalachian State profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivey, Mark 1973 births Living people American football defensive linemen American football linebackers Appalachian State Mountaineers football coaches Appalachian State Mountaineers football players Louisville Cardinals football coaches High school football coaches in Florida People from Henry County, Virginia Coaches of American football from Virginia Players of American football from Virginia