1. Mark Jonathan Briggs was born on 16 February 1982 and is an English football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of Sacramento Republic in the USL Championship.
16 Facts About Mark Briggs
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Mark Briggs captained the youth team to a cup win at Wembley Stadium in 1999 and was Youth Team Player of the Year the same season.
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Mark Briggs then proceeded to bounce around the English and Welsh lower leagues, playing briefly for a multitude of clubs including Notts County, Shrewsbury Town, Hednesford Town.
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Mark Briggs then crossed the pond and played for Kalamazoo Outrage before returning for a second stint at Hednesford Town.
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Mark Briggs then went back to America and spent the 2009 season with the Wilmington Hammerheads before signing with Mosta FC in Malta, where he was Player of the Year in 2009,2010 and 2011.
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Mark Briggs then returned to Wilmington where he finished his career and transitioned into coaching with the Wilmington Hammerheads.
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In May 2008 Mark Briggs was convinced to cross the Atlantic by former New Zealand international Stu Riddle to play for Kalamazoo Outrage in the USL Premier Development League as an over-age player.
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Mark Briggs played the PDL season in Kalamazoo, helping the team reach the PDL playoffs.
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The Hammerheads won the USL 2 title and Mark Briggs was the team's Player of the Year.
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In November 2016, Mark Briggs joined Mike Petke's staff at Real Monarchs as an assistant.
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On 20 November 2017, Mark Briggs was named USL coach of the year after leading the Monarchs to the playoffs for the first time in their history.
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In 2019, Mark Briggs joined USL Championship club Sacramento Republic FC as Academy Director.
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Mark Briggs was promoted to head coach for the 2020 season.
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On 7 December 2021, the Republic announced that Mark Briggs had agreed to a new contract to bring him back for the 2022 season.
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On 13 July 2022, Mark Briggs was named USL Championship coach of the month for June 2022 after leading the club to victory in all four of their league games and reaching the semifinals of the 2022 US Open Cup for the first time.
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On November 4th, 2024 it was announced that Sacramento Republic and Mark Briggs mutually agreed to part ways.