Mark Thomas Mangino was born on August 26,1956 and is a former American football coach.
24 Facts About Mark Mangino
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Mark Mangino served as the head football coach at the University of Kansas from 2002 to 2009.
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In 2007, Mangino received several national coach of the year honors after leading the Jayhawks to their only 12-win season in school history and an Orange Bowl victory.
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Mark Mangino held multiple assistant coaching jobs before becoming the head coach at Kansas, the longest being an eight season stint at Kansas State as their running game coordinator.
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Mark Mangino played semi-pro baseball in western Pennsylvania until he became an EMT.
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Mark Mangino graduated from Youngstown State University in 1987, serving as an assistant coach there in his last two years under then-head coach Jim Tressel.
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Mark Mangino coached at Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania and at Geneva College, before being hired as an assistant coach at Kansas State University in 1991.
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Mark Mangino was hired as Kansas' head football coach in December 2001.
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In 2003, his second season at KU, Mark Mangino led the Jayhawks to an appearance in the 2003 Tangerine Bowl.
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In 2007, Mark Mangino led the Jayhawks to arguably the greatest season in school history.
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Mark Mangino's defense was ranked 12th in the nation, and 4th in scoring defense.
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Mark Mangino is the only coach since the end of World War II to leave Kansas with a winning record.
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Mark Mangino was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year by the Big 12 Coaches and Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year by the Associated Press.
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On March 1,2013, Mark Mangino was hired at his alma mater, Youngstown State, as the team's assistant head coach and tight ends coach.
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On January 6,2014, Mark Mangino was hired at Iowa State to be the team's offensive coordinator and tight ends coach.
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Mark Mangino apparently became angry after referees failed to call what he believed was a late hit on Tommy, the Lawrence High quarterback.
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In 2004, Mark Mangino paid a $5,000 fine for suggesting that officials acted with favoritism in a questionable offensive pass interference call that affected the outcome of a game against Texas.
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Mark Mangino implied that money and a BCS berth for the Big 12 Conference influenced the officials to make a call in favor of Texas.
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When Pendleton returned to the sideline, an irate Mark Mangino took Pendleton aside and gave him an expletive-laden tongue-lashing.
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In November 2009, the recurring issue of Mark Mangino's chronic, alleged misconduct towards his players became the subject of an internal investigation by the University of Kansas Athletic Department.
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Reportedly, matters came to a head after Mark Mangino grabbed linebacker Arist Wright, yelled at him and poked him in the chest before a game against Colorado.
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Mark Mangino was formally accused of boorish and violent actions, and several players threatened to transfer after they felt Mangino did not speak to them in a respectful manner.
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Mark Mangino's wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011.
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Mark Mangino was noted to have lost over 125 lbs between 2012 and 2013.