George Michael MacIntyre was born on March 14,1965 and is an American football coach.
41 Facts About Mike MacIntyre
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Mike MacIntyre served as the head football coach at San Jose State University from 2010 to 2013 and the University of Colorado Boulder from 2013 to 2018.
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Mike MacIntyre began his coaching career in 1990 as a graduate assistant at Georgia.
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From 1992 to 2002, Mike MacIntyre held various assistant coaching positions at Davidson, UT Martin, Temple, and Ole Miss.
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From 2003 to 2007, Mike MacIntyre was an assistant coach in the National Football League, first as defensive backs coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 2003 to 2006 and then in the same position with the New York Jets in 2007.
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Mike MacIntyre returned to college football as defensive coordinator for Duke from 2008 to 2009.
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Mike MacIntyre's defenses produced two of the best seasons statistically the Blue Devils had achieved.
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At Colorado, Mike MacIntyre led the Buffaloes to the first Pac-12 South Division Championship in school history in 2016.
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Mike MacIntyre was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year and won multiple national awards including Walter Camp Coach of the Year in 2016.
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Since then, Mike MacIntyre was a defensive coordinator, first at Ole Miss in 2019 then at Memphis beginning in 2020.
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The Mike MacIntyre family lived in many places throughout the Southern United States, as his father was a scout for the University of Miami from 1964 to 1967, defensive coordinator of the University of Tampa in 1968, defensive back coach at Clemson University from 1970 to 1972, and assistant coach for Vanderbilt University from 1973 to 1974.
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In 1975, George Mike MacIntyre took his first head coaching position with UT Martin and became offensive coordinator for Ole Miss in 1978.
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From 1979 to 1985, George Mike MacIntyre was head football coach of Vanderbilt University.
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Mike MacIntyre attended Brentwood Academy in Brentwood, Tennessee near Nashville and played quarterback and defensive back on the football team.
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Mike MacIntyre then became a defensive coordinator: at Davidson College in 1992, During the summers of 1992 and 1993, Mike MacIntyre served as the head coach and offensive coordinator for the Plattling Blackhawks in Germany.
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From 1999 to 2002, Mike MacIntyre coached at the University of Mississippi, starting as the wide receiver coach then in 2001 the defensive secondary coach.
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Mike MacIntyre actively helped recruit Patrick Willis to Ole Miss; Willis would become an All-Pro linebacker in the NFL.
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In 2008, Mike MacIntyre returned to college football as the defensive coordinator for Duke, and in his first season with Duke, the Blue Devils allowed 67.4 fewer yards and 9.8 fewer points per game than in 2007.
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Mike MacIntyre's defenses produced two of the best seasons statistically the Blue Devils had achieved.
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Local media considered Mike MacIntyre to be a smart hire despite his inexperience as a head coach.
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Mike MacIntyre has stated that he chose to be the head coach to inspire success in the student-athletes and praised his father George Mike MacIntyre for improving the struggling football programs UT Martin and Vanderbilt as coach.
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Mike MacIntyre planned on dropping the spread offense and expand recruiting rather than rely on junior college transfers.
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However, Mike MacIntyre expressed optimism that the team would improve in 2011 given that the team would have 85 athletes on scholarship next season.
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Unlike the previous season in which Mike MacIntyre had only six weeks of recruiting time, Mike MacIntyre had a full term of recruiting.
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In January 2012, Mike MacIntyre accepted a contract extension through the 2017 season.
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In 2012, Mike MacIntyre was recognized by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes with the Grant Teaff National Coach of the Year Award for his San Jose State programs performance on and off the field.
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Mike MacIntyre made $450,000 per year as head coach of the Spartans.
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On December 10,2012, the University of Colorado announced that it was hiring Mike MacIntyre to replace coach Jon Embree, who was fired after two seasons.
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Originally signed to a five-year contract, Mike MacIntyre is the 25th full-time coach for the Colorado Buffaloes football program.
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On September 2,2013, Mike MacIntyre won his opening game over Jim McElwain and rival Colorado State on a neutral field at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver.
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Mike MacIntyre was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year for 2016 after the Buffaloes were picked to finish last in the division prior to the season.
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Mike MacIntyre was awarded the Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award becoming the second Colorado coach to earn the award, on a team led by his first recruiting class, assembled just weeks after his hire.
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On January 10,2017, Mike MacIntyre signed a 5-year, $16.25 million contract with Colorado that would have seen him under contract with the Buffaloes through the 2021 season.
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On November 18,2018, Mike MacIntyre was fired as the head coach after a six-game losing streak.
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In December 2018, Mike MacIntyre was named Defensive Coordinator at the University of Mississippi.
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Mike MacIntyre was nominated for the Broyles Award.
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On December 9,2021, Mike MacIntyre was named FIU's new head coach replacing Butch Davis.
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Mike MacIntyre is involved in the organization of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
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Mike MacIntyre has been involved with Be the Match Registry, at San Jose State and Colorado.
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Mike MacIntyre has been responsible for 1,600 registrations leading to eight lives saved.
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Also in 2018, Mike MacIntyre was presented the Get in the Game Impact Award presented by the Maxwell Football Club for his work with Be the Match Registry.