Mark Carney (American football)
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kent State |
| Conference | MAC |
| Record | 5–7 |
| Annual salary | $450,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 31, 1980 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2001 | Fordham |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2003 | Fordham (SA) |
| 2004–2008 | Richmond (QB/WR) |
| 2009–2013 | Bowling Green (WR) |
| 2014 | Baldwin Wallace (OC/QB) |
| 2015–2018 | Virginia State (OC/QB) |
| 2019 | Charlotte (QB) |
| 2020–2022 | Charlotte (OC/QB) |
| 2023 | Kent State (TE/IWR) |
| 2024 | Kent State (OC) |
| 2025–present | Kent State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5–7 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Mark A. Carney (born July 31, 1980) is an American college football coach and former quarterback who is the head football coach at Kent State University. Carney played college football at Fordham University from 1998 to 2001.
Carney was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended high school in Lakewood, Ohio, graduating from St. Edward High School. After graduation from high school in 1998, Carney enrolled at the Fordham University and played quarterback for the Rams, starting for two seasons. As a senior in 2001, he led Fordham to their first winning record at the Division II level.
Carney began his coaching career in 2002 as a student assistant coach at Fordham for his former head coach, Dave Clawson. After Clawson left for a jobs with Richmond where he worked with the quarterbacks and wide receivers. In 2008, Mike London took over as the head coach of the Spiders, and kept Carney on staff, where he helped lead the Spiders to the FCS national championship. He moved to Bowling Green in 2009, where he re-joined Clawson's staff until 2013, where he took his first offensive coordinator position with Baldwin Wallace for a single season before spending 4 season as the offensive coordinator for Virginia State. In 2019, he joined his former player, Will Healy's coaching staff at Charlotte, first as quarterbacks coach before being promoted to offensive coordinator. Carney would next move to Kent State in 2023, coaching tight ends before being promoted to offensive coordinator in 2024.
Carney accepted the job as head football coach for Kent State University in 2025. Carney led the team to a 5-game improvement in his first year as head coach.