Mark Duffner
American football player and coach

Mark Duffner

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American football player and coach
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19 July 1953
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Mark Duffner (born July 19, 1953) is an American football coach. He is the linebackers coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Duffner served as the head coach of the Maryland Terrapins football team from 1992 to 1996.
Prior to Maryland, Duffner served as the head coach at the College of the Holy Cross where he compiled a 60–5–1 record. At Maryland, Duffner compiled a 20–35 record with no bowl game appearances. Duffner's only winning season came in 1995 when the Terps finished with a 6–5 record and started with four consecutive wins. His most important legacy at Maryland has been in the record books where most of the longstanding single game, season, and career passing and receiving record were broken during his tenure. This was due to the implementation of his run and shoot offense and quarterbacks John Kaleo, Scott Milanovich, and Brian Cummings. However, his teams were notoriously weak on defense.
After leaving Maryland, Duffner became an assistant with the Cincinnati Bengals from 1997 to 2002, where he served as linebackers coach and then defensive coordinator. From 2003 to 2005, he served with the Green Bay Packers. In early 2006, he was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as the linebackers coach. He was hired by the Miami Dolphins in January to be their LB Coach for the 2014 season.

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Holy Cross Crusaders (Patriot League) (1986–1991)
1986 Holy Cross 10–1 4–0 1st
1987 Holy Cross 11–0 4–0 1st
1988 Holy Cross 9–2 3–1 2nd
1989 Holy Cross 10–1 4–0 1st
1990 Holy Cross 9–1–1 5–0 1st
1991 Holy Cross 11–0 5–0 1st
Holy Cross: 60–5–1 25–1
Maryland Terrapins (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1992–1996)
1992 Maryland 3–8 2–6 8th
1993 Maryland 2–9 2–6 T–7th
1994 Maryland 4–7 2–6 7th
1995 Maryland 6–5 4–4 T–5th
1996 Maryland 5–6 3–5 T–6th
Maryland: 20–35 13–27
Total: 80–40–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.