 Whipple (left) with Brandon Weeden, 2012 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1, 1957 Tarrytown, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1976–1979 | Brown |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1980 | St. Lawrence (Assistant) |
| 1981–1982 | Union (NY) (OC) |
| 1983 | Brown (WR) |
| 1984 | Arizona Wranglers (OQC/QB) |
| 1986–1987 | New Hampshire (OC) |
| 1988–1993 | New Haven |
| 1994–1997 | Brown |
| 1998–2003 | UMass |
| 2004–2006 | Pittsburgh Steelers (QB) |
| 2008 | Philadelphia Eagles (assistant) |
| 2009–2010 | Miami (FL) (AHC/OC/QB) |
| 2011–2012 | Cleveland Browns (QB) |
| 2014–2018 | UMass |
| 2019–2021 | Pittsburgh (OC/QB) |
| 2022 | Nebraska (OC/QB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 137–103 |
| Tournaments | 3–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 5–2 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Super Bowl champion (XL) (As QB coach) NCAA Division I-AA National Champion (1998) 3× A-10 (1998, 1999, 2003) | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA Division I-AA Coach of the Year (1998) Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (2003) | |
Mark John Whipple (born April 1, 1957) is an American football coach, who most recently served as offensive coordinator at Nebraska in 2022. Whipple was the head football coach at University of New Haven from 1988 to 1993, Brown University from 1994 to 1997, and stints as the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass), from 1998 to 2003 and 2014 to 2018. His 1998 UMass team won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. He was the quarterbacks coach for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) in 2011 and 2012. Before joining the Browns in January 2011, Whipple worked for two seasons as the offensive coordinator at the University of Miami. He previously coached in the NFL, working as a quarterback coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2004 to 2006 and as an offensive assistant coach with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2007 and 2008. On January 14, 2014, Whipple returned to UMass as head coach.[1]
- ^ "Mark Whipple to return to UMass". January 11, 2014.