Mark Coyle

For the political consultant, see Mark J. Coyle.
Mark Coyle
Current position
TitleAthletic director
TeamMinnesota
ConferenceBig Ten
Biographical details
Born (1968-11-11) November 11, 1968 (age 56)
Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Alma materDrake University
Florida State University
Playing career
football
1987–1991Drake
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2001-2005Minnesota (associate AD)
2006–2011Kentucky (deputy AD)
2011–2015Boise State
2015–2016Syracuse
2016–presentMinnesota

Mark Coyle (born 1969) is the 23rd director of athletics at the University of Minnesota, replacing Norwood Teague.[1] He resigned as the athletics director at Syracuse University in May 2016 after spending only 11 months with the Syracuse Orange.[2][3]

Prior to this position, Coyle was the athletics director at Boise State University (2011–15),[4] a deputy athletics director at the University of Kentucky (2006–11), and an associate athletics director at Minnesota (2001–05).

  1. ^ "Mark Coyle Named Minnesota Director of Athletics". University of Minnesota Athletics. May 11, 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. ^ Mink, Nate (May 11, 2016). "311 days of Mark Coyle: A timeline of his tenure as Syracuse athletic director". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ^ Grossman, Connor (11 May 2016). "Insight on Mark Coyle's decision to leave Syracuse from former Minnesota director of athletics". The Daily Orange. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Boise was invoked but never defined (see the help page).