Mark Carney
Mark Carney went 7–12 as a head coach, 2025–2026, at Kent State. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 2–4); by them his record is 7–11. Share
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 5–7 | T–6th | |||
| 2026 | Kent State | 2–5 (Wikipedia: 2–4) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Conference games | 11 | 5–6 | 45% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 4–3 | 57% |
| At home | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| On the road | 11 | 2–9 | 18% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 4–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 15 | 3–12 | 20% |
His own 19 games on file, 2025–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Ball Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Massachusettsseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Akronseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Woffordseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Merrimackseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Florida Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Fordham | Student assistant | |
| 2004–08 | Richmond | Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| 2009–13 | Bowling Green | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2014 | Baldwin Wallace | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2015–18 | Virginia State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019 | Charlotte | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2020–22 | Charlotte | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2023 | Kent State | Tight ends and inside receivers coach | |
| 2024 | Kent State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2025–present | Kent State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dave ClawsonFordham, Richmond, Bowling Green
- Mike LondonRichmond
- Will HealyCharlotte
- Peter RossomandoCharlotte
- Kenni BurnsKent State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Clay PattersonNortheastern Oklahoma A&M
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Clawson | Fordham | 2002–03 | Student assistant | |
| Dave Clawson | Richmond | 2004–07 | Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| Mike London | Richmond | 2008 | Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| Dave Clawson | Bowling Green | 2009–13 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Will Healy | Charlotte | 2019–22 | 2019: quarterbacks coach; 2020–22: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Peter Rossomando | Charlotte | 2022 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Kenni Burns | Kent State | 2023–24 | 2023: tight ends and inside receivers coach; 2024: offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Patterson | Kent State, 2025–26: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Valeria | Kent State, 2025–26: defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Carney’s teams went for it on 29% of fourth downs and on 47% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 47% of plays and took 28.1 seconds a play, 2025–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 12 g | 30 of 106 28% | 49% | 46% | 28.1 | −0.02 | |
| 2026 7 g | 17 of 57 30% | 43% | 49% | 28.1 | −0.15 | |
| All 19 g | 47 of 163 29% | 47% | 47% | 28.1 | −0.07 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.