Mark Mangino
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Born Mark Thomas Mangino on August 26, 1956 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Mangino is the head football coach of the Kansas University Jayhawks in the NCAA college football tournament. Mangino is best known for helping first Kansas State, then Oklahoma, and lastly Kansas, mold into highly competitive teams capable of winning big games and turning out bowl-eligible seasons. But aside from the team accomplishments, Mangino's program has produced, and continue to produce, several renowned players that include cornerback Aqib Talib, rusher Jon Cornish, receiving leader Mark Simmons, and current graduate assistant Bill Whittemore.
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Personal Life
Mangino, a father of two (1 daughter, 1 son), grew up in New Castle, Pa. and played baseball and football during his high school years. Youngstown State offered him a football scholarship but he turned them down and instead played sandlot baseball on his hometown. After marrying his high school sweetheart Mary Jane, he later on got a job as a first responder (ambulance driver) then applied and got hired as a junior high coach under his former coach at New Castle, local legend Lindy Lauro. Mangino later on worked and schooled as a student coach at Youngstown State from 1985-86 under coach Bill Narduzzi and later on under current Ohio State mentor Jim Tressel. After earning his degree at Youngstown State, Mangino became offensive coordinator for a small Christian school in Beaver Falls, Pa. for three seasons (1987-89) where he led his team, the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes, to 11 wins for the first time in decades during the 1988 campaign. He coached for two more years at Geneva before earning a coaching job at Ellwood City (Pa.) High. Unfortunately, his high school team only finished 1-9 during his tenure.
Mangino's dauther Samantha is a University of Kansas graduate and along with his husband David Hardy and Mangino's granddaughter Gabriella, reside in Lawrence. His son Tommy studied at Washburn University.
Kansas State
Mangino got a job as a graduate assistant coach at Kansas State with the help of his former high school teammate, John Latina, who at that time worked as K-State's offensive line coach. He worked under head football coach Bill Snyder and earned $220 per week. Because of his work ethic, Mangino was hired full time as recruiting coordinator then became the running game coordinator before finally landing the assistant head coaching job in 1998. Kansas State made a huge turnaround after Mangino arrived. After a 5-6 record prior to his arrival, the Wildcats racked up a total of 71-23-1 record with six consecutive 9+ win seasons and six consecutive bowl game appearances.
Oklahoma
Like what he did at Kansas State, Mangino made a huge impact upon his arrival at Oklahoma. He left K-State prior to the 1999 season to serve as an assistant coach/offensive coordinator to his friend Bob Stoops. In just his second year at OU, the Sooners went on to beat Florida State for the 2000 national championship. Mangino was rewarded with the Frank Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant coach following OU's championship year. The Sooners where 5-6 before Mangino arrived, then the team went 7-5 the following year, 13-0 in 2000 then 10-2 in 2001.
Kansas
Mangino got the head football coaching position at Kansas after turning the offer several times. He was hired to his current position on December 2001.
2002
The head football coaching transition was quite a painful one for Mangino as his team managed to win only 2 out of 12 games and went winless in 8 conference games during his inaugural year as Kansas head coach. The Jayhawks ranked 6th in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference.
2003
Kansas barely made it to the .500 mark after the regular season, nevertheless it saw an improvement from Mangino's debut year. Also, Kansas was invited to play at the Mazda Tangerine Bowl, the team's first bowl game since 1995 but unfortunately lost 26-56. The team went 6-7 overall and won three out five conference games to finish the season tied at 4th. The team's record registered the most number of wins since the 1995 Jayhawks team went 10-2. The team also set 12 different single-season school records including most points (384), most first downs (286), most touchdown passes (25) and most yards gained (5,479). Two of Mangino's recruits were also honored as the Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year with quarterback Bill Whittemore bagging it in 2002 and center Joe Vaughn winning it in 2003.
2004
Kansas finished the year with a 4-7 standing (2-6 conf) for a tie at third in the North during Mangino's third season as the team struggled after they were pitted six times against Top 25 teams (Only two NCAA teams played more regular-season games against opponents ranked in the Top 25). Despite another losing season, Mangino's team accomplished a rare feat as the Jayhawks went victorious over two of its biggest rivals in Kansas State (defeated the Wildcats, 31-28) and Missouri (defeated the Tigers, 31-14). He also coached his first All-American in Charles Gordon (3rd team All-America by Associated Press), whom he molded from an offensive option to a defensive weapon. Gordon had a nation-best 7 interceptions (third-best single-season total in school history and the most by one KU player since 1951) and broke-up a Big 12-best 15 passes. The Jayhawks as a team also made a defensive advent after recording 19 interceptions (most since 1987 team's 23) with 8 different players picking off at least one pass. The Jayhawks also gave up an average of 117.6 yards on the ground to their opponents which was third-best average in school history and the best since 1961.
2005
Kansas made several breakthroughs in 2005 as the team went 6-0 at home (Memorial Stadium) which is a first since 1951. An average of 43,675 fans also attended the games to set an all-time Memorial Stadium record. Aside from defeating rival Missouri for a third straight time, the Jayhawks also defeated Nebraska for the first time since 1968. The team finished the year with a 7-5 winning record, capped by a Fort Worth Bowl win over Houston, 42-13 to give the school its first bowl victory since 1995 and making their head coach the only mentor in school history to lead his team to a pair of bowl contests in a three-year span.
Three of Mangino's players also earned All-Big 12 First Team including senior linebacker Nick Reid (2005 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year), defensive end Charlton Keith and junior all-purpose player Charles Gordon. The team finished the year with a 7-5 overall record with a 3-5 standing in league play.
2006
Mangino led the Jayhawks to a 6-6 overall record (3-5 in Big 12) to mark the first time since 1994-95 that the Jayhawks were bowl-eligible for two consecutive seasons. That year, the single season attendance record was also broken for the second straight year with an average of 44,137 fans, including the 51,821 that watched the win over in-state rival Kansas State on Nov. 18. The Jayhawks also ended the regular season winning three of its last 4 games. The team also beat Colorado, Iowa State, and K-State to mark the first time in school history that Kansas had won three consecutive Big 12 games.
Kansas' main attraction that year include running back Jon Cornish, who set KU's single-season rushing record and led the Big 12 with 1,457 rushing yards; and cornerback Aqib Talib who led the nation in passes defended with an average of 2.80 break-ups per game and tied for the Big 12 lead with six interceptions. Both Cornish and Talib made it into the All-Big 12 list that season.
2007
Kansas became 11-0 for the first time in school history, surpassing the 10-0 record set in 1899.
Contoversies
High School Referee Incident
Mangino has had his share of controversies through the years, including the one involving the officiating crew that called the game where his son Tommy played in. On September 21, 2002, Mangino yelled at the crew assigned to the Lawrence High School-Olathe East football game after the said officials seemingly missed a late hit on his son, the LHS quarterback. LHS officials took undisclosed action against Mangino after the game for violating a Kansas High School rule barring abuse of game officials by coaches, players and fans.
Kansas-Texas Game
In 2004, Mangino paid a fine of $5,000 and along with athletic director Lew Perkins, issued public apologies after saying that money and a BCS berth for the Big 12 Conference influenced the officials to make an offensive pass interference call in favor of Texas that affected the outcome of the game.
NCAA Penalties and Probation
In 2006, Kansas was penalized for five major violations that include academic fraud after being charged by the NCAA with "lack of institutional control" when a graduate assistant was found to have supplied answers to correspondence courses being taken by potential athletes. The NCAA limited the football program's recruitment of junior college transfers to two years and the team also lost two scholarships for each of the 2007 and 2008 seasons as a punishment.
Highlights
| Mark Mangino's infamous "outburst" on Raimond Pendleton after the latter scored on a return but was penalized by the officials. |
Year-by-Year
| Year | School | Record | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Kansas | 2-10 | 0-8 | 6 (North) | ||
| 2003 | Kansas | 6-7 | 3-5 | 4T (North) | Mazda Tangerine Bowl (L) | |
| 2004 | Kansas | 4-7 | 2-6 | 3T (North) | ||
| 2005 | Kansas | 7-5 | 3-5 | 3 (North) | Fort Worth Bowl (W) | |
| 2006 | Kansas | 6-6 | 3-5 | 3 (North) | ||
| 2007 | Kansas | 11-0 | 7-0 | 1 (North) | Peaked at #2 on the rankings; AP, Coaches, BCS, and Harris. |
