:en:Mike Mallory

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1962)}}

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| name = Mike Mallory

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| current_team = Michigan Wolverines football

| position = Special teams analyst

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|16}}

| birth_place = Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.

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| high_school = DeKalb (IL)

| college = Michigan

| undraftedyear = 1986

| pastteams =

Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1986}})*

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Indiana (1986–1987)
Graduate assistant
Kent State (1988–1990)
Defensive line coach & linebackers coach
Eastern Illinois (1991–1992)
Linebackers coach
Rhode Island (1993–1995)
Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach
Northern Illinois (1996–1999)
Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach
Maryland (2000)
Inside linebackers coach
Illinois (2001–2003)
Defensive backs coach
Illinois (2004–2005)
Defensive coordinator
Kansas (2006)
Linebackers coach
Louisville (2007)
Defensive backs coach
New Orleans Saints ({{nfly|2008}}–{{nfly|2012}})
Assistant special teams coach
Jacksonville Jaguars ({{nfly|2013}}–{{nfly|2016}})
Special teams coordinator
Jacksonville Jaguars ({{nfly|2017}}–{{nfly|2020}})
Assistant special teams coach
Denver Broncos ({{nfly|2022}})
Assistant special teams coach
Michigan (2023–present)
Special teams analyst

| highlights =

Super Bowl champion (XLIV)
National champion (2023)
Second-team All-American (1985)
2× First-team All-Big Ten (1984, 1985)
Second-team All-Big Ten (1983)

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Mike Mallory (born November 16, 1962) is an American football coach and a former player. He is currently a special teams analyst for the Michigan Wolverines. Previously he was the interim special teams coordinator for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) in 2022.{{cite web |last=Legwold |first=Jeff |title=Denver Broncos fire coach Nathaniel Hackett after 4-11 start |website=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35323346/denver-broncos-fire-coach-nathaniel-hackett-4-11-start |date=December 26, 2022 |access-date=April 3, 2025}} Before that, he was the assistant special teams coordinator for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football as a linebacker for the Michigan Wolverines from 1982 to 1985. He was the most valuable player for the 1984 Michigan team and was a finalist for the Butkus Award in 1985. Since 1986, he has been a college football coach, including stints as the defensive coordinator for the Rhode Island Rams (1993–1995), Northern Illinois Huskies (1996–1999), Illinois Fighting Illini (2004–2005). He was also the assistant special teams coach of the New Orleans Saints from 2008 to 2012.

Playing career

Mallory was born in Bowling Green, Ohio. He was an all-state football player at Illinois' DeKalb High School in 1980.

Mallory played for the Michigan Wolverines from 1982 to 1985. He was voted the Most Valuable Player of the 1984 team and was named a team co-captain and an All-Big Ten Conference player in 1984 and 1985. He was one of five finalists for the Butkus Award in its inaugural year in 1985, losing out to Brian Bosworth; the Butkus Award has been given annually since 1985 to the top linebacker in college football. As a senior in 1985, Mallory helped lead the Wolverines to a 10–1–1 record and a #2 ranking in the final AP Poll after beating Nebraska, 27–23, in the Fiesta Bowl. At the end of the 1985 season, he was selected as an All-Big Ten linebacker, and a second-team All-American.{{cite news |title=Bo Jackson, Sooner Casillas Head 60th UPI All-America Team |newspaper=Tyrone Daily Herald |date=December 12, 1985 |page=7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5310858/bo_jackson_sooner_casillas_head_60th/}}

The 1985 Wolverines defense that included Mallory, Mike Hammerstein, Brad Cochran, Mark Messner, Eric Kattus, Garland Rivers and Andy Moeller, gave up only 75 points in 11 regular season games, an average of less than seven points per game. When Mallory graduated, his 211 career tackles ranked third in school history behind Ron Simpkins and Mike Boren. He now ranks seventh in school history.{{cite web|url=http://stats.ath.umich.edu/football/footstart.php |title=Michigan Football Statistic Archive Query Page |publisher=Regents of the University of Michigan |year=2003 |access-date=November 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112175906/http://stats.ath.umich.edu/football/footstart.php |archive-date=November 12, 2007 }} Mallory graduated from Michigan in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in sports administration.

=Statistics=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! Year ! Tackles ! Assists ! Totals ! Interceptions ! High Game Tackles
1982	9	1	10	0	4 (Northwestern)
1983	52	31	83	3	14 (Ohio State)
1984	88	39	127	3	19 (Purdue)
1985	62	39	101	0	17 (Iowa)
TOTAL	211	110	321	6	19 (Purdue)

{{cite web|url=http://stats.ath.umich.edu/football/footstart.php |title=Michigan Football Statistic Archive Query Page |access-date=December 6, 2007 |publisher=Regents of the University of Michigan |year=2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112175906/http://stats.ath.umich.edu/football/footstart.php |archive-date=November 12, 2007 }}

Family

Mallory is the oldest son of Bill Mallory, who has served as the head football coach at Miami University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, Northern Illinois University, and Indiana University. When Ron Turner and his staff at Illinois were fired at the end of the 2004 season, Mike was rehired by Ron Zook as defensive coordinator. Zook played for the elder Mallory at Miami University in the 1970s. Curt Mallory, Mike's younger brother, was also hired by Zook, who said, "I am thrilled to have on our staff two sons of the man I played for and who led me into this profession."{{cite news|author=Willhite, Lindsey|title=Mallory rehired at Illinois|publisher=Daily Herald|date=January 14, 2005}} Curt is currently the head coach of the Indiana State Sycamores football team. Another brother, Doug, coaches in the NFL as the defensive backs coach for the Baltimore Ravens. He has an older sister, Barb.

Mallory and his wife, Kim, have a daughter, Kathryn, and a son, Will, who was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Stankevitz |first=JJ |date=April 29, 2023 |title=Colts select Miami TE Will Mallory with No. 162 pick in 2023 NFL Draft |url=https://www.colts.com/news/2023-nfl-draft-fifth-round-will-mallory-tight-end-miami |access-date=April 3, 2025 |website=Colts.com}}