Mark Nofri
{{Short description|American football coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mark Nofri
| image = Mark Nofri coaching.png
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Sacred Heart
| current_conference = Independent
| current_record = 74–68
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| birth_date = {{Circa|1970}}
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| alma_mater = Dean College
Keene State College (1993)
Sacred Heart University
| coach_years1 = 1993
| coach_team1 = Hamilton (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1994–1999
| coach_team2 = Sacred Heart (DB)
| coach_years3 = 2000–2001
| coach_team3 = Sacred Heart (DC/ST/ILB)
| coach_years4 = 2002–2011
| coach_team4 = Sacred Heart (AHC/DC/ST/ILB)
| coach_years5 = 2012–present
| coach_team5 = Sacred Heart
| overall_record = 74–68
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 0–4 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
| championships = 5 NEC (2013, 2014, 2018, 2020-21, 2021)
| awards = 5× NEC Coach of the Year (2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021)
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Mark Nofri (born {{Circa|1970}}) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Sacred Heart University, a position he has held since 2012. He became the interim head coach in 2012, and was promoted to head coach on a permanent basis in 2013.{{cite news |last=Pickens |first=Pat |title=For Sacred Heart, Patience Has Rewards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/30/sports/ncaafootball/coach-got-chance-now-its-teams-turn.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=November 29, 2013 |access-date=July 24, 2024 }} Nofri led Sacred Heart to their first ever national ranking, as they were ranked No. 24 in The Sports Network poll on October 20, 2014. Nofri was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2015.{{cite news |last=Anthony |first=Mike |title=Players Behind Coach in Cancer Battle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-players-behind-coach-in/142029997/ |newspaper=hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=C1 |date=July 1, 2015 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Sacred Heart Pioneers
| conf = Northeast Conference
| startyear = 2012
| endyear = 2023
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2012
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2013
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 10–3
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowloutcome = L
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| championship = conference
| year = 2014
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowloutcome = L
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| ranking2 = 22
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| year = 2015
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| year = 2016
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–5th
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| year = 2017
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| championship = conference
| year = 2018
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2019
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| championship = conference
| year = 2020–21
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 3–2
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowloutcome = L
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2021
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowloutcome = L
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| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–4th
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| year = 2023
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Sacred Heart Pioneers
| conf = NCAA Division I FCS independent
| startyear = 2024
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2024
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 5–6
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2025
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 0–0
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Sacred Heart
| overall = 74–68
| confrecord = 38–37
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 74–68
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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{{cite web |author= |title=NCAA Statistics; Coach; Mark Nofri |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/people/40973?sport_code=MFB |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=July 24, 2024 }}
References
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External links
- [https://sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mark-nofri/501 Sacred Heart profile]
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