Mark Nofri

Mark Nofri (born c. 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Mark Nofri

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Sacred Heart
Conference	Independent
Record	74–68
Biographical details
Born	c. 1970
Alma mater	Dean College Keene State College (1993) Sacred Heart University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993	Hamilton (assistant)
1994–1999	Sacred Heart (DB)
2000–2001	Sacred Heart (DC/ST/ILB)
2002–2011	Sacred Heart (AHC/DC/ST/ILB)
2012–present	Sacred Heart
Head coaching record
Overall	74–68
Tournaments	0–4 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5 NEC (2013, 2014, 2018, 2020-21, 2021)
Awards
5× NEC Coach of the Year (2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021)

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	TSN/STATS#	Coaches°
Sacred Heart Pioneers (Northeast Conference) (2012–2023)
2012	Sacred Heart	2–9	1–7	9th
2013	Sacred Heart	10–3	4–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division I First Round
2014	Sacred Heart	9–3	5–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I First Round		22
2015	Sacred Heart	6–5	3–3	T–3rd
2016	Sacred Heart	6–5	1–5	T–5th
2017	Sacred Heart	4–7	2–4	T–5th
2018	Sacred Heart	7–4	5–1	T–1st
2019	Sacred Heart	7–5	4–3	T–3rd
2020–21	Sacred Heart	3–2	2–1	2nd	L NCAA Division I First Round
2021	Sacred Heart	8–4	6–1	1st	L NCAA Division I First Round
2022	Sacred Heart	5–6	3–4	T–4th
2023	Sacred Heart	2–9	2–5	7th
Sacred Heart Pioneers (NCAA Division I FCS independent) (2024–present)
2024	Sacred Heart	5–6
2025	Sacred Heart	0–0
Sacred Heart:		74–68	38–37
Total:		74–68
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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