Mike Markuson
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Born June 15, 1961, Mike Markuson is the offensive line coach and running game coordinator for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team.
He has two children, Joy Noel and Elliot Bryan, with his wife, Dottie (Bryant). Mark is a 1979 graduate of Farmington (Minnesota) High School. He earned his B.A. in psychology at Hamline University in 1983, and earned his M.S. in athletic administration at South Dakota State in 1986. Mike also played football for Hamline University from 1979-1982 at the defensive tackle position. As an assistant coach, Mike has coached on both the high school and college levels of football. He coached for his alma mater, Farmington High in 1983 as the defensive line coach. Overall, Mike has coached at nine different colleges spread across the different division levels of NCAA football.
[edit] Coaching Experience
In 1984, Mike returned to South Dakota State where he coached the defensive line until 1985. Moving back to Hamline University in 1986, he spent a season there coaching the defensive line. In 1987, Oklahoma State offered him a position as a graduate assistant coach which he accepted. After two seasons at Oklahoma State, Mike had the opportunity to become a graduate assistant at one of college football's traditional powerhouses, Notre Dame. In his season with the Fighting Irish, he was able to coach in the coveted Orange Bowl in January 1990. After spending three seasons as a graduate assistant coach, Austin Peay State University in Tennessee offered him the position of coaching the offensive line. He has coached the offensive line units ever since his move to Austin Peay. He spent only one season there, moving on to Alabama A&M in 1991. In 1992, he was granted the reigns as the offensive coordinator at Alabama A&M to add to his responsibilities of offensive line coach.
Mike moved on to Murray State University in Kentucky under newly hired head coach Houston Nutt in 1993. After suffering two consecutive losing seasons at Murray State in 1993 and 1994, Nutt and Markuson turned the program around. From 1995-96, the Racers posted a combined record of 22-3. In 1997, Nutt was hired as the head coach at Boise State University. He decided to bring Markuson and Bobby Allen, the inside linebackers coach and defensive coordinator for Murray State, with him to Boise, Idaho. The Broncos finished the season with a 5-6 record, but the University of Arkansas came calling on Nutt after two consecutive 4-7 seasons under head coach Danny Ford. Nutt took the job as head coach in December of 1997. Just as he did with the Boise State job the year before, Nutt brought his talented coaches along with him. Markuson has coached the offensive line coach since the 1998 season. In 2003, he was also named the running game coordinator.
[edit] Honors and Post-Season Appearances
Mike has coached in six post-season bowl games including a Florida Citrus Bowl(1999) and two Cotton Bowls(2000, 2002) in his time at the University of Arkansas. Markuson's offensive line units continue to be some of the best in the country. The Razorbacks have lead the Southeastern Conference in rushing offense for nearly five consecutive seasons, and rank among the best in the nation in the same area.
[edit] Source
- Arkansas Razorback Football Media Guide 2006
