Mark Farley
Mark Farley
Mark Farleyis an American football coach. He is currently the head coach at the University of Northern Iowa, a position he has held since 2001. Farley played inside linebacker at Northern Iowa from 1983 to 1985. He led the team in tackles in 1984 and 1985 and was named Gateway Football Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 1985. He then became an assistant at Northern Iowa. In 1989 he was named linebackers coach by new head coach Terry Allen...
career finally talking timing
We've been talking for years. This was one of those opportunities in his career when the timing was finally right for it to happen. We had a need, and he had an opening.
adjusting advantage line rolling saw took
What Tate did well was adjusting at the line of scrimmage. He saw what we were rolling into and he took advantage of it.
compete defensive secondary
We need to make that defensive secondary better, we need to find some linebackers, and we need to compete and make those defensive linemen tougher.
decided difference good position rise throughout
There's no front-runner for that position right now. To me, there's some good things that they've all done throughout camp, and I think the difference in who will rise to the second-team quarterback will be decided over the summer.
calm composed eric
Eric is so calm and composed as a quarterback,
belongs helps intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals knows plays ryan
Ryan makes plays because of his intelligence He knows where he belongs ... knows his assignments which helps him play faster.
defense fast playing seemed
They scored so fast tonight, it seemed like we were playing defense all night.
came fell football game good played reality team
The reality is, we played a very good football team, fell behind, and then came back to our game plan. We know what kind of football team we have now.
against ball defense good moved offense
Our offense moved the ball against a very good defense,
looking package
I'm looking for the intangibles . . . the things you don't see on the chalkboard. I know where we're at, (but) we'll solidify the package over the summer.
attitude outside playing veterans youthful
He's what we need for those outside linebackers. He's got a youthful group. Sometimes, if you don't have veterans you can make up for it by playing with a little more attitude and enthusiasm.
bunch true
He's the one that has really lacked the reps where I can get a true evaluation. This was going to be a big day for him to get a bunch of reps, but unfortunately he couldn't go.
five guys highly prospects seven three
I'd say we have seven guys who are candidates, five who are prospects and three who are highly touted.
created last somebody trying year
Doing as well as we did last year has created another problem, and that's trying to get somebody to come play us in the Dome.