Articles Tagged: Mark Farley

Northern Iowa is off to an 0-3 start and not worrying about the playoffs or even the next game, only the next practice.

Things are seemingly upside-down for Northern Iowa through two games of its 2022 football season. That upside-down feeling derives from a UNI defense that’s allowed 38.5 points per game and 564.5 yards per game while its passing offense leads the Missouri Valley Football Conference in yards per game (310).

Despite a 22-year tenure as Northern Iowa’s head coach with a reputation as one of the FCS’s best defensive minds, Mark Farley spoke plenty at Wednesday’s media day about points.

After a dose of Northern Iowa coach Mark Farley last week during the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s media day, the Panthers coach spoke at length Wednesday in what was his 22nd team media day, but first in the program’s new team meeting room.

For the first time since 2019, Northern Iowa is enjoying the consistency of a typical football calendar and that regularity has Coach Mark Farley encouraged. What’s also encouraging to Farley is that this fall camp will be the first held on campus at its new outdoor practice facility.

Coach Mark Farley is excited to see what a new offense will mean for UNI football in 2022. Here are five takeaways from the spring.

New UNI quarterbacks coach Bodie Reeder and his family’s move to Cedar Falls was a case study in the life of a college football coach. UNI fans may be most interested in his two-year stint as offensive coordinator at Eastern Washington.

The return to a normal football calendar is beginning to put things back in place for Northern Iowa this spring.

Big wins and a playoff berth highlighted a 6-6 season for UNI football.

An injured quarterback and missed opportunities hurt UNI in a first-round loss to Eastern Washington in the FCS playoffs.

Adding to the intrigue of Saturday’s UNI-Eastern Washington playoff matchup is former UNI wide receivers coach Pat McCann coaching against his most recent colleagues.

UNI felt good about a berth in the FCS playoffs, but the wait to hear its name called was “tense.”

Mark Farley admits the fall season following a spring season didn’t allow some players to heal up, but even at 5-5, UNI has the resume of playoff team.

UNI’s FCS playoff chances were dealt a gut-punch with a 34-27 loss to Missouri State.

Coach Mark Farley thinks his UNI football team has the resume to earn a spot in the FCS playoffs.