Mark Ivey

Biography

Mark Ivey begins his eighth season at the University of Louisville, and the fourth under head coach Jeff Brohm. Starting off as the linebackers coach from 2023-2025, Ivey was promoted to co-defensive coordinator and moved to the defensive line for the 2026 season. Under Ivey's guidance, the Cardinals were a pair of linebackers in 2024. T.J. Quinn and Stanquan Clark recorded 82 and 76 tackles, respectively, to pace the Cards. Quinn led the Cards in tackles for the second-straight year while Clark was second on the team with 76 in his first full playing season. In his first year directing a new position group, Ivey oversaw the development of Quinn, who in his first season as a starter, led the team in tackles with 92. Quinn recorded four games of 10 or more tackles en route to earning all-league honors. Before moving to linebackers coach in 2023, Ivey spent four seasons coaching the defensive line for the Cardinals. He mentored standout Ashton Gillotte to All-ACC honorable mention accolades in 2022. The long-time assistant coach pushed Jared Goldwire to produce his two best seasons, earning him a free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Chargers. The 2020 campaign saw him record 35 tackles and a pair of sacks to earn him second team All-ACC accolades by the Associated Press. Coaching the defensive line in 2019, the Cardinals increased their sack total from 11 in 2018 to 27 in that year, with defensive lineman G.G. Robinson leading the group with 4.0. Before joining the Louisvil