Mark Thomas Mangino (born August 26, 1956) is a former American football coach, who most recently served as offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at Iowa State University.
Previously, Mangino served as the head football coach at the University of Kansas from 2002 to 2009.
In 2007, Mangino received several national coach of the year honors after leading the Jayhawks to their only 12-win season in school history and an Orange Bowl victory.
However, he resigned as coach at Kansas two seasons later following allegations of mistreatment of players.
While at Kansas, Mangino coached in four bowl games with a 3–1 record.
Additionally, in five of his eight seasons at Kansas, the Jayhawks were Bowl eligible, they were only bowl eligible five times in the previous thirty seasons.