Mark Duda
American football player and coach (born 1961)
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Mark D. Duda (born February 4, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire NFL career with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1983 until 1987. He served as the head football coach at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pennsylvania from 1994 to 2025.
Plymouth, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||
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| Born | February 4, 1961 Plymouth, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 273 lb (124 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Wyoming Valley West (Plymouth) | ||||||
| College | Maryland | ||||||
| NFL draft | 1983: 4th round, 96th overall pick | ||||||
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From 1979 to 1982, Duda played college football for the Maryland Terrapins, where he recorded 19 sacks (13 of them in his last season). He played in 55 NFL games for the Cardinals between 1983 and 1987.[1]
Duda became the defensive coordinator at Lackawanna in 1993, when the school started its football program. He was promoted to head coach the next season.[2] In 2019, Lackawanna went to its first NJCAA National Football Championship.[2]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NJCAA# | |||
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| Lackawanna Falcons (Seaboard Conference) (1994) | |||||||||
| 1994 | Lackawanna | 9–2 | 4–0 | 1st | L McKinnon Midwest Bowl | ||||
| Lackawanna Falcons (Independent) (1995–1996) | |||||||||
| 1995 | Lackawanna | 8–3 | L Golden Isles Bowl | ||||||
| 1996 | Lackawanna | 4–6 | |||||||
| Lackawanna Falcons (Northeast Football Conference) (1997–2001) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Lackawanna | 9–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L Dixie Rotary Bowl | ||||
| 1998 | Lackawanna | 8–2 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1999 | Lackawanna | 6–5 | 3–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 2000 | Lackawanna | 10–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L Golden Isles Bowl | ||||
| 2001 | Lackawanna | 10–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L Real Dairy Bowl | ||||
| Lackawanna Falcons (Independent) (2002) | |||||||||
| 2002 | Lackawanna | 6–4 | |||||||
| Lackawanna Falcons (Northeast Football Conference) (2003–2025) | |||||||||
| 2003 | Lackawanna | 8–3 | 3–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 2004 | Lackawanna | 4–7 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
| 2005 | Lackawanna | 5–3 | 1–2 | 6th | |||||
| 2006 | Lackawanna | 1–9[n 1] | 0–5[n 1] | N/A[n 1] | V Valley of the Sun Bowl[n 1] | ||||
| 2007 | Lackawanna | 7–3 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2008 | Lackawanna | 7–4 | 3–2 | 3rd | L North Star Bowl | ||||
| 2009 | Lackawanna | 5–4 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2010 | Lackawanna | 9–2 | 4–2 | W Graphic Egde Bowl | |||||
| 2011 | Lackawanna | 7–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd | L Salt City Bowl | ||||
| 2012 | Lackawanna | 5–5 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2013 | Lackawanna | 4–6 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 2014 | Lackawanna | 5–5 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2015 | Lackawanna | 8–2 | 4–0 | 1st | 12 | ||||
| 2016 | Lackawanna | 10–1 | 2–0 | 1st | W Valley of the Sun Bowl | 8 | |||
| 2017 | Lackawanna | 7–2 | 1–1 | 2nd | 19 | ||||
| 2018 | Lackawanna | 11–0 | 2–0 | 1st | W El Toro Bowl | 6 | |||
| 2019 | Lackawanna | 10–1 | 2–0 | 1st | L NJCAA National Championship | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | Lackawanna | 1–1 | 0–0 | N/A | |||||
| 2021 | Lackawanna | 7–3 | 0–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2022 | Lackawanna | 7–3 | 2–0 | 1st | L HF Sinclair Wool Bowl | 13 | |||
| 2023 | Lackawanna | 7–3 | 2–0 | 1st | 14 | ||||
| 2024 | Lackawanna | 7–3 | 2–0 | 1st | 11 | ||||
| 2025 | Lackawanna | 4–6 | 1–1 | T–1st | |||||
| Lackawanna: | 216–106[n 1] | 70–41[n 1] | |||||||
| Total: | 216–106[n 1] | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||