TicketsMark Speir is in his first season as the Chief of Staff at Cincinnati for head coach Scott Satterfield.
Speir spent last season as the Chief of Staff at Louisville. He came to the Cards after serving at Appalachian State as a senior analyst for the 2021 season.
Speir was a member of Jerry Moore’s staff at App State from 2003-11, helping the Mountaineers win three straight national championships and six conference titles in those nine seasons. That success led to him being hired as the head coach at Western Carolina, where he was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson National FCS Coach of the Year award during his 10 years with the Catamounts.
A Kannapolis, N.C., native, Speir has spent three decades in coaching and maintained close ties to App State, where his son Zeb was a quarterback under Scott Satterfield from 2015-18 and his youngest son, Jackson, is currently a student.
In addition to serving as App State’s recruiting coordinator from 2004-11, Speir coached running backs (2003-04), defensive linemen (2005-08), defensive ends (2009-10) and inside linebackers (2011) in Boone.
In 2009, he was named the national FCS Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.
App State posted a combined record of 92-28 during Speir’s previous nine seasons with the program, and he was the position coach for six All-Americans: DL Jason Hunter, DL Marques Murrell, DL Gary Tharrington, DL Anthony “Whopper” Williams, DL Jabari Fletcher and LB Jeremy Kimbrough.
Speir spent last season as the Chief of Staff at Louisville. He came to the Cards after serving at Appalachian State as a senior analyst for the 2021 season.
Speir was a member of Jerry Moore’s staff at App State from 2003-11, helping the Mountaineers win three straight national championships and six conference titles in those nine seasons. That success led to him being hired as the head coach at Western Carolina, where he was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson National FCS Coach of the Year award during his 10 years with the Catamounts.
A Kannapolis, N.C., native, Speir has spent three decades in coaching and maintained close ties to App State, where his son Zeb was a quarterback under Scott Satterfield from 2015-18 and his youngest son, Jackson, is currently a student.
In addition to serving as App State’s recruiting coordinator from 2004-11, Speir coached running backs (2003-04), defensive linemen (2005-08), defensive ends (2009-10) and inside linebackers (2011) in Boone.
In 2009, he was named the national FCS Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.
App State posted a combined record of 92-28 during Speir’s previous nine seasons with the program, and he was the position coach for six All-Americans: DL Jason Hunter, DL Marques Murrell, DL Gary Tharrington, DL Anthony “Whopper” Williams, DL Jabari Fletcher and LB Jeremy Kimbrough.