| Mark D'Onofrio | |
| Current Team: | Stanford |
| Current Title: | Inside linebackers coach |
| Current Conference: | ACC |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1988–1991 |
| Player Team1: | Penn State |
| Player Years2: | 1992–1993[1] |
| Player Team2: | Green Bay Packers |
| Player Positions: | Linebacker |
| Coach Years1: | 1999 |
| Coach Team1: | Saint Peter's (LB) |
| Coach Years2: | 2000 |
| Coach Team2: | Georgia (DA) |
| Coach Years3: | 2001 |
| Coach Team3: | Rutgers (LB) |
| Coach Years4: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team4: | Rutgers (LB/RC) |
| Coach Years5: | 2004 |
| Coach Team5: | Virginia (TE/ST) |
| Coach Years6: | 2005 |
| Coach Team6: | Virginia (ILB/ST) |
| Coach Years7: | 2006–2007 |
| Coach Team7: | Temple (DC) |
| Coach Years8: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team8: | Temple (AHC/DC) |
| Coach Years9: | 2010 |
| Coach Team9: | Temple (AHC/DC/LB) |
| Coach Years10: | 2011–2015 |
| Coach Team10: | Miami (FL) (AHC/DC) |
| Coach Years11: | 2017–2018 |
| Coach Team11: | Houston (DC/ILB) |
| Coach Team12: | Wisconsin (ILB) |
| Coach Years12: | 2022 |
| Coach Team13: | Stanford (ILB) |
| Coach Years13: | 2023–present |
| Awards: | |
Mark Emil D'Onofrio (born March 17, 1969) is an American college football coach and former professional player. He is currently the inside linebackers coach for the Stanford Cardinal. He was formerly the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach for the University of Houston.[2] D'Onofrio played collegiately as a linebacker at Pennsylvania State University and thereafter was drafted by the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).
D'Onofrio played at the collegiate level with the Penn State Nittany Lions, where he was a team captain. In the 1992 NFL draft, D'Onofrio was selected in the second round by the Green Bay Packers.[3] He became a starter with the team that season, however a severe injury would cause him to retire soon after.
D'Onofrio's first coaching experience was as linebackers coach at Saint Peter's College. The next year, he became a defensive assistant with the Georgia Bulldogs. From there he was a linebackers coach with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and tight ends, special teams, and inside linebackers coach with the Virginia Cavaliers. He joined the Temple Owls in 2006 as a defensive coordinator, later being promoted to the Assistant Head Coach/ Defensive Coordinator.
He followed head coach Al Golden to the University of Miami in the same position he held at Temple for the Miami Hurricanes football team in December 2010. Al Golden came to Coral Gables to replace Randy Shannon. After Golden was fired in the wake of a 58-0 loss to Clemson, D'Onofrio finished out the 2015 season as defensive coordinator and was then terminated following Miami's SunBowl loss to Washington State, 20-16.[4] He spent 2016 out of football while coaching at the Boys & Girls Club in Miami.
On January 6, 2017, D'Onofrio was hired by the Houston Cougars as their defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach, beginning with the 2017 season.[5]
On November 25, 2018, Major Applewhite announced that D'Onofrio had been relieved of his duties as defensive coordinator at the University of Houston.[6]
In early June 2022, it was reported that D'Onofrio would be hired by Paul Chryst and the Wisconsin Badgers as the inside linebackers coach.[7]