Mark Weber is in his second season coaching the Cougars’ offensive line.
In his first season in Pullman, the run-n-shoot offense saw five Cougars earned All-Pac-12 Conference honors while producing the Pac-12’s top red zone offense, third-best passing game and the league’s seventh-best rusher. Weber coached three offensive linemen who earned All-Pac-12 honors led by second-team right tackle Abraham Lucas, who earned a spot on the ProFootballFocus College National Team of the Week following the win at Oregon State.
Weber worked two seasons (2018-19) in the same role for head coach Nick Rolovich at Hawai’i where he helped UH to back-to-back winning seasons including a 10-5 mark and Hawaii Bowl win over BYU in 2019. Weber owns 39 years of coaching experience including in the Pac-12 Conference at UCLA and Oregon State and in the ACC at North Carolina. He has coached in 19 bowl games and put a number of offensive linemen into the NFL including 1998 Outland Trophy winner Kris Farris at UCLA.
Weber saw his offensive line block for a Hawai’i offense that improved in total offense and passing offense in each of the past two seasons while producing the country’s ninth-rated passing offense in 2018 and fifth-best passing attack in 2019. The Van Nuys, Calif. native produced four All-Mountain West Conference selections the past two seasons in Honolulu while protecting two-time All-MWC quarterback Cole McDonald who passed for 3,875 yards and 36 touchdowns in 2018 and 4,135 yards and 33 touchdowns in 2019. Hawaii also rushed for 2,009 yards and 21 touchdowns as a team in 2019 led by Miles Reed’s 908 rushing yards.
Weber joined the Hawai’i coaching staff after working the 2016 season as the run game coordinator and offensive coach at Fresno State, his second stint with the Bulldogs. During his first stop in Fresno (2004-05), Weber saw his offensive line average 40.2 ppg and 227.5 rushing yards in 2004 and 37.8 ppg with just 14 sacks allowed in 2005, which tied for eighth-fewest in the country. In his first two seasons at Fresno State, Weber coached 2005 NFL first-round pick Logan Mankins who went on to play 11 seasons in the NFL and was named to seven Pro Bowls including six with the New England Patriots.
Weber spent three years at Utah State (2013-15) as offensive line and associate head coach, where he mentored 10 linemen who earned All-MWC honors, including second-team All-American and Rimington Trophy finalist Tyler Larsen. Weber has made four stops at Mountain West schools – Fresno State (2004-05, ’16), Utah State (2013-15), UNLV (1994-96) and Nevada (1993) and twice coached in the Pac-10/12 – UCLA (1997-2003) and Oregon State (1987-90). Weber also coached BYU offensive line from 2007-12 where the Cougars reached bowl games all seven seasons while producing six first-team All-MWC selections highlighted by All-Americans Dallas Reynolds and Matt Reynolds.
In Weber’s time at UCLA (1997-2003), he mentored three freshmen All-Americans and six players who garnered all-Pac-10 honors including 1998 Outland Trophy winner Kris Farris. Weber, who has coached on five conference championship teams, helped the Bruins capture the 1998 Pac-10 Conference title and earned a trip to the 1999 Rose Bowl.
Weber started his coaching career as an assistant at Los Angeles Valley College in 1979 and later worked as a graduate assistant on the Idaho State team that went on to win the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship in 1981.
Weber earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education at his alma mater Cal Lutheran in 1980 and his master’s degree in physical education from Idaho State in 1981.
