Mike Mallory enters his first season as assistant special teams coach for the Denver Broncos in 2022. He was hired by the club on Feb. 14.

Mallory joins the Broncos with 35 years of coaching experience, including 13 seasons in the NFL. After spending the first 22 years of his coaching career at the collegiate level, Mallory has worked as an NFL special teams coach for 12 years (2008-10, '12-20).

Mike Mallory enters his first season as assistant special teams coach for the Denver Broncos in 2022. He was hired by the club on Feb. 14.

Mallory joins the Broncos with 35 years of coaching experience, including 13 seasons in the NFL. After spending the first 22 years of his coaching career at the collegiate level, Mallory has worked as an NFL special teams coach for 12 years (2008-10, '12-20).

Preceding the Broncos, Mallory spent eight seasons coaching special teams in Jacksonville. He served as special teams coordinator from 2013-16 and remained with the team for an additional four seasons as assistant special teams coach from 2017-20.

During his eight years in Jacksonville, the Jaguars finished in the Top 7 of the Gosselin special teams rankings on four occasions—twice while serving as special teams coordinator, and twice as the assistant special teams coach. Prior to Mallory joining the team, Jacksonville had finished in the Top 10 just once in the previous 10 seasons.

Mallory helped coach punter Logan Cooke and kicker Josh Lambo, who in 2019, became the first pair of teammates to lead the league in net punting average (min. 10 attempts) and field goal percentage (min. 15 attempts), respectively, in the same year since net punting average first began being tracked in 2000. Cooke tied for the league lead in net punting average (44.5 yard) while Lambo became the first placekicker in team history to be named to an Associated Press All-Pro Team.

In 2018, Mallory assisted a special teams unit that ranked first in the NFL in opposing kick return average (17.8) and second in opposing punt return average (5.0). That season, Cooke recorded a franchise-record 37 punts inside the 20-yard line while wide receiver DeDe Westbrook posted the fifth-best punt return average (14.0) among all players with at least 10 punt returns.

After undergoing a midseason kicking change in 2017, Mallory helped coach Lambo who made 19-of-20 field goals (95.0%) to finish the season. Lambo's 95 percent field-goal percentage was the best mark in Jacksonville's single-season history among kickers with at least 10 field-goal attempts.

While overseeing Jacksonville's special teams unit in 2015, the Jaguars led the league in punt return average (11.7) and ranked second in opponent net punting average (36.4). Wide receiver Rashad Greene Sr. averaged 16.7 yards per punt in 2015, while cornerback Nick Marshall and running back Corey Grant each averaged at least 25 yards per punt return.

Before Jacksonville, Mallory earned his first NFL opportunity, spending five seasons with the New Orleans Saints (2008-12)—four as assistant special teams coach (2008-10, '12) and one as assistant secondary coach (2011). He was part of a coaching staff that led the team to a 31-17 victory in Super Bowl XLIV and a 52-27 regular-season record during the five-year span.

Mallory, who coached 22 consecutive seasons at the collegiate level, worked for nine institutions from 1986-2007. His collegiate stops include Indiana (1986-87), Kent State (1988-90), Eastern Illinois (1991-92), Rhode Island (1993-95), Northern Illinois (1996-99), Maryland (2000), Illinois (2001-05), Kansas (2006) and Louisville (2007).

A standout linebacker at the University of Michigan, Mallory twice earned All-Big Ten honors and was a two-year captain. In addition, he was a finalist for the 1985 Butkus Award which is given to the nation's premier linebacker.

Prior to attending Michigan and graduating with a bachelor's degree in sports administration, Mallory was a student athlete at Fairview High School (Boulder, Colo.), where he was a member of the football team. While playing for the Knights, Mallory was part of two state championship teams and was coached by Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Head Coach Sam Pagano.

Mallory and his wife, Kim, have one daughter, Kathryn, and one son, William.

COACHING EXPERIENCE

Denver Broncos

Assistant Special Teams                      2022

Jacksonville Jaguars

Assistant Special Teams Coordinator    2017-20

Special Teams Coordinator                  2013-16

New Orleans Saints

Assistant Special Teams                      2008-10, '12

Assistant Secondary                            2011

University of Louisville

Secondary Coach                                2007

University of Illinois

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers      2004-05

Linebackers                                        2003

Secondary                                          2001-02

University of Maryland

Linebackers                                        2000

Northern Illinois University

Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs 1996-99

University of Rhode Island

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers      1993-95

Eastern Illinois University

Linebackers                                        1991-92

Kent State University

Defensive Line/Linebackers                 1988-90

Indiana University

Linebackers                                        1986-87