University of Memphis Athletics
Norvell Adds Two to Staff
Feb 17, 2016 | Football
Mark Bonis joins staff as Director of Player Personnel
MEMPHIS – Memphis football coach Mike Norvell has announced two hires to his coaching staff. Mark Bonis joins the Tiger football staff as the Director of Player Personnel, while Kenny Dillingham joins the staff as a graduate assistant working with the Memphis quarterbacks.
Bonis comes to Memphis from Brother Martin High School in New Orleans. He has been on staff at Brother Martin since 2006, serving as a football and track coach and also teaching social studies. In 2009, he took over as the program's head football coach and in 2012 became the chair for the Health and PE Department.
He led the Crusaders football team to the Louisiana Division I semifinals in 2014 and to the quarterfinals in 2015. He was a finalist for the NFL/New Orleans Saints Coach of the Year in 2014, when his team set school records for yards, points and rushing touchdowns. In his time at BMHS, six of his seven Crusaders teams appeared in the Louisiana state playoffs and he ranks second all-time in wins at the school. Bonis also served as the offensive coordinator of the 2008 LHSAA Lake Pontchartrain All-Star game.
Prior to his stint at BMHS, Bonis served as an assistant coach at Shaw High School in Marrero, Louisiana, from 2005-06. There, he served as a special teams and passing game coordinator and coached the quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers.
Bonis also served as a graduate assistant at Sam Houston State from 2002-2003, helping to coach the tight ends and the offensive line.
Bonis was a letterwinner at Southern Miss from 1997-2000, playing linebacker and on special teams. He helped USM to two Conference USA championships and two Liberty Bowl victories. He also helped the Golden Eagles to a Humanitarian Bowl appearance before injury forced him to move to a student assistant coaching role beginning in 2000. He graduated from Southern Miss in 2002 and received his master's degree from USM in 2004.
Dillingham has spent the past two seasons at Arizona State. In 2014, he served as a quality control intern, working with the tight ends and assisting with recruiting and was named a graduate assistant in 2015, working with the offense.
Prior to that, Dillingham served as an assistant football coach at Chaparral High School. A graduate of Arizona State, he also served as a football camp manager for the City of Scottsdale from 2009-2013 and was been a part of the Athletes in Training program in Phoenix from 2008-2010.
Bonis comes to Memphis from Brother Martin High School in New Orleans. He has been on staff at Brother Martin since 2006, serving as a football and track coach and also teaching social studies. In 2009, he took over as the program's head football coach and in 2012 became the chair for the Health and PE Department.
He led the Crusaders football team to the Louisiana Division I semifinals in 2014 and to the quarterfinals in 2015. He was a finalist for the NFL/New Orleans Saints Coach of the Year in 2014, when his team set school records for yards, points and rushing touchdowns. In his time at BMHS, six of his seven Crusaders teams appeared in the Louisiana state playoffs and he ranks second all-time in wins at the school. Bonis also served as the offensive coordinator of the 2008 LHSAA Lake Pontchartrain All-Star game.
Prior to his stint at BMHS, Bonis served as an assistant coach at Shaw High School in Marrero, Louisiana, from 2005-06. There, he served as a special teams and passing game coordinator and coached the quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers.
Bonis also served as a graduate assistant at Sam Houston State from 2002-2003, helping to coach the tight ends and the offensive line.
Bonis was a letterwinner at Southern Miss from 1997-2000, playing linebacker and on special teams. He helped USM to two Conference USA championships and two Liberty Bowl victories. He also helped the Golden Eagles to a Humanitarian Bowl appearance before injury forced him to move to a student assistant coaching role beginning in 2000. He graduated from Southern Miss in 2002 and received his master's degree from USM in 2004.
Dillingham has spent the past two seasons at Arizona State. In 2014, he served as a quality control intern, working with the tight ends and assisting with recruiting and was named a graduate assistant in 2015, working with the offense.
Prior to that, Dillingham served as an assistant football coach at Chaparral High School. A graduate of Arizona State, he also served as a football camp manager for the City of Scottsdale from 2009-2013 and was been a part of the Athletes in Training program in Phoenix from 2008-2010.
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