David Mackie - Football Coach - Stephen F. Austin

David Mackie

Title:
Outside Linebackers
Email:
David.Mackie@sfasu.edu

David Mackie begins his first season with the Lumberjacks as the outside linebacker’s coach.

Prior to joining SFA for the upcoming 2024 season, he spent two seasons as a defensive analyst for the Troy Trojans winning back-to-back Sun Belt Championships behind record breaking defenses. In 2023, Troy finished 11-3 and was 10^th in the nation in scoring defense holding opponents to 17.4 ppg. They also finished 14^th in the nation in total defense holding opponents to 308.1 ypg and 9^th in team TFLs with 7.4 pg. Troy broke the all-time Sun Belt sack record with 47 total sacks, finishing 4^th overall in the country. Mackie helped coach and develop safeties Dell Pettus and Irshaad Davis to All Sun Belt Conference teams.

In 2022, Troy finished ranked 19^th in the AP Poll after finishing 12-2, winning the Sun Belt and the Cure Bowl over UTSA. They were 8^th in the country in scoring defense holding opponents to 17.1 ppg. They finished 14^th overall in Passing Efficiency Defense allowing just 114 ypg through the air, 19^th in total defense, and forced the 8^th most turnovers in the nation with 27. Mackie helped coach and develop safeties Craig Slocum and Dell Pettus to All Sun Belt Conference teams.

He joined the Troy's staff following a two-year stint at Louisiana Tech, where he served as the Bulldogs' safeties coach in 2021 after working as the defensive analyst/assistant linebackers coach in 2020. In 2021. Mackie coached and developed BeeJay Williamson and Khalil Ladler into All-Conference USA teams. In 2020, he helped Louisiana Tech to a New Orleans Bowl appearance and helped coach and develop standout linebacker Tyler Grubbs to earn second team All-Conference USA honors and ESPN Freshman All-America honors.

Mackie came to the Bulldogs after spending the 2019 season at Hampton as the safeties coach and co-special team’s coordinator. He helped the special team’s unit improve its kickoff return average, kickoff coverage defense, punt return average, punt return defense, field goal percentage and net punt from their 2018 statistics.

Mackie was at East Carolina from 2015-18. In 2018, he was the senior defensive analyst and mentored the nickel position in an off-the-field role. He helped former walk-on Devon Sutton become the leading tackler with 80 stops and 10.5 tackles for loss. Mackie assisted in a defense in 2018 that finished third in the nation in tackles for loss and ranked third in the American Athletic Conference in sacks and third-down defense. The East Carolina defense ended the season tied for ninth nationally with 4.92 three and outs per game.

In 2016 and 2017, he worked as the defensive quality control coordinator while assisting the outside linebackers and safeties. Prior to being the defensive quality control coordinator, Mackie worked as the special team’s quality control in 2015, where he mentored the specialist in an off-the-field role.

Mackie helped a special teams unit improve in every major category, including punt return defense (10th nationally), punt return average, kickoff coverage defense, kickoff return average, net punting, and field goal percentage. He also helped punter Worth Gregory set a school record and finish the season tied for second in the country in punts down inside the 20. In addition, he was instrumental in bringing in preferred walk-on Nate Harvey from Georgia Military College. Harvey was the 2018 AAC Defensive Player of the Year and finished third in the nation in tackles for loss and first in the country in tackles for loss per game.

He served as cornerbacks coach and video coordinator at Georgia Military College in 2014. Before his appointment in Milledgeville, he coached the defensive backs, was the head strength coach and the special team’s coordinator for Hardaway (Ga.) High School from 2010 to 2013. While directing Hardaway's strength program, he earned his USA Weightlifting certification.

During his tenure at both Georgia Military College and Hardaway High School, Mackie helped develop 18 players who later went on to play collegiate football at the Division I level.

Mackie graduated from Georgia in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in history and followed with a master's in business administration from Troy in 2010. He also earned secondary history education certification from Columbus State.

Mackie is married to the former Melissa Galey of Lubbock, Texas, and they are the parents of son, Micah, and daughter, Dallas.

The Mackie File
Hometown: Columbus, GA.
High School: Hardaway
Colleges: Georgia (2005); Troy (2010); Columbus State (2013)
Family: Melissa (wife), Micah (son), and Dallas (daughter)

Coaching Experience
2022-23: Troy I Defensive Analyst
2020-21: Louisiana Tech I Safeties/ Linebackers
2019: Hampton I Safeties, Nickels/ Co- Special Teams Coordinator
2015-18: East Carolina University I Senior Defensive Analyst/ Special Teams Analyst
2014: Georgia Military College I Cornerbacks/ Video Coordinator
2010-13: Hardaway High School I Head Strength Coach/ Special Teams Coordinator/ Defensive Backs

Accomplishments

Developed 18 players into collegiate Division I players, during his tenure at Georgia Military College and Hardaway High School
Helped coach and develop standout linebacker Tyler Grubbs to earn second team All-Conference USA honors and ESPN Freshman All-America honors in 2020.
Coached and developed safeties BeeJay Williamson and Khalil Ladler to All CUSA Conference Teams in 2021.
Coached and developed safeties Craig Slocum and Dell Pettus to All Sun Belt conference teams in 2022, enroute to a Sun Belt Championship.
Mackie helped coach and developed safeties Dell Pettus and Irshaad Davis to All Sun Belt Conference teams in 2023, enroute to a Sun Belt Championship.