Mark Briggs

England and Denmark

Briggs began his career with West Bromwich Albion, joining them on leaving Sedgley's Dormston School in the summer of 1998. Briggs captained the youth team to a cup win at Wembley Stadium in 1999 and was Youth Team Player of the Year the same season. In 1999, he also signed his first professional contract. He made his first team debut in the 2000–01 season. After making 12 first-team and 150 reserve-team appearances for the Baggies, he moved to Danish football for two seasons with Herfølge in 2002, where they were the Danish 1st Division Champions and won promotion to Supa Liga. Briggs then proceeded to bounce around the English and Welsh lower leagues, playing briefly for a multitude of clubs including Notts County, Shrewsbury Town, Hednesford Town. He then crossed the pond and played for Kalamazoo Outrage before returning for a second stint at Hednesford Town. Briggs then went back to America and spent the 2009 season with the Wilmington Hammerheads before signing with Mosta FC in Malta, where he was Player of the Year in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Briggs then returned to Wilmington, where he finished his career and transitioned into coaching with the Wilmington Hammerheads.

United States and Malta

In May 2008, Briggs was convinced to cross the Atlantic by former New Zealand international Stu Riddle to play for Kalamazoo Outrage in the USL Premier Development League as an over-age player. He played the PDL season in Kalamazoo, helping the…

In November 2016, Briggs joined Mike Petke's staff at Real Monarchs as an assistant. Upon Petke's promotion to the Real Salt Lake senior team in March 2017, Briggs was elevated to head coach for Real Monarchs. On 20 November 2017, Briggs was named USL coach of the year after leading the Monarchs to the playoffs for the first time in their history. In 2019, Briggs joined USL Championship club Sacramento Republic FC as Academy Director. Briggs was promoted to head coach for the 2020 season. On 7 December 2021, the Republic announced that Briggs had agreed to a new contract to bring him back for the 2022 season. On 13 July 2022, Briggs was named USL Championship coach of the month for June 2022 after leading the club to victory in all four of their league games and reaching the semifinals of the 2022 U.S. Open Cup for the first time. On November 4th, 2024 it was announced that Sacramento Republic and Mark Briggs mutually agreed to part ways. In January 2026, FC Dallas of Major League Soccer announced the hiring of Briggs as first-team assistant under head coach Eric Quill.

As player

Wilmington Hammerheads

USL Second Division Regular Season: 2009

As manager

Real Monarchs SLC

USL Championship Regular Season: 2017 Individual

USL Championship Coach of the Year: 2017