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Mark Mohl has been named head men’s basketball coach at North Iowa Area Community College.

“I’m excited to be hired as the next NIACC head basketball coach.  NIACC maintains great academic and athletic standards.  Coach Bryan Martin really helped me become familiar with the college level of the sport over the past year.  He served as a great role model for me and I appreciate all the opportunities that he’s given me.  Coach Martin had done a great job with recruiting for the upcoming year and I hope that we can build on what he’s accomplished over the past three years,” Mohl said.  “I’d like to thank Dan Mason and NIACC for giving me the opportunity to serve as the next head coach.”

Mohl had served as an assistant coach last season under Bryan Martin, who resigned recently to take an assistant coaching position at the University of North Dakota. Mohl, an Osage resident, previously served as head coach for the Osage High School boys basketball team, compiling a 109-70 mark in eight seasons and earning District Coach of the Year honors in 2005-06. He had also served as an assistant for the Green Devils’ state championship team in 1994-95.

“This is an exciting day for NIACC Athletics.  In his new role as our men’s basketball head coach, Coach Mohl will bring a high level of energy and excitement to the program and build upon the strong foundation that currently exists,” Dr. Debra Derr, NIACC president, said.

During his playing days, Mohl starred for Lost Nation High School, averaging 32.8 points per game one season to lead the state of Iowa in scoring. He eventually tallied 1,815 points at the school during his high school career, 59th among the career points leaders in Iowa boys basketball. In college, Mohl played at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, earning All-Region honors before transferring to Morningside College in Sioux City. There, he scored 1,244 points to rank 10th among career scorers at the school.

“The selection of Mark Mohl as the head men’s basketball coach illustrates the strong talent pool that exists in North Iowa.  We’re happy to have someone of Coach Mohl’s caliber leading our program into the future,” Dan Mason, NIACC athletic director, said.

Mohl and wife, Shelly, have been longtime residents of Osage. They have two children. An elementary school teacher, Mohl has also coached baseball at Osage, winning his 300th game on May 31.

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