Mark Stoute returns for his fourth season with the Pirates. After serving as Head Coach last year, Stoute will now become an Associate Head Coach, coach the defensive line and linebackers and take on the role of Assistant Director of Football Operations.
Stoute was the fifth Head Coach of the Pirates in 2023 and guided the team to the playoffs with a 9-6 regular season record. In 2022 he served as the Pirates Offensive Coordinator.
In the Championship Season of 2021 Mark Stoute joined the Pirates as a senior advisor to the coaching staff bringing to Massachusetts 25 years of coaching experience.
Stoute started the 2021 season as the Head C
oach of the Indoor Football League expansion franchise Louisville Xtreme and held that position until the organization ceased operations. Prior to joining Louisville, he was the head coach of the Cedar Rapids River Kings in the IFL. 2018 saw him leading the Nebraska Danger. Stoute was also the head coach of the Jacksonville Sharks (Arena Football League/National Arena League) in 2016 through 2017.
From 2012-2016 Stoute had an extended run in Cedar Rapids with the Titans, taking a team with four wins in his first season to four-straight playoff appearances. Stoute was the IFL Coach of the Year in 2013. He left the Titans with a 40-17 record.
From 2009-2012 Stoute was the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator of the Milwaukee Iron of the AFL. In 2007 he spent the regular season with the Laredo Lobos. He also was an assistant head coach and offensive coordinator of the Green Bay Blizzard in the AF2 from 2005-2009 helping the team to five playoff appearances and an American Conference Title in 2006.
Stoute's professional coaching experience began in the AFL in 1995 with the Connecticut Coyotes. That led to the Charlotte Rage (1996), Florida Bobcats (1997-98), New England Sea Wolves (1998-2000), which later became the Toronto Phantoms where he received his first head coaching assignment (2000-02), the Indiana Firebirds (2003-04), and Tampa Bay Storm (2004-2005). He also spent 2002-03 with the af2's Mohegan Wolves.
Stoute attended Kentucky State University in Frankfort, where he majored in Business Management and Computer Science. He has been a member of the American Football Coaches Association since 1995.