page_title: Mark Criner
section_title: Las Vegas Outlaws
hierarchical_section_title: Mark Criner / Coaching career / Las Vegas Outlaws
caption_attribution_description: English: American Football Coach Mark Criner as a member of the XFL's Las Vegas Outlaws coaching staff in 2001.
context_page_description: Mark Criner is an American football coach. He currently serves as the linebackers coach and assistant special teams coach for the XFL's Seattle Dragons. At the college football level, he served defensive coordinator for six seasons at the University of Idaho, and also held the same position at Middle Tennessee, Cincinnati, Portland State, the original XFL's Las Vegas Outlaws, and CSU–Pueblo. He has also worked as a defensive assistant at Minnesota, Eastern Michigan, Utah State, Lamar, LSU, the AAF's Atlanta Legends, and Tulane.
context_section_description: Criner left Portland State in 2001 to join the staff of the Las Vegas Outlaws, a member of the XFL. The head coach of the Outlaws was Jim Criner, Mark Criner's father. Criner acted as Defensive Coordinator and Secondary coach of the Outlaws and lead the league in scoring, rushing, and total defense.
caption: Criner as Defensive Coordinator of the Las Vegas Outlaws in 2001
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