Troy University Athletics
Football
Mackie, David
David Mackie
- Title:
- Defensive Analyst
- Email:
- jmorgan@troy.edu
- Phone:
- 3682
David Mackie begins his second season as a defensive analyst for the Trojans. He joins 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 2020, he helped coach and develop standout linebacker Tyler Grubbs to earn second team All-Conference USA honors and ESPN Freshman All-America honors, while in 2021 BeeJay Williamson and Khalil Ladler earned All-Conference USA honors.
In his first season, Troy held all 14 of its opponents to under their season average in scoring, including three of the top 25 scoring teams in the country – UTSA, Western Kentucky and App State. The Trojans limited UTSA to just 10 offensive points in the Cure Bowl, with three of those 10 points coming on a 4-play, 7-yard drive following a turnover; the Roadrunners entered the game averaging 38.7 points per game.
The Trojans held eight of its 14 opponents scoreless in the fourth quarter and allowed an average of just 3.64 points in the final 15 minutes of the game. Additionally, Troy ranked eighth nationally in turnovers gained, 14th in sacks, eighth in scoring defense, 19th in total defense and 24th in rushing defense.
Additionally, the Trojans finished the season ranked in a major poll for the first time in program history, checking in at No. 19 in the AP Top 25 and No. 20 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll. Additionally, Troy's appearance in the Coaches Poll and College Football Playoff Poll after its Sun Belt Championship Game victory were also firsts for the program.
Troy hosted and appeared in the Sun Belt Championship Game for the first time, reached the 12-win mark at the FBS level for the first time and hosted Army in front of a Veterans Memorial Stadium record crowd of more than 31,000 fans.
Mackie came to the Bulldogs after spending the 2019 season at Hampton as the safeties coach and co-special teams coordinator. He helped the special teams 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.
Prior his time at Hampton, 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 teams 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, Mackie 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.
Prior to his arrival in Greenville, Mackie 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 teams 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.
In his first season, Troy held all 14 of its opponents to under their season average in scoring, including three of the top 25 scoring teams in the country – UTSA, Western Kentucky and App State. The Trojans limited UTSA to just 10 offensive points in the Cure Bowl, with three of those 10 points coming on a 4-play, 7-yard drive following a turnover; the Roadrunners entered the game averaging 38.7 points per game.
The Trojans held eight of its 14 opponents scoreless in the fourth quarter and allowed an average of just 3.64 points in the final 15 minutes of the game. Additionally, Troy ranked eighth nationally in turnovers gained, 14th in sacks, eighth in scoring defense, 19th in total defense and 24th in rushing defense.
Additionally, the Trojans finished the season ranked in a major poll for the first time in program history, checking in at No. 19 in the AP Top 25 and No. 20 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll. Additionally, Troy's appearance in the Coaches Poll and College Football Playoff Poll after its Sun Belt Championship Game victory were also firsts for the program.
Troy hosted and appeared in the Sun Belt Championship Game for the first time, reached the 12-win mark at the FBS level for the first time and hosted Army in front of a Veterans Memorial Stadium record crowd of more than 31,000 fans.
Mackie came to the Bulldogs after spending the 2019 season at Hampton as the safeties coach and co-special teams coordinator. He helped the special teams 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.
Prior his time at Hampton, 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 teams 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, Mackie 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.
Prior to his arrival in Greenville, Mackie 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 teams 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.
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