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Former Missouri football QB Maty Mauk lands first coaching job at Principia High
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Former Missouri football quarterback Maty Mauk is now a high school head coach.
Mauk was named as the new head coach at Principia High in Town and Country, Missouri, near St. Louis, marking the first head-coaching job for the former Tiger. Principia announced the hire in a news release Thursday.
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The former quarterback coached as an assistant at Glendale High in Springfield, where his father, Mike Mauk, was the head coach until 2023 and his brother, Ben Mauk, was on staff. Ben Mauk is now the head coach at Monett High, southwest of Springfield, and both Maty Mauk and Mike Mauk were assistants on his staff last season.
Now, Maty Mauk is taking over his own team.
"I am incredibly honored to join the Principia community," Mauk said in the release. "This is a special place with a strong foundation, and I'm excited to help these young men grow — athletically, academically, and in their Christian character. We are going to build something that the entire school and community can be proud of."
"Coach Mauk has a profound understanding of the game, a competitive spirit, and a strong commitment to unlocking the unlimited potential of student-athletes," Principia athletic director Shawn Brown said in the release.
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"His energy is outstanding, and he embodies Principia's values of LOVE, which stands for Limitless Potential, Overcoming Obstacles, Valuing Yourself, God, and Others, and Embracing Excellence."
Mauk, who is from Kenton, Ohio, rose to prominence with Mizzou in 2013 as a redshirt freshman, when he filled in for injured starter James Franklin and went 3-1, including throwing for five touchdowns in a win over Kentucky in his fourth start, which tied a school record at the time.
He took over the starting role in 2014, leading the Tigers to a second straight Southeastern Conference East Division title and conference title game appearance.
But Mauk's Mizzou career quickly became mired in controversy, as he was suspended from the team on three separate occasions over the course of the next two seasons, before eventually being dismissed from the program in 2016.
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Mauk, now 31, transferred to Eastern Kentucky for his final season of collegiate eligibility. He later signed a contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Injuries cut both his final season of college football and his professional endeavors short.
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Principia plays in Class 3, District 2 of the Missouri State High School Activities Association. The Panthers won one game in the 2024 season under Brown, who was the school's AD and football coach.
This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Former Missouri football QB Maty Mauk named high school head coach
