University of the Incarnate Word Athletics

Mack Leftwich was elevated to assistant coach for University of the Incarnate Word football program, in February 2019. Leftwich, who spent the 2018 season as a graduate assistant for the Cardinals, is the quarterbacks coach.
 
In 2019, Leftwich’s first season as a full-time coach with the Cardinals, UIW won five games and set multiple season records. Additionally, QB Jon Copeland was named to the HERO Sports Sophomore All-America honorable mention team, marking his second All-American honor.
 
Overall, Copeland had six 300-yard games through the air. He accumulated 3,341 passing yards, a mark that ranked No. 15 nationally and broke the single season passing yard record for UIW. Copeland became the first UIW QB to eclipse 3,000 yards in a single season.
 
Leftwich helped guide UIW to the best season in program history, one that included six wins, a Southland Conference championship, and a berth to the FCS Playoffs, a first in program history. The Cardinals finished the regular season with the third-best passing offense and the eighth-best total offense in the nation.
 
The Denton, Texas, native helped tutor freshman quarterback Jon Copeland, who won Southland Conference Freshman of the Year, earned second team all-conference honors, and was runner-up for the Jerry Rice FCS Freshman of the Year Award.
 
Prior to UIW, Leftwich was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Lehman High School in 2017. The youngest coordinator in the state of Texas, he handled all aspects of the offense including game planning, practice planning, scripting, and play calling. With Leftwich guiding the offense, the team broke school records for every major offensive category.
 
Before joining Lehman HS, Leftwich was a student assistant at UTEP in 2016, where he worked directly with the offensive coordinator. He handled all offensive quality control and was the main on-field communicator with the quarterbacks on game day.
 
Leftwich played quarterback at UTEP from 2013-15. He was selected to the team's leadership council and was a three-time C-USA academic honor roll selection.
 
Leftwich graduated with a bachelor's of multidisciplinary studies with a focus in mathematics and education from UTEP in 2017.