Mark Fairley

Biography

Now in his eighth year at Liberty, Mark Fairley is serving as an assistant coach, meet director and track & field facilities manager in 2025-26. In his assistant coach role, Fairley primarily works with the distance runners. The women’s distance runners under Fairley’s direction enjoyed a successful 2024-25, including a Roanoke XC Invitational title and an impressive third-place Paul Short Run showing during the fall. Two of Fairley’s charges then contributed to a dominating 26-point showing in the CUSA women’s steeplechase final on the track. This is Fairley’s fifth year as meet director, and he has also served in the roles of volunteer assistant, graduate assistant and interim assistant coach during his time in Lynchburg. The track & field facilities manager was a new position for Fairley in 2024-25, giving him oversight of the facility operations at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex and the Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex. Fairley has also enjoyed success as a member of Liberty’s triathlon team, earning his professional triathlon racing license after winning the Claremont EDR Race in 2019. He also finished sixth in the draft legal race at the 2022 Collegiate Triathlon National Championships. Fairley served as an assistant coach for the triathlon team in 2022-23. Fairley arrived at Liberty on the heels of a standout career at Central College. He captured the men’s steeplechase national title at the 2018 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships as a senior, improvi