Hall of Fame
Mark Longo graduated from QU in 1980 with a physical education degree. He was on the soccer team his first two years at QU, and he was the director of intramurals his last two. After graduating, Longo started working with schools as a physical education instructor and coach. He coached for 43 years in a variety of sports. Longo joined the Quincy Notre Dame coaching staff in 1989 when he took over for his father as coach of the boys’ soccer team. He guided the Raiders to a 98-41-26 record, 3 regional titles and one state tournament appearance in 7 seasons. Longo’s legacy as a coach came with the QND girls’ soccer program. He led the QND girls’ soccer program to a career record of 257-57-37, 10 regional titles, 6 sectional titles and 3 state tournament appearances, including one 4th-place finish. Longo also coached the QND boys golf team that won 2 state championships and 4 state trophies under his direction. During his 34 years of coaching at QND, Longo accomplished a career record of 608-109-74 with 33 consecutive winning seasons, 6 state championships, 2 fourth-place state finishes, 12 sectional championships, 21 regional championships, and 14 twenty-win seasons. He is the winningest girls’ soccer coach in Illinois High School Association history.
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