He attended Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and the University of Maryland, College Park.

[1][failed verification] In March 1995, at the Pan-American Games (Mar del Plata, Argentina), Coogan earned the silver medal in the Marathon, in a time of 2:15:21.

[3] He has served as head coach of several cross country teams, including at Phillips Exeter Academy and Tufts University, and coached the distance runners at MIT for three years.

[4] In 2014, he began working for New Balance in Boston, Massachusetts in sports marketing as well becoming the coach of Team New Balance Boston with athletes such as Abbey D'Agostino whom he coached to 7 NCAA Championships at Dartmouth College.

In June 2021, Mark successfully coached American New Balance sponsored distance runners Elle Purrier St. Pierre of Vermont and Heather MacLean of Massachusetts in the 1,500 meters at the Olympic Trials at Haywood Field in Eugene, Oregon.