Mark Rodgers is the founding partner and general counsel of Frontline Athlete Management, a sports management firm with offices in Florida and Arkansas. Frontline represents over 60 professional athletes in all aspects of their professional and personal lives. Mark’s clients include Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and Major League pitcher Andrew Miller.
Mark is a 1987 graduate of the Florida State University College of Law, where he served as an editor on the Florida State University Law Review. He began his legal career at Greenebaum, Doll, McDonald & Fraley, in Orlando, FL, working with sports attorney Robert Fraley. Later, he practiced law at the Florida law firm of Steel Hector & Davis. Working also as a trial lawyer, Mark spearheaded the firm's entry into sports representation.
Before attending law school, Mark coached football and baseball and taught English and journalism at Christopher Columbus Catholic High School in Miami. He also worked as a sportswriter for major daily newspapers including the Miami Herald, Newsday, Tallahassee Democrat, and Miami News and he was a television sports producer and reporter at Miami's CBS affiliate.
Mark’s community endeavors include serving on the board of the Martin County North Little League and as the director of Northstars Baseball, Inc. a non-profit organization he established in 1999 to offer youth baseball and softball players the opportunity to hone their skills through professional instruction and travel-based competition. Mark has coached youth and high school sports for 40 years.
Mark and his wife, Karen, reside in Palm City, FL. They have five adult children.