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Former Wilmington Hammerheads coach Mark Briggs joining Real Monarchs staff

Journeyman midfielder and Wilmington Hammerheads coach Mark Briggs will be joining Real Monarchs’ coaching staff, according to a report from a Wilmington, North Carolina-based reporter.

Former @WilmHammerheads coach Mark Briggs tells me he has signed a 2-year contract to be an assistant coach with the USL's Real Monarchs.

— Jackson Fuller (@JacksonFullerSN) November 17, 2016

Briggs will have a role with the Monarchs and with the MLS club Real Salt Lake. He leaves for Utah sometime after Thanksgiving.

— Jackson Fuller (@JacksonFullerSN) November 17, 2016

Briggs, 34, began his coaching career only in 2015 at Wilmington Hammerheads.