 Marshall on the sideline before Wichita State's 2013 Final Four Appearance against Louisville | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1963-02-27)February 27, 1963 (age 62) Greenwood, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1981–1985 | Randolph–Macon |
| Position | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985–1987 | Randolph–Macon (assistant) |
| 1987–1988 | Belmont Abbey (assistant) |
| 1988–1996 | Charleston (assistant) |
| 1996–1998 | Marshall (assistant) |
| 1998–2007 | Winthrop |
| 2007–2020 | Wichita State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 525–204 |
| Tournaments | 11–14 (NCAA Division I) 8–1 (NIT) 1–1 (CBI) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Regional —Final Four (2013) NIT (2011) 7Big South tournament (1999,2000–2002,2005–2007) 6Big South regular season (1999, 2002, 2003, 2005–2007) 5MVC regular season (2012, 2014–2017) 2MVC tournament (2014,2017) | |
| Awards | |
| Hugh Durham Award (2007) Adolph Rupp Cup (2014) AP Coach of the Year (2014) Henry Iba Award (2014) NABC Coach of the Year (2014) Naismith National Coach of the Year (2014) 4× Big South Coach of the Year (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007) 3×MVC Coach of the Year (2012–2014) | |
Michael Gregg Marshall[1] (born February 27, 1963) is an Americancollege basketball coach whose most recent position was head coach atWichita State University. Marshall has coached his teams to appearances in theNCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 14 of 22 years as a head coach. He is the winningest head coach in Wichita State and Winthrop history with 331 and 194 wins, respectively. He resigned on November 17, 2020, after an internal investigation following allegations by multiple former players detailing physical and verbal abuse at the hands of Marshall. Marshall was paid a settlement of $7,750,000 by Wichita State for his resignation.
Marshall was born inGreenwood, South Carolina.[2] He went toCave Spring High School inRoanoke, Virginia, where he graduated in 1981 and was a 6'2", 145-pound point guard on the Knights' basketball team. He graduated fromRandolph–Macon College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and business in 1985.[2] At Randolph-Macon, he became a brother of theSigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He later received his master's degree in sport management from theUniversity of Richmond in 1987.[2] He is married to Lynn Munday of Bellingham.[3]
Marshall spent two years (1985–1987) as an assistant at his alma mater,Randolph-Macon College, inAshland, Virginia, and another year as an assistant atBelmont Abbey College during the 1987–88 season.[4] He then spent eight years underJohn Kresse at theCollege of Charleston from 1988 to 1996, where the program received an at-large 1994 NCAA bid, and NIT invitations in 1995 and 1996.[4] He became an assistant coach atMarshall University, serving from 1996 to 1998.[4]
Marshall became the head coach atWinthrop University in 1998, and led theWinthrop Eagles men's basketball team to seven NCAA tournament appearances and transformed a previously undistinguished program into a mid-major powerhouse. In his first season at Winthrop in 1998–99, he compiled a record of 19–8 (9–1 inBig South Conference play), coaching the Eagles to their first regular season Big South title. They went on to win the Big South Conference tournament, earning the Eagles their first-ever bid to theNCAA tournament. As a No. 16 seed, the team lost to the No. 1 seedAuburn Tigers in the first round, 80–41.[5]
During his nine seasons at Winthrop, Marshall coached the team to six regular season titles (1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007), seven Big South tournament titles (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007), six 20-win seasons (1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007), and was named Big South Coach of the Year four times (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007). In 2006, he became the all-time most successful coach in Winthrop men's basketball history.[2] During the 2006–07 season, Marshall became the first coach in the history of the Big South Conference to have his team go undefeated in conference play.
The 2006 NCAA Tournament matched No. 15 seed Winthrop against the No. 2 seedTennessee Volunteers, theSoutheastern Conference Eastern Division champion, in the first round. Winthrop led for much of the game, only to lose 63–61 on a long jump shot with 2.9 seconds remaining.[6] In 2007, Marshall became the first Big South coach to win an NCAA first round tournament game by defeating No. 6 seedNotre Dame.[7]
Marshall's success at the mid-major level created a lot of speculation that he could be a contender for the coaching position atNorth Carolina State University, which was vacated with the departure ofHerb Sendek.Sidney Lowe, a former NC State player and former head coach of theNBA'sMinnesota Timberwolves andMemphis Grizzlies, was eventually named the head coach of theWolfpack. Marshall accepted an offer to coach theCollege of Charleston in June 2006[8] but changed his mind after the press conference introducing him as coach and returned to Winthrop.[9]
Marshall was named head coach atWichita State University on April 14, 2007[10] In his fourth season at WSU, Marshall lead the Shockers to theNIT Championship, defeatingAlabama in the finals.[11] Under Marshall, Wichita State broke into the AP Top 25 poll on February 13, 2012, the first time since December 25, 2006,[12] and only the second time since 1983.[13] In 2012, Wichita State made its first appearance in the NCAA tournament since the 2005–06 season, receiving an at-large bid.[14] The Shockers were matched as a No. 5 seed versus the No. 12 seedVCU Rams, but the Shockers lost 59–62.[14] In the 2012–13 season, Marshall led the Shockers to their first Final Four since 1965, defeating the AP #1, #7, and #20 teams in the country to win the West Regional.
In 2013–14, Marshall led Wichita State to arguably the greatest season in school history. The Shockers steamrolled through the regular season, becoming the second Division I team to start a regular season with 30 consecutive wins (31–0). They rose as high as second in both major polls in late February, the highest that a Shocker team has been ranked since 1981. On March 9, 2014, Wichita State finished their regular season and the Missouri Valley Conference tournament with a record of 34–0, heading into the NCAA Tournament undefeated. That record ties an NCAA Division I Men's basketball record, held by theUNLV, set in 1991. Wichita State later went on to win their first game of the2014 NCAA tournament versus Cal Poly 64–37. The Shockers were 35–0, becoming the first team in men's Division I basketball history to start with 35 wins and zero losses. In the third round of the tournament they squared off against Kentucky. Wichita State lost the game 76–78, ending their perfect run. They finished the 2013–14 season at 35–1.
In October 2020,The Athletic reported that Marshall was under investigation by Wichita State for misconduct after 6 basketball players applied to transfer the previous season.[15]
On November 17, 2020, Marshall resigned from Wichita State. He will be paid a settlement of $7.75 million over six years.[16][17] Lead assistantIsaac Brown was named head coach.[18]
On November 17, 2020, Marshall resigned as coach of Wichita State after multiple allegations of verbal and physical abuse spanning years.[19]
Wichita State announced an internal investigation on October 9 after several abuse allegations from both staff and players went public in reports on October 8 byThe Athletic andStadium.[20][21][22] The allegations, some of which were corroborated by several players, included punching playerShaquille Morris during an October 2015 practice, as well as choking assistant Kyle Lindsted during the 2016–17 season.[23] Other allegations detailed inThe Athletic include Marshall telling aNative American player to "get back on his horse" and making "Indian howling noises" during the 2018–19 season.[24][23]
In an October 13 statement to theWichita Eagle, Marshall wrote, "In response to the allegations put forward in the media, I simply state unequivocally that I have never physically struck a player or colleague. Allegations claiming otherwise are false."[25]
*All postseason tournaments were cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
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