The Marshall Plan
Winthrop Basketball Coach - Greg Marshall
Last night the College of Charleston finalized a deal to bring Winthrop University's Gregg Marshall to the coast. Marshall's resume is superb, and quite frankly I'm surprised he wasn't hired away three or four years ago. All he did in 8 seasons at Winthrop was win twice as many games as he lost, make 6 trips to the NCAA tourney, and defeat several big league schools in his tenure (Missouri, Clemson, Georgia, Providence, and Marquette) all at a school that had never been to the NCAA tournament. He is stepping into a great situation in Charleston. For starters, he was an assistant there under legendary head coach John Kresse. Secondly, Charleston is hardly in rebuilding mode. Their 17-11 record last season was the worst of former coach Tom Herrion's tenure. In fact Herrion's teams were actually 80-38 in his 4 seasons. Unfortunately, he was ousted because each incarnation won fewer games and lost more than the one before. If the Marshall plan was good enough to rebuild Europe, certainly it can awaken a hibernating hotbed of basketball by the coast.
posted by matt at 12:01 PM
6 Comments:
I dont believe it but he must think that CoC will lead to a bigger job. I know that he has said he would love to get the head job at USC. But I dont see much difference in coaching at Winthrop or CoC. Who knows but I see him only staying for a few years if he continues the success he had at Winthrop and getting a mid-major job or who knows possibly and SEC or ACC school takes a shot at him.
1:55 PM
Kirk,
This is a very .... i'm not sure what word to use.. strange/bizarre situation.
Winthrop - he was a god, 100% job security, had already proven he can recruit well and beat up on those teams every year in the Big South
CofC - I think that situation should be good as far as recruiting goes, is a tougher conference..... but... how much bigger of a step up is CofC compared to winthrop ya know?
By the way, do we know how much he was making at winthrop and how much he has been offered at CofC?
3:38 PM
All for nothing since he changed his mind and returned to Winthrop today.
4:07 PM
Doesn't he want to coach the coots?
4:59 PM
Here are some links that I believe will be interested
6:11 AM
I like it! Good job. Go on.
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