Gregg Marshall

Gregg Marshall is currently the head basketball coach for Winthrop University, which is located in Rock Hill, SC. Born in Greenwood, SC, he has hired to coach Winthrop basketball in April of 1998.

Since coming to Winthrop, the men's basketball program has enjoyed much success. In his first season at Winthrop, the 98-99 basketball season, he compiled a record of 19-8, 9-1 in Big South conference play. This led The Eagles to their first regular season Big South Championship. They went on to win the Big South Conference Tournament, and gave the Eagles their first ever NCAA bid to the prestigious 1999 NCAA Tournament. The bid was an automatic bid, which is rewarded the winner of the Big South Tournament. As a 16th seed, the team lost to the #1 seed Auburn Tigers in the first round, 80-41.

Since his first season at Winthrop, Coach Marshall has led Winthrop to regular season titles 4 times, won the Big South Tournament 5 times, and was named Big South Coach of the Year in 1999, 2003, and 2005.

Prior to coming to Winthrop University, Gregg Marshall spent two years as an assistant at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA (1985-1987), was an assistant at Belmont Abbey College (1987-1988), then spent 8 years under John Kresse at the College of Charleston (1988-1996), where the College of Charleston received an at-large bid in 1994, and NIT invitations in 1995 and 1996, and two years at Marshall University as an assistant coach (1996-1998).

Regular Season Titles 1999 2002 2003 2005 2006

NCAA Tournament Appearances 2006 Tennessee 2005 Gonzaga 2002 Duke 2001 Northwestern State 2000 Oklahoma 1999 Auburn

Gregg Marshall's success at the mid-major level created a lot of speculation that he could be a contender for the coaching position at North Carolina State University, which was vacated with the release of Herb Sendek. The hype only increased after big name coaches such as West Virginia University coach Jim Beilein, former UCLA coach Steve Lavin, University of Texas coach Rick Barnes, and University of Memphis coach John Calipari all turned down the position.

Gregg Marshall graduated from Randolph-Macon with a B.A. degree in Economics/Business in 1985. He later received his Master's degree in Sports Management from the University of Richmond in 1987