Coach Donnie Marsh currently serves as the Associate Head Coach for Men's Basketball at Florida Gulf Coast University. He has amassed over 40 years of college coaching experience at the Division I and III levels.

College Coaching Experience:

Franklin & Marshall (Assistant Coach) -- Elizabethtown (Head Coach) -- TCNJ (HC) --Florida State (AC) -- Virginia Tech (AC) -- FIU (HC) -- Indiana (AC) -- UAB (AC) -- Texas Southern (AC) -- South Florida (AC) -- Alabama A&M (HC)

Coach Marsh was an inaugural participant in school integration following Brown vs Board of Education in the late 60s.  He is also founder of the HBCU Coaches Retreat powered by Athletes in Action. 

Show Notes:

3:15 - Maintaining the family nucleus in a nomadic profession

7:30 - Raising a son in the game

10:20 - Lessons from starting as a college baseball coach

17:40 - Defining roles early, expanding roles

22:50 - Take aways from a decade coaching in Division III

26:20 - Social Justice conversations with student-athletes

31:30 - Participating in school integration, 1967

37:20 - The role of sports in continuing the conversation of equality

41:30 - Helping lead necessary conversations

47:00 - Growth from COVID 19 situation

49:15 - Evolving as an Assistant Coach

55:30 - Transitioning from Head Coach to Assistant Coach

58:00 - 3 most important qualities of a Coach

1:06:04 - HBCU Retreat via Athletes in Action

"If we educate ourselves, and aren't afraid to ask the tough questions, we have a really good chance of getting this movement in a really good place."

Social Media:

Twitter: @Marsh9Donnie