Bob Marlin
{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1959)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|3|5}}
| birth_place = Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.
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| alma_mater = Mississippi State University
| coach_years1 = 1981–1983
| coach_team1 = Northeast Louisiana (GA)
| coach_years2 = 1983–1989
| coach_team2 = Houston Baptist (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1989–1990
| coach_team3 = Marshall (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1990–1995
| coach_team4 = Pensacola JC
| coach_years5 = 1995–1998
| coach_team5 = Alabama (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1998–2010
| coach_team6 = Sam Houston State
| coach_years7 = 2010–2024
| coach_team7 = Louisiana
| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|494|329|record=y}} (Division I)
{{Winning percentage|123|35|record=y}} (NJCAA)
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| tournament_record = 0–4 (NCAA Division I)
0–1 (NIT)
4–3 (CIT)
| championships =
- NJCAA Division I tournament (1993)
- 2 Southland tournament (2003, 2010)
- 3 Southland regular season (2000, 2003, 2010)
- 2 Sun Belt tournament (2014, 2023)
- Sun Belt regular season (2018)
| awards =
- NJCAA National Coach of the Year (1993)
- Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (2010)
- 3× Southland Coach of the Year (2000, 2003, 2010)
- Southland Coach of the Decade (2000–10)
- Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2018)
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Robert Lee Marlin (born March 5, 1959) is an American college basketball coach who is the former head men's basketball coach for the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball team. He was relieved of his coaching duties on December 19, 2024.{{cite web |title=https://ragincajuns.com/news/2024/12/19/louisiana-announces-leadership-change-in-mens-basketball-program |url=https://ragincajuns.com/news/2024/12/19/louisiana-announces-leadership-change-in-mens-basketball-program}} Previously, he was the head coach at Sam Houston State from 1998 to 2010.[http://www.ragincajuns.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15400&ATCLID=204918120 Bob Marlin Named Men's Hoops Coach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715151942/http://www.ragincajuns.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15400&ATCLID=204918120 |date=2011-07-15 }}. ragincajuns.com.
Early life and education
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Marlin graduated from Mississippi State University in 1981 with a B.S. in physical education.{{cite web|url=http://www.gobearkats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19900&ATCLID=1258344|title=Bob Marlin|publisher=Sam Houston State University|work=GoBearkats.com|access-date=June 30, 2019|date=2010}} Marlin completed a master's degree in health and physical education at Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana at Monroe) in 1983.
Coaching career
=Early assistant positions (1983–1990)=
While attending graduate school at Northeast Louisiana, Marlin was a graduate assistant for the Northeast Louisiana Indians men's basketball team under Mike Vining from 1981 to 1983, during which Northeast Louisiana made the 1982 NCAA tournament.
After graduate school, Marlin worked in his first full-time coaching job as an assistant at Houston Baptist from 1983 to 1989 under Gene Iba and Tommy Jones. Marlin helped Houston Baptist qualify for the 1984 NCAA tournament.
In the 1989–90 season, Marlin was an assistant at Marshall under Dana Altman on a team that finished second in the Southern Conference.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/marshall/1990.html|title=1989-90 Marshall Thundering Herd Roster and Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}
=Pensacola Junior College (1990–1995)=
Marlin's first head coaching position was at Pensacola Junior College (now Pensacola State College) from 1990 to 1995. In five seasons, Marlin led Pensacola to a 123–35 record and the 1993 NJCAA national championship, for which he won NJCAA Coach of the Year honors. Additionally, 27 players who played under Marlin won athletic scholarships from four-year schools.
=Alabama assistant (1995–1998)=
Returning to the NCAA Division I level, Marlin was an assistant coach at Alabama from 1995 to 1998 under David Hobbs.{{cite web|url=https://ragincajuns.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1162&path=mbball|title=Bob Marlin|publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette|work=RaginCajuns.com|access-date=June 30, 2019}} During this time, Alabama finished third in the 1996 National Invitation Tournament.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/alabama/1996-schedule.html|title=1995-96 Alabama Crimson Tide Schedule and Results|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}
=Sam Houston State (1998–2010)=
At Sam Houston State, Marlin was head coach from 1998 to 2010. With a cumulative 225–131 record, Marlin led the Bearkats to three Southland Conference regular season titles (2000, 2003, and 2010) and two Southland Conference tournament titles and NCAA Tournament automatic qualifications (2003 and 2010), including the program's first-ever NCAA Division I Tournament appearance in 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/bob-marlin-1.html|title=Bob Marlin Coaching Record|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gobearkats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19900&ATCLID=3684952|title=Bob Marlin earns 200th coaching victory|publisher=Sam Houston State University|work=GoBearkats.com|access-date=June 30, 2019|date=March 7, 2009}}
=Louisiana (2010–2024)=
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette hired Marlin as head coach for the Louisiana team on March 29, 2010.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715151942/http://www.ragincajuns.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15400&ATCLID=204918120|archive-date=July 15, 2011|title=Bob Marlin Named Men's Hoops Coach|url=http://www.ragincajuns.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15400&ATCLID=204918120|publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette|work=RaginCajuns.com|date=March 29, 2010|access-date=June 30, 2019|url-status=dead}} In 10 seasons, Marlin has a cumulative 188–143 record at Louisiana (Louisiana–Lafayette before 2017), with two Sun Belt Conference regular season titles (2011 and 2018) and the 2014 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament championship with an automatic qualification to the 2014 NCAA tournament.
On March 7, 2019, Marlin became the fifth coach in Sun Belt Conference history to earn 100 league victories after Louisiana earned a come-from-behind 77-72 win at Little Rock.{{cite web |title=Bob Marlin Wins 100th SBC Game |url=https://ragincajuns.com/news/2019/3/7/mens-basketball-russell-hardy-lead-ragincajunsmbb-to-comeback-win-at-little-rock-77-72.aspx |website=RaginCajuns.com |publisher=Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Athletics |access-date=7 March 2019}}
Louisiana appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament in 2012, 2015, and 2016. In the 2017–18 season, Louisiana reached a school record 27 wins with a first-place finish in the Sun Belt and NIT appearance. Days prior to the NIT first round game against in-state opponent LSU, Marlin questioned why Louisiana had a lower seed than LSU. On March 14, 2018, LSU won the NIT first round game at home 84–76 over Louisiana. Late in the game, Marlin and LSU coach Will Wade were confrontational towards each other, even needing to be restrained.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/watch-lsu-and-louisiana-coaches-get-into-a-heated-exchange-in-their-nit-game/|title=WATCH: LSU and Louisiana coaches get into a heated exchange in their NIT game|last=Boone|first=Kyle|work=CBS Sports|date=March 15, 2018|access-date=June 30, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_37de12e2-2630-11e8-9400-4b9dc9cddb40.html|title=UL-Lafayette coach on LSU, NIT: Tigers 'probably didn't want to play this game, to be honest'|work=The Advocate|place=Baton Rouge, LA|date=March 12, 2018|last=Mickles|first=Sheldon|access-date=June 30, 2019}}
Head coaching record
=Junior college=
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Pensacola Pirates
| conference = Panhandle Conference
| startyear = 1990
| endyear = 1995
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1990–91
| name = Pensacola
| overall = 25–6
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1991–92
| name = Pensacola
| overall = 24–7
| conference =
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| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 1992–93
| name = Pensacola
| overall = 31–5
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NJCAA Division I Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1993–94
| name = Pensacola
| overall = 21–9
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1994–95
| name = Pensacola
| overall = 22–8
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{Winning percentage|123|35|record=y}}
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=College=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type =coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Sam Houston State Bearkats
| conference = Southland Conference
| startyear = 1998
| endyear = 2010
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1998–99
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 10–16
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1999–2000
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 22–7
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2000–01
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 16–13
| conference = 11–9
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2001–02
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 14–14
| conference = 9–11
| confstanding = T–7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2002–03
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 23–7
| conference = 17–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2003–04
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 13–15
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2004–05
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 18–12
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2005–06
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 22–9
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2006–07
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 21–10
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = 2nd (West)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2007–08
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 23–8
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = 2nd (West)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 2008–09
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 18–12
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = 1st (West)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2009–10
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 25–8
| conference = 14–2
| confstanding = 1st (West)
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Sam Houston State
| overall = 225–131 ({{Winning percentage|225|131}})
| confrecord = 138–70 ({{Winning percentage|138|70}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
| startyear = 2010
| conference = Sun Belt Conference
| endyear = 2024
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 2010–11
| name = Louisiana–Lafayette
| overall = 14–15
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = T–1st (West)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Louisiana–Lafayette
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = 3rd (West)
| postseason = CIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Louisiana–Lafayette
| overall = 13–20
| conference = 8–12
| confstanding = 3rd (West)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2013–14
| name = Louisiana–Lafayette
| overall = 23–12
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Louisiana–Lafayette
| overall = 22–14
| conference = 13–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = CIT Quarterfinals
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Louisiana–Lafayette
| overall = 19–15
| conference = 12–8
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = CIT Quarterfinals
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Louisiana–Lafayette
| overall = 21–12
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2017–18
| name = Louisiana
| overall = 27–7
| conference = 16–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NIT First Round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Louisiana
| overall = 19–13
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Louisiana
| overall = 14–19
| conference = 8–12
| confstanding = T–8th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Louisiana
| overall = 17–9
| conference = 10–7
| confstanding = 2nd (West)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Louisiana
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 8–9
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2022–23
| name = Louisiana
| overall = 26–8
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = Louisiana
| overall = 19–14
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Louisiana
| overall = 3–9
| conference = 1–0
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Louisiana
| overall = {{Winning percentage|269|198|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|151|103|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{Winning percentage|494|329|record=y}}
}}
References
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External links
- [https://ragincajuns.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1162&path=mbball Louisiana profile]
- [http://www.gobearkats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19900&ATCLID=1258344 Sam Houston State profile]
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