Marion McDonald

{{Short description|American football and basketball coach}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Marion MacDonald

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|10|1}}

| birth_place = Letcher, South Dakota, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|1|18|1914|10|1}}

| death_place = Topeka, Kansas, U.S.

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| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1938–1941

| coach_team2 = Western Carolina (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1945

| coach_team3 = Western Carolina

| coach_years4 = 1946

| coach_team4 = Western Carolina (assistant)

| coach_sport5 = Basketball

| coach_years6 = 1945–1947

| coach_team6 = Western Carolina

| coach_years7 = 1949–1950

| coach_team7 = Fort Hays State (assistant)

| coach_years8 = 1951–1960

| coach_team8 = Washburn

| overall_record = 1–3 (football)
134–97 (basketball)

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Marion G. MacDonald (October 1, 1914 – January 18, 1990) was an American football and basketball coach.{{cite web|url=http://www.rossvillelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Genealogy-Notebook-W_Part6.pdf|title=In Memoriam|publisher=Rossville Library|access-date=April 21, 2019}} He served as the head basketball coach at Western Carolina University–then known as Western Carolina Teachers College–from 1945 to 1947 and Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas from 1951 to 1960.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/catamount1947west/catamount1947west_djvu.txt|title=Catamount|year=1945|publisher=Western Carolina University|access-date=April 21, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://wusports.com/sports/2007/5/2/mbbmediaguide.aspx?|title=Men's Basketball Media Guide|publisher=Washburn Ichabods men's basketball|access-date=April 21, 2019}} During his time at Western Carolina, he also served as an assistant football coach and, for one season, head coach in 1945.{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/catamounts/docs/wcufb2015_mediaguide/122|title=2015 Western Carolina Football Media Guide|year=2015|publisher=Western Carolina Catamounts football|access-date=April 21, 2019}}