Randolph–Macon College
Gregg Marshall went to which school from 1981 to 1985?
Gregg Marshall Michael Gregg Marshall ( born February 27 , 1963 ) is a former American college basketball coach whose most recent position was head coach at Wichita State University . Marshall has coached his teams to appearances in the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament in twelve of his eighteen years as a head coach . He is the winningest head coach in Wichita State and Winthrop history with 331 and 194 wins , respectively . He resigned on November 17 , 2020 , after an internal investigation following multiple former players detailing physical and verbal abuse at the hands of Marshall . Early life and education . Marshall was born in Greenwood , South Carolina . He went to Cave Spring High School in Roanoke , Virginia , where he graduated in 1981 and was a 62 , 145-pound point guard on the Knights basketball team . He graduated from Randolph–Macon College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and business in 1985 . At Randolph-Macon , he became a brother of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity . He later received his masters degree in sport management from the University of Richmond in 1987 . He is married to Lynn Munday of Bellingham . Coaching career . Assistant . Marshall spent two years ( 1985–1987 ) as an assistant at his alma mater , Randolph-Macon College , in Ashland , Virginia , and another year as an assistant at Belmont Abbey College during the 1987–88 season . He then spent eight years under John Kresse at the College of Charleston from 1988 to 1996 , where the program received an at-large 1994 NCAA bid , and NIT invitations in 1995 and 1996 . He became an assistant coach at Marshall University , serving from 1996 to 1998 . Winthrop . Marshall became the head coach at Winthrop University in 1998 , and led the Winthrop Eagles mens basketball team to seven NCAA tournament appearances and transformed a previously undistinguished program into a mid-major powerhouse . In his first season at Winthrop in 1998–99 , he compiled a record of 19–8 ( 9–1 in Big South Conference play ) , coaching the Eagles to their first regular season Big South title . They went on to win the Big South Conference Tournament , earning the Eagles their first-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament . As a No . 16 seed , the team lost to the No . 1 seed Auburn Tigers in the first round , 80–41 . During his nine seasons at Winthrop , Marshall coached the team to six regular season titles ( 1999 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 ) , seven Big South Tournament titles ( 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 ) , six 20-win seasons ( 1999 , 2000 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 ) , and was named Big South Coach of the Year four times ( 1999 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 ) . In 2006 , he became the all-time most successful coach in Winthrop mens basketball history . During the 2006–07 season , Marshall became the first coach in the history of the Big South Conference to have his team go undefeated in conference play . The 2006 NCAA Tournament matched No . 15 seed Winthrop against the No . 2 seed Tennessee Volunteers , the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division champion , in the first round . Winthrop led for much of the game , only to lose 63–61 on a long jump shot with 2.9 seconds remaining . In 2007 , Marshall became the first Big South coach to win an NCAA first round tournament game by defeating No . 6 seed Notre Dame . Marshalls 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 departure of Herb Sendek . Sidney Lowe , a former NC State player and former head coach of the NBAs Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies , was eventually named the head coach of the Wolfpack . Marshall accepted an offer to coach the College of Charleston in June 2006 but changed his mind after the press conference introducing him as coach and returned to Winthrop . Wichita State . Marshall was named head coach at Wichita State University on April 14 , 2007 In his fourth season at WSU , Marshall lead the Shockers to the NIT Championship , defeating Alabama in the finals . Under Marshall , Wichita State broke into the AP Top 25 poll on February 13 , 2012 , the first time since December 25 , 2006 , and only the second time since 1983 . In 2012 , Wichita State made its first appearance in the NCAA tournament since the 2005–06 season , receiving an at-large bid . The Shockers were matched as a No . 5 seed versus the No . 12 seed VCU Rams , but the Shockers lost 59–62 . In the 2012–13 season , Marshall led the Shockers to their first Final Four since 1965 , defeating the AP #1 , #7 , and #20 teams in the country to win the West Regional . In 2013–14 , Marshall led Wichita State to arguably the greatest season in school history . The Shockers steamrolled through the regular season , becoming the second Division I team to start a regular season with 30 consecutive wins ( 31–0 ) . They rose as high as second in both major polls in late February , the highest that a Shocker team has been ranked since 1981 . On March 9 , 2014 , Wichita State finished their regular season and the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament with a record of 34–0 , heading into the NCAA Tournament undefeated . That record ties an NCAA Division I Mens basketball record , held by the UNLV , set in 1991 . Wichita State later went on to win their first game of the 2014 NCAA Tournament versus Cal Poly 64–37 . The Shockers were 35–0 , becoming the first team in Mens Division I basketball history to start with 35 wins and zero losses . In the third round of the tournament they squared off against Kentucky . Wichita State lost the game 76–78 , ending their perfect run . They finished the 2013–14 season at 35–1 . In October 2020 , The Athletic reported that Marshall was under investigation by Wichita State for misconduct . On November 17 , 2020 , Marshall resigned from Wichita State . He will be paid a settlement of $7.75 million over six years . Lead assistant Isaac Brown was named head coach . Abuse investigation and resignation . On November 17 , 2020 , Marshall resigned as coach of Wichita State after multiple allegations of verbal and physical abuse spanning years . Wichita State announced an internal investigation on October 9 after several abuse allegations from both staff and players went public in reports on October 8 by The Athletic and Stadium . The allegations , some of which were corroborated by several players , included punching player Shaq Morris during an October 2015 practice , as well as choking assistant Kyle Lindsted during the 2016–17 season . Other allegations detailed in The Athletic include Marshall telling a Native American player to get back on his horse and making Indian howling noises during the 2018–19 season . In an October 13 statement to the Wichita Eagle , Marshall wrote In response to the allegations put forward in the media , I simply state unequivocally that I have never physically struck a player or colleague . Allegations claiming otherwise are false .