Marvin Menzies

Marvin Menzies
Menzies in 2017 as UNLV head coach.
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamKansas City
ConferenceSummit League
Record35–44 (.443)
Biographical details
Born (1961-10-15) October 15, 1961 (age 63)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materUCLA (BA, 1987)
Sacramento State (MA, 2003)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1991Hamilton HS (assistant)
1991–1994Santa Monica (assistant)
1994–1995Santa Monica
1995–1996Santa Monica (assistant)
1996–1997Sacramento State (assistant)
1997–1999Santa Monica (assistant)
1999–2003San Diego State (assistant)
2003–2004USC (assistant)
2004–2005UNLV (assistant)
2005–2007Louisville (assistant)
2007–2016New Mexico State
2016–2019UNLV
2019–2020Grand Canyon (assoc. HC)
2022–presentKansas City
Head coaching record
Overall281–203 (.581) (NCAA)
24–8 (.750) (CCCAA)
Tournaments0–5 (NCAA Division I)
0–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Western States Conference Regular Season (1995) 3× WAC regular season (2008, 2015, 2016)
5× WAC tournament (2010, 2012–2015)
Awards
Western States Conference Coach of the Year (1995)
WAC Coach of the Year (2015)
Summit League Coach of the Year (2024)

Marvin Eugene Menzies (born October 15, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head men's coach at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Menzies was hired on April 26, 2022, after former coach Billy Donlon resigned to become an assistant coach at Clemson.[1]

He was previously the associate head coach at Grand Canyon University. He was named to the position at Grand Canyon on April 18, 2019. Menzies joined the Grand Canyon staff after 12 consecutive seasons as a head coach including a three-year run at UNLV and nine seasons at New Mexico State.[2] Menzies was not retained when Bryce Drew was named head coach of Grand Canyon in March 2020.[3]

Menzies was announced as UNLV head coach on April 17, 2016, as the successor to Chris Beard, who the previous week had accepted the head coaching position at Texas Tech.[4] Fired from UNLV in March 2019, Menzies was replaced by former South Dakota State head coach T. J. Otzelberger.[5]

At New Mexico State, Menzies replaced previous coach Reggie Theus. Like Theus, Menzies came to NMSU after spending the previous two years as an assistant coach under Rick Pitino at Louisville. In fact, Menzies had been hired by Louisville to replace Theus when he left that institution to take the head coaching job at NMSU in 2005. The NMSU job was Menzies' first head coaching position at a four-year institution. Menzies was the 24th person to hold the head coaching position in the history of Aggie basketball. Prior to his stint at Louisville, Menzies had previously served as an assistant coach at USC, San Diego State and Sacramento State and had served as head coach at Santa Monica College. He came to NMSU with 14 years of collegiate coaching experience.

Menzies holds a bachelor's degree in economics from UCLA and a master's in education from California State University, Sacramento. He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Santa Monica (Calif.) College Corsairs (Western States Conference) (1994–1995)
1994–95 Santa Monica (Calif.) College 24–8 9–1 1st
Santa Monica (Calif.) College: 24–8 (.750) 9–1 (.900)
New Mexico State Aggies (Western Athletic Conference) (2007–2016)
2007–08 New Mexico State 21–14 12–4 T–1st
2008–09 New Mexico State 17–15 9–7 T–3rd
2009–10 New Mexico State 22–12 11–5 T–2nd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2010–11 New Mexico State 16–17 9–7 T–3rd
2011–12 New Mexico State 26–10 10–4 2nd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2012–13 New Mexico State 24–11 14–4 3rd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2013–14 New Mexico State 26–10 12–4 2nd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2014–15 New Mexico State 23–11 13–1 1st NCAA Division I Round of 64
2015–16 New Mexico State 23–11 13–1 1st NIT First Round
New Mexico State: 198–111 (.641) 103–37 (.736)
UNLV Runnin' Rebels (Mountain West Conference) (2016–2019)
2016–17 UNLV 11–21 4–14 11th
2017–18 UNLV 20–13 8–10 T–7th
2018–19 UNLV 17–14 11–7 T–4th
UNLV: 48–48 (.500) 23–31 (.426)
Kansas City Roos (Summit League) (2022–present)
2022–23 Kansas City 11–21 7–11 T–6th
2023–24 Kansas City 16–16 10–6 T–2nd
2024–25 Kansas City 8–7 0–0
Kansas City: 35–44 (.443) 17–17 (.500)
Total: 281–203 (.581)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ "MBB Head Coach Hiring (PDF)" (PDF). University of Missouri-Kansas City. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  2. ^ "Grand Canyon hires Marvin Menzies as assistant coach". USA Today. Associated Press. April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  3. ^ Obert, Richard (April 1, 2020). "New Grand Canyon basketball coach Bryce Drew adds 3 assistants to his staff". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  4. ^ Goodman, Jeff (April 16, 2016). "UNLV agrees to hire Marvin Menzies as new head coach". ESPN. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  5. ^ Murray, Chris (March 28, 2019). "Making sense of UNLV replacing Marvin Menzies with T.J. Otzelberger". Nevada Sports Net. Retrieved April 8, 2020.