After six years at the
helm of the Roadrunner women's basketball program, Ramapo Director
of Athletics Eugene Marshall, Jr. has announced that he will step
down as head coach. Marshall, who became Ramapo's sixth head coach
one month after being named the college's Director of Athletics,
posted a record of 117-84 during his tenure.
"With the support of the college, I decided that a full-time coach
who can dedicate 110 percent to the program and the players was in
the best interest of the program," Marshall said.
Marshall also announced that a full-time head women's basketball
coach/academic support position has been approved by Ramapo and a
search will begin immediately. In a related move, Marshall noted
that Assistant Athletic Director Michael Ricciardi will continue to
serve as an assistant women's basketball coach in the program.
Marshall came to Ramapo after a
successful career as athletic director and women’s basketball coach
at the College of Staten Island. At Staten Island, Marshall had the
responsibility of overseeing all ten of the school's varsity
athletic programs as well as the school’s intramural and recreation
activities. As head women's basketball coach in 1996, Marshall led
the Dolphins to the school’s third CUNY Tournament Championship, and
Staten Island's first-ever appearance in an NCAA Women's Tournament.
At the same time, his team led the nation in Division III total
defense (45.5 points per game) and field goal percentage defense
(.300). Marshall completed his coaching career at Staten Island with
a 42-8 overall record.
Prior to his tenure at Staten Island, Marshall spent 11 years at
Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where he served a number of posts
including: director of athletics, intramurals, and recreation;
coordinator of special events and conference services; interim
director of student activities and orientation; Pratt-Benjamin
Banneker Academy coordinator; special advisor to the president for
multicultural affairs; head women’s volleyball coach; and head men’s
basketball coach.
A 1981 graduate of Northeastern University with a bachelor’s degree
in business administration, Marshall went on to receive a master’s
degree in educational administration from Kensington University in
California. Recently, Marshall was appointed chairperson of the
NCAA’s Minority Opportunity and Interest Committee (MOIC) which
oversees all diversity, race, gender, and welfare issues for
minorities and women (student-athletes, coaches and administrators
in all three divisions) for the Association.
While earning his
degree at Northeastern, Marshall was a member of the men's
basketball squad. He also served as a volunteer assistant coach at
his alma mater before pursuing a career in semiprofessional
basketball where he was a player, coach and general manager for the
Hattie B. Cooper Community Center Comets in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Active nationally, Marshall was recently appointed to the Board of
Directors of the Black Coach Association (BCA) and the Minority
Opportunity for Athletic Administrators (MOAA), as well as the
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). |