With over 10 years of experience as a men's basketball assistant coach, coordinator of basketball operations and director of player development, Tim Marrion returned to Pullman for his third full-time stint with the Washington State men's basketball program, and first under head coach Ernie Kent, in 2016-17, as the team's coordinator of operations. He was promoted to assistant coach for the 2018-19 season, his third season on Kent’s staff.Â
Marrion previously served on the WSU men's basketball staff as the team's director of player development under then-head coach Ken Bone, during the 2013-14 season. Prior to that he was the coordinator of operations for Cougar basketball from spring of 2009 until the summer of 2012.Â
Following the 2013-14 season at Washington State, Marrion served as the men's basketball associate head coach at Clark College at Vancouver, Wash., during the 2014-15 season. At Clark College, Marrion helped guide the Penguins to the Northwest Athletic Conference Tournament Championship, where they finished the year with a 25-6 overall record, winning their final 10 games. He assisted head coach, and former WSU men's basketball student-athlete, Alex Kirk, in all areas of the program, including recruiting, player development and game planning. From there he spent a year at Idaho as the director of basketball operations during the 2015-16 season.Â
As director of player development at WSU during the 2013-14 season, Marrion served as the team's academic liaison and helped with scouting, organizing the program's recruiting data base and practice planning. Between his times at WSU, Marrion served as an assistant men's basketball coach at San Jose State during the 2012-13 season, his second stint with the Spartans. Prior to his year at SJSU, Marrion spent three years at WSU as coordinator of basketball operations in 2011-12 and operations assistant from 2009-11.Â
Before returning to WSU the first time, Marrion spent the previous three seasons on the men's basketball staff at San Jose State University. During the 2008-09 season at SJSU, Marrion served as the director of basketball operations where he organized travel, ran the booster club, managed the team budget and oversaw all administrative facets of the program.Â
Marrion originally joined the Spartan basketball program for the 2006-07 season as an administrative assistant and was promoted to an assistant coaching position for the 2007-08 season. At age 22 at the time of his appointment, he was believed to be the youngest full-time assistant in Division I men's basketball. As an assistant coach, Marrion was responsible for coaching the defense and point guards, evaluated and recruited potential student-athletes and scouted opponents.Â
Prior to joining the SJSU staff, Marrion spent three seasons at WSU as a student assistant where his duties included the preparation of scouting reports, video coordination, film exchange and coordinating team meals. He has worked as a guest coach at summer youth basketball camps in Northern California, Kentucky and Washington.
Marrion received his bachelor's degree in sport management with a minor in leadership studies from Washington State in just three years, graduating in 2006. He earned his master's degree in sports leadership from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 2014.
A native of Nottingham, England, Marrion lived in Melbourne, Australia for six years before moving to the United States where he graduated from St. Francis HS in Mountain View, Calif. in 2003. Marrion and his wife, Sofia, have a daughter, Gia.Â
The Tim Marrion File
•   At Idaho as director of basketball operations, team finished with 21 wins, an eight-win improvement from the previous year, as team made the postseason playing in the CBI (College Basketball Invitational).
•   As associate head coach at Clark College, led Penguins to conference tournament championship and a 25-6 overall record.
•   Spent second stint at Washington State as Director of Player Development, serving as the academic liaison during the 2013-14 season.
•   Served second stint as an assistant basketball coach at San Jose State during 2012-13 season.
•   Spent Ken Bone’s first three seasons at WSU with him as operations assistant and coordinator of basketball operations.
•   Was believed to be the youngest full-time assistant coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball during the 2007-08 season while at San Jose State.
•   Served in three different capacities with the San Jose State men’s basketball program.
•   While Marrion was at San Jose State, the Spartans placed one student-athlete on the WAC All-Newcomer Team (2008), earned a WAC Player of the Week honor (2008) and received all-academic honors twice (2007, 2008).
•   While a student at WSU, Marrion served as a student assistant for the men’s basketball program under former Cougar head coach Dick Bennett for three seasons.
Education: Washington State, 2006 (Sport Management); Duquesne, 2014 (Master’s in Sports Leadership).
Experience:
2006-07   San Jose State – Administrative Assistant
2007-08    San Jose State – Assistant Coach
2008-09    San Jose State – Director of Basketball OperationsÂ
2009-11    Washington State – Operations Assistant
2011-12    Washington State – Coordinator of Basketball Operations
2012-13    San Jose State – Assistant Coach
2013-14    Washington State – Director of Player Development
2014-15   Clark College – Associate Head Coach
2015-16   Idaho – Director of Basketball Operations
2016-18   Washington State – Coordinator of Basketball Operations
2018-19   Washington State – Assistant Coach
Family:
Wife – Sofia; Daughter – GiaÂ
