The Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball program competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, representing Marshall University in Conference USA. The program has had 29 head coaches since it began play during the 1906–07 men's basketball season. Since March 2024, Cornelius Jackson has served as Marshall's head coach.
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+General # Number of coaches GC Games coached † Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame SoCon Southern Conference Coach of the Year
+ Overall OW Wins OL Losses O% Winning percentage
+ ConferenceCWWins CL Losses C% Winning percentage RCs Regular Season Championships TCs Tournament Championships
+ Postseason PW Wins PL Losses
Coaches Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
# Name Term GC OW OL O% CW CL C% PW PL RCs TCs Awards1 1906–1908 7 5 1 — — — — — — — —2 1908–19101911–1914 30 14 16 — — — — — — — —3 1918–1919 7 2 5 — — — — — — — —4 1920–1921 15 6 9 — — — — — — — —5 1921–1922 10 5 4 — — — — — — — —6 1922–1923 4 1 3 — — — — — — — —7 1923–19241926–1927 32 15 17 — — — — — — — —8 1924–1925 18 12 6 — — — — — — — —9 1925–1926 17 10 7 — — — — — — — —10 1927–1931 75 46 29 — — — — — — — —11 1931–1935 80 42 38 — — 0 — —12 1935–1955 521 362 159 — —13 1955–1963 188 100 88 — —14 1963–1969 148 68 80 0 0 —15 1969–1971 49 25 24 — — — — — —16 1971–1972 27 23 4 — — — — — —17 1972–19771337162 — — — — — —18 1977–1979 56 25 31 0 0 —19 1979–1983 112 71 41 0 0 —20 1983–1989 188 129 59 SoCon (1984)21 1989–1990 28 15 13 —22 1990–1994 111 46 65 —23 1994–1996 55 35 20 SoCon (1995)24 1996–2003 199 115 84 SoCon (1997)25 2003–2007 117 43 74 —26 2007–2010 96 55 41 —27 2010–2014 134 67 67 —28 2014–2024 325 177 148 —29 2024–present 64 39 25 —
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