Bob Marlin (born March 5, 1959)
Teams coached: Sam Houston State Bearkats, Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
Sam Houston State record: 225-131 (.632)
Louisiana record: 269-199 (.575)
Overall record^: 494-330 (.600)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (2003, 2010, 2014, 2023)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2018)
- CIT Appearances: 3 (2012, 2015, 2016)
- Sun Belt Regular Season Champion: 2 (2011, 2018)
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 4 (2000, 2003, 2009, 2010)
- Sun Belt Tournament Champion: 2 (2014, 2023)
- Southland Tournament Champion: 2 (2003, 2010)
- NJCAA National Championships: 1 (1993)
Awards:
- Skip Prosser Man of the Year: 1 (2013)
- Sun Belt Coach of the Year: 1 (2018)
- Southland Coach of the Year: 2 (2000, 2003)
- NJCAA National Coach of the Year: 1 (1993)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2010-2024 | Louisiana |
| 1998-2010 | Sam Houston State |
| 1995-1998 | Alabama (asst) |
| 1990-1995 | Pensacola JC |
| 1989-1990 | Marshall (asst) |
| 1983-1989 | Houston Baptist (asst) |
| 1981-1983 | Northeast Louisiana (grad. asst) |
Bob Marlin Facts
- Robert Lee Marlin
- Born March 5, 1959
- Hometown: Tupelo, Mississippi
- Alma Mater: Mississippi State University (BA, 1981) / Northeast Louisiana University (M.Ed, 1983)
- Started coaching as a graduate assistant at Northeast Louisiana (now Louisiana-Monroe) under head coach Mike Vining before joining Gene Iba‘s staff at Houston Baptist in 1983
- Iba left the school in 1985 but Marlin spent four more seasons as an assistant for new head coach Tommy Jones
- Spent one year on Dana Altman‘s staff at Marshall before becoming the head coach at Pensacola Junior College (FL)
- Went 123-35 overall in five seasons at PJC and won the 1993 NJCAA National Championship
- Returned to D-I in 1995 as an assistant to David Hobbs at Alabama; took over as head coach at Sam Houston State in 1998
- Won 235 games, four conference titles and went to two NCAA Tournaments in twelve seasons at SHSU
- Became the head coach at Louisiana-Lafayette (now Louisiana) in 2010
- Led the Ragin’ Cajuns to a Sun Belt divisional title in his first season an NCAA Tournament berth in his fourth (2014)
- Again won a Sun Belt title in 2018, earning a trip to the NIT, then won the 2023 Sun Belt Tournament to get back to the NCAAT
- Marlin was let go in December 2024 after 14+ seasons at the helm following a 3-9 (1-0) start to the year
Bob Marlin Coaching Tree
- Jason Hooten (New Mexico State, Sam Houston State)
- Kevin Johnson (Southern)
- Derrick Zimmerman (Louisiana)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only