Marvin Menzies
Marvin Menzies (born October 15, 1961)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Kansas City Roos
Current conference: Summit League
New Mexico State record: 198-111 (.641)
UNLV record: 48-48 (.500)
Kansas City record: 27-37 (.422)
Overall record^: 273-196 (.582)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5 (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2016)
- Summit League Regular Season Champion: 0
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 3 (2008, 2015, 2016)
- Summit League Tournament Champion: 0
- WAC Tournament Champion: 5 (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Awards:
- Summit League Coach of the Year: 1 (2024)
- WAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2015)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Kansas City |
| 2019-2020 | Grand Canyon (assoc. HC) |
| 2016-2019 | UNLV |
| 2007-2016 | New Mexico State |
| 2005-2007 | Louisville (asst) |
| 2004-2005 | UNLV (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | USC (asst) |
| 1999-2003 | San Diego State (asst) |
| 1997-1999 | Santa Monica CC (assoc. HC) |
| 1996-1997 | Sacramento State (asst) |
| 1995-1996 | Santa Monica CC (asst) |
| 1994-1995 | Santa Monica CC |
| 1991-1994 | Santa Monica CC (asst) |
Marvin Menzies Facts
- Marvin Eugene Menzies
- Born October 15, 1961
- Hometown: Los Angeles, California
- Alma Mater: University of California, Los Angeles (BA, 1987) / California State University, Sacramento (MA, 2003)
- Started his coaching career at his alma mater, Hamilton HS (CA), in 1983, spending eight seasons as an assistant there
- Spent six years as an assistant – in three separate stints – at Santa Monica CC (CA)
- In between stints, was the head coach at Santa Monica for the 1994-95 season; led the Corsairs to a 24-8 record
- Spent many years as a Division I assistant, working under head coaches Don Newman (Sacramento State), Steve Fisher (San Diego State), Henry Bibby (USC), Lon Kruger (UNLV) and Rick Pitino (Louisville)
- Hired to be the head coach at New Mexico State in 2007, a position he would hold for a total of nine seasons
- Won 198 games at NMSU, leading the Aggies to five NCAA Tournaments and one NIT
- Took over as the head coach at UNLV in April 2016, becoming the 16th head coach in program history
- Fired in March 2019 following three seasons at the helm, going 48-48 over that stretch without any postseason berths
- In a return to the WAC, Menzies spent the 2019-20 season as Dan Majerle‘s associate head coach at Grand Canyon
- Hired in April 2022 to be the new head coach of the Kansas City Roos in the Summit League
- After going 11-21 in year one, Menzies and the Roos went 16-16 in year two and he was named 2024 Summit COY
Marvin Menzies Coaching Tree
- Mick Durham (Montana State Billings, Alaska)
- Rob Jeter (Western Illinois)
- Paul Weir (New Mexico, New Mexico State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only