Ryan Marks

Ryan Marks
Current position
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Head coach
Team	St. Francis (IL)
Biographical details
Born	Chicago, Illinois
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1993	Los Angeles Clippers (Personnel Asst.)
1991–1993	Muir HS (Asst.)
1993–1995	Central Missouri (Asst.)
1995–2001	Northern Illinois (Asst.)
2001-2004	Southern Vermont
2004-2009	St. Edward's
2009-2013	Texas-Pan American
2013-present	St. Francis (IL)

Ryan Marks is the men's basketball coach at the University of St. Francis,^[1] and the former head coach of the Texas-Pan American Broncos men's basketball team.^[2]

Biography

Coaching career

Marks began his coaching career while attending Southern California, working as a player personnel assistant for the Los Angeles Clippers for three seasons, while also assisting at nearby Muir High School for two seasons. After graduating with a degree in journalism with an emphasis in public relations, Marks landed his first college coaching gig at Central Missouri, helping guide the Mules to two NCAA Division II Tournament bids, including the Elite Eight in 1995. In 1996, Marks moved to Northern Illinois as an assistant, where he was on staff for six seasons, including the Huskies' 1996 trip to the NCAA Tournament, where as a 14-seed, the Huskies narrowly lost, 73-72, to third-seeded Texas Tech.

Marks landed his first head coaching job at Southern Vermont College in Bennington, Vermont in 2001. In his three years at the helm of the Mountaineers, Marks compiled a 57-29 record, and in his first season turned around a three-win team in to a 15-win team. The following year in 2002-03, the Mountaineers set a school record 24-6 mark, and earned its first NCAA Division III Tournament bid. He also was the coach of the Southern Vermont baseball team.^[3] Marks accepted the head coaching job at Division II St. Edward's in Austin, Texas. His success carried over as he led the Hilltoppers to a 90-52 record in five seasons, including three NCAA Tournament appearances, something St. Edward's had never accomplished before. In his final season at St. Edward’s, Marks recorded his fourth consecutive winning season, a feat that had not been accomplished since the 1959-1962 campaigns.

In 2009, Marks was named the head coach of Texas-Pan American, where in three seasons, he has led the Broncos to a 23-73 record as the team transitions to the Great West Conference.

After leading the team to a 16-16 record in 2012-13, Marks' contract was not renewed.^[4]

On June 26, 2013, Marks was named the head coach at the University of St. Francis, a NAIA school in Illinois.

Marks also shares his name with a British Engineer.

Head coaching record

College

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Vermont (Great Northeast Athletic Conference) (2001–2004)
2001-02	Southern Vermont	15-12	7-6	5th
2002-03	Southern Vermont	24-6	16-2	1st	NCAA Division III Second Round
2003-04	Southern Vermont	18-11	14-4	2nd
Southern Vermont:		57-29
St. Edward's (Heartland Conference) (2004–2009)
2004-05	St. Edward's	6-21		N/A
2005-06	St. Edward's	21-9		N/A
2006-07	St. Edward's	24-6	10-2	1st	NCAA Division II First Round
2007-08	St. Edward's	23-7	9-1	1st	NCAA Division II First Round
2008-09	St. Edward's	17-11	11-4	2nd	NCAA Division II First Round
St. Edward's:		91-54	30-7
Texas-Pan American (Great West Conference) (2009–present)
2009-10	Texas-Pan American	6-27	4-8	7th
2010-11	Texas-Pan American	6-25	2-10	6th
2011-12	Texas-Pan American	11-21	5-5	4th
2012-13	Texas-Pan American	16-16	5-3	2nd
Texas-Pan American:		39-89	16-26
University of St. Francis (CCAC) (2013–present)
2013-14	St. Francis (IL)	15-15	12-7	3rd (South)
St. Francis (IL):		15-15	12-7
Total:		202-187
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball head coaches

L. A. Youngman (1952–1954)
Harry Meng (1954–1956)
John Donnelly (1956–1958)
Sam Williams (1958–1973)
Abe Lemons (1973–1976)
Bill White (1976–1982)
Lon Kruger (1982–1986)
Kevin Wall (1986–1992)
Mark Adams (1992–1997)
Delray Brooks (1997–1999)
Bob Hoffman (1999–2004)
Robert Davenport (2004–2006)
Tom Schuberth (2006–2009)
Ryan Marks (2009–2013)
Dan Hipsher (2013–2016)
Lew Hill (2016– )

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