Marvin Menzies facts for kids
Menzies in 2017 as UNLV head coach.
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| Current position | |
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| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kansas City |
| Conference | Summit League |
| Record | 40–57 (.412) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 15, 1961 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | UCLA (BA, 1987) Sacramento State (MA, 2003) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983–1991 | Hamilton HS (assistant) |
| 1991–1994 | Santa Monica (assistant) |
| 1994–1995 | Santa Monica |
| 1995–1996 | Santa Monica (assistant) |
| 1996–1997 | Sacramento State (assistant) |
| 1997–1999 | Santa Monica (assistant) |
| 1999–2003 | San Diego State (assistant) |
| 2003–2004 | USC (assistant) |
| 2004–2005 | UNLV (assistant) |
| 2005–2007 | Louisville (assistant) |
| 2007–2016 | New Mexico State |
| 2016–2019 | UNLV |
| 2019–2020 | Grand Canyon (assoc. HC) |
| 2022–present | Kansas City |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 286–216 (.570) (NCAA) 24–8 (.750) (CCCAA) |
| Tournaments | 0–5 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Western States Conference Regular Season (1995) 3× WAC regular season (2008, 2015, 2016) 5× WAC tournament (2010, 2012–2015) |
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| Awards | |
| Western States Conference Coach of the Year (1995) WAC Coach of the Year (2015) Summit League Coach of the Year (2024) |
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Marvin Eugene Menzies (born October 15, 1961) is a well-known American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach for the men's basketball team at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, also known as the Kansas City Roos. He started this role on April 26, 2022.
Before joining Kansas City, Menzies was an associate head coach at Grand Canyon University. He took on that position in April 2019. He has a lot of experience, having been a head coach for 12 years in a row before that. This included three years at UNLV and nine seasons at New Mexico State.
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Marvin Menzies' Coaching Journey
Marvin Menzies has had a long and successful career in college basketball. He started as an assistant coach at various colleges before becoming a head coach.
Early Coaching Years
Menzies began his college coaching career as an assistant. He worked at places like Santa Monica College, Sacramento State, San Diego State, and USC. These early experiences helped him learn a lot about coaching basketball teams.
First Head Coaching Role
His first chance to be a head coach at a four-year university came in 2007. He was hired by New Mexico State. Before this, he had been an assistant coach at Louisville for two years. He actually took over the New Mexico State job from his former boss at Louisville, Reggie Theus.
Success at New Mexico State
Menzies spent nine seasons as the head coach at New Mexico State, from 2007 to 2016. During his time there, his teams were very successful. They won the WAC regular season championship three times (in 2008, 2015, and 2016). They also won the WAC tournament five times in a row, from 2010 to 2015. Winning the tournament meant they got to play in the NCAA Division I Tournament several times. In 2015, he was named the WAC Coach of the Year. Overall, his record at New Mexico State was 198 wins and 111 losses.
Coaching at UNLV
After his successful run at New Mexico State, Menzies became the head coach at UNLV on April 17, 2016. He coached the UNLV Runnin' Rebels for three seasons, from 2016 to 2019. During his time there, the team had an overall record of 48 wins and 48 losses. He left UNLV in March 2019.
Current Role at Kansas City
In April 2022, Marvin Menzies was hired as the head coach for the Kansas City Roos. He has been leading the team since then. In the 2023-24 season, his team finished tied for second place in the Summit League. For his excellent work, he was named the Summit League Coach of the Year in 2024. As of July 2025, he continues to coach the Kansas City Roos.
Education and Background
Marvin Menzies is not just a great coach; he also has a strong educational background. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1987. Later, he received a master's degree in education from California State University, Sacramento in 2003. He is also a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
