Marshall

Official Name:

Marshall University

Nickname:

Thundering Herd

Mailing Address:

Post Office Box 1360
400 Hal Greer Boulevard
Huntington, WV 25715-1360

Website:

www.HerdZone.com

Telephone:

(304) 696-4660

Fax:

(304) 696-2325

Enrollment:

16,550

Arena:

Cam Henderson Center
Capacity: 9,043
Year Opened: 1981

School Colors:

Green and White

Conference:

Conference USA (since 2006)
Former Member of Ohio Valley (1949-52), Mid-American (1954-69 and 1998-2005) and southern (1978-97)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances:

(5) 1956, 1972, 1984, 1985, and 1987
0-5 record (.000)

NIT Appearances:

(4) 1967, 1968, 1973, and 1988
2-5 record (.286)
Finished 4th in 1967

NAIA Tournament Appearances:

(3) 1938, 1947, and 1948
7-2 record (.778)
Finished 1st in 1947

All-Time Winningest Coach:

Cam Henderson (20 years from 1936-55, 361-160 record, .693)

All-Time Scoring Leader:

Skip Henderson (2,574 points from 1985-88)

All-Time Rebounding Leader:

Charlie Slack (1,916 from 1953-56)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record:

Skip Henderson (55 points as senior vs. The Citadel on 3/4/88 in Southern Conference Tournament quarterfinals at Asheville, North Carolina)

All-American Selections:

(2) F Leo Byrd (1959), F Russell Lee (1972)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans:

(1) Leo Byrd (1959)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score

Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Skip Henderson* (55 vs. The Citadel in southern Conference Tournament quarterfinals at Asheville, N.C.)
March 4, 1988 (senior/25.1 ppg)
*southern Conference Tournament record.

	1	2	Total
Marshall	53	68	121
The Citadel	46	32	78

Marshall

Name	FG	3PT	FT	PTS
Holden	8-11	0-0	1-3	17
Williamson	2-5	0-1	4-4	8
Curry	1-5	0-0	5-8	7
Henderson	20-31	0-0	6-7	55
Taft	3-5	0-0	2-4	8
Toler	1-1	0-0	2-2	4
Humphrey	4-6	0-0	1-1	9
Fish	0-4	0-0	1-2	1
Brown	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Cunningham	1-2	0-0	2-3	4
Boyd	0-2	0-0	0-0	0
Bryson	4-6	0-0	0-0	8
Totals	44-79	9-15	24-34	121
Percentages	.557	.600	.706

The Citadel

Name	FG	3PT	FT	PTS
Stevens	1-4	0-0	0-0	2
Hill	5-12	0-0	2-7	12
Mosay	4-8	0-0	0-0	8
Bryant	5-11	2-5	2-2	14
Conroy	3-5	1-1	4-5	11
Nesbit	2-7	2-6	0-0	6
Roulston	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Dalley	2-4	0-0	0-0	4
Bishop	0-1	0-0	0-1	0
Campbell	6-11	0-0	0-0	12
Smith	2-5	1-4	4-6	9
Totals	30-69	6-16	12-21	78
Percentages	.435	.375	.571

Coaching Chronology:

Coach	Seasons	Years	Record	W-L %	Best Season(s)	Record
L.B. Crotty	2	1907-08	5-1	.833	1908	5-0
Boyd B. Chambers	5	1909, 11-14	16-16	.500	1909	6-2
Archer E. Reilly	1	1919	2-5	.286	1919	2-5
Andrew "Kemper" Shelton	1	1921	6-9	.400	1921	6-9
Herbert L. Cramer	1	1922	5-4-1	.550	1922	5-4-1
J.E.R. Barnes	1	1923	1-3	.250	1923	1-3
Bill Strickling	2	1924, 1927	15-16	.484	1924	8-7
Russell D. Meredith	1	1925	12-6	.667	1925	12-6
Charles Tallman	1	1926	10-7	.588	1926	10-7
John D. Stuart	4	1928-31	46-27-1	.628	1930	13-2
Tom Dandalet	4	1932-35	43-35	.551	1934	13-8
E. Cam Henderson	20	1936-55	361-160	.693	1938	28-4
Jule Rivlin	8	1956-63	100-88	.532	1956	18-5
Ellis Johnson	6	1964-69	68-80	.459	1967	20-8
Stewart Way	2	1970-71	25-24	.510	1971	16-10
Carl Tacy	1	1972	23-4	.852	1972	23-4
Bob Daniels	5	1973-77	71-62	.534	1973	20-7
Stu Aberdeen	2	1978-79	25-31	.446	1978	14-15
Bob Zuffelato	4	1980-83	71-41	.634	1983	20-8
Rick Huckabay	6	1984-89	129-59	.686	1984, 1987	25-6
Dana Altman	1	1990	15-13	.536	1990	15-13
Dwight Freeman	4	1991-94	46-65	.414	1993	16-11
Billy Donovan	2	1995-96	35-20	.636	1995	18-9
Greg White	7	1997-2003	95-84	.531	2000	21-9
Ron Jirsa	4	2004-07	43-74	.368	2006	12-16
Donnie Jones	3	2008-10	55-41	.573	2010	24-10
Tom Herrion	1	2011	22-12	.647	2011	22-12

All-Time W-L Record: 1,365-986 (.581) from 1907 through 2011.
NOTE: Marshall (WV) permanently moved up to major-college status in 1954
The Thundering Herd vacated one game in 1987 NCAA Tournament
Marshall did not field a team in 1910, 1915 through 1918 and 1920.

Marshall

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

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