Marcus Jenkins - Men's Basketball Coach - Princeton University Athletics

Marcus Jenkins

Title:
Assistant Coach

74-46

Record through first four seasons as assistant coach

37-19

Ivy League record through first four seasons

NCAA Tournaments as a player and staff member

Ivy League Player of the Year honoree as an assistant coach

All-Ivy League honorees as an assistant coach

Marcus Jenkins has been an assistant coach on the Princeton men's basketball staff since Mitch Henderson's tenure began in the summer of 2011. Jenkins joined Henderson's staff after being part of Richmond's back-to-back top-25 finishes and NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 2011 Sweet 16 and 2011 Atlantic 10 Championship, as a member of the staff of Tiger alum Chris Mooney '94. The Lompoc, Calif., native has helped Princeton to two postseason appearances in his three seasons on staff and has only missed the postseason once in his seven seasons working in college basketball. The Tigers played in the College Basketball Invitational in 2014 after averaging 70.2 points per game, the highest for a Princeton team since the 1971-72 team averaged a school-record 79.74 points. The Tigers set the school record with 278 3-pointers on the year. Princeton got off to an 11-2 start in 2013-14, including its second straight win at Rutgers and an overtime win at Penn State that was the program's first win over a Big Ten school since 1985.
In 2012-13, the Tigers won 14 of their last 19 games, led by Ivy League Player of the Year Ian Hummer '13, who graduated as Princeton's second leading scorer (1,625 points) behind only Bill Bradley '65. The Tigers led the Ivy League in scoring defense (58.3 ppg) and 3-point field goal percentage defense (.325). After his second season at Princeton, Jenkins was one of 14 college coaches selected to take part in the NCAA Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA) Achieving Coaching Excellence (ACE) program. The four-day intensive "on-court" and "off-court" program is committed to developing the well-rounded coach in the areas of leadership, communications, campus and community relations, media training and program management. In Jenkins' first season at Princeton, the Tigers won 19 of their final 26 games and earned a berth in the College Basketball Invitational. During the season, Princeton picked up its first win over an ACC school in 13 years with a triple-overtime win at Florida State. A 2004 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Jenkins played for four years with Princeton alum Joe Scott '87 as his head coach and Mooney as the associate head coach. While helping Air Force to the 2004 NCAA Tournament, the school's first tourney appearance since 1962, Jenkins earned the team's Falcon Award, given to the individual who sacrifices the most for the betterment of the team.
While completing his three-year Air Force commitment, Jenkins assisted at Fairfield (Mont.) High School in 2006-07 before joining Mooney's staff at Richmond in June 2007 as the team's Director of Basketball Operations. Richmond made the postseason all four years Jenkins was on staff. The Spiders were College Basketball Invitational participants in 2008 and 2009, advancing to the CBI semifinals in 2009, one year before Princeton advanced to the CBI's final four. In 2010, the Spiders made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004 and finished the year in the AP Top 25. In the 2010-11 season, the Spiders won the school's only Atlantic 10 Championship and advanced to the Sweet 16, finishing the year with a top-25 ranking for the second straight season, this time in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll. During his three-year Air Force service, Jenkins was stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, Mont., as a Logistics Officer. The expertise of Logistics Officers encompasses the organization, transport and distribution of supplies, transportation and maintenance for aircraft, missiles and spacelift. Jenkins was honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force as a first lieutenant in 2007. Jenkins and his wife Melissa have one daughter, Malia.

Year	School	Overall	Conference
2007-08	Richmond	16-15	9-7/4th A-10
2008-09	Richmond	20-16	9-7/5th A-10
2009-10	Richmond	26-9	13-3/3rd A-10
2010-11	Richmond	29-8	13-3/1st A-10
2011-12	Princeton	20-12	10-4/3rd Ivy
2012-13	Princeton	17-11	10-4/2nd Ivy
2013-14	Princeton	21-9	8-6/3rd Ivy
2014-15	Princeton	16-14	9-5/3rd Ivy
	Total at Princeton	74-46	37-19
	Career Total	165-94	69-39

Education
U.S. Air Force Academy, Bachelor of Science in Management, 2004

Playing Experience
U.S. Air Force Academy, 2000-04

Coaching Experience
Princeton University, Assistant Coach (2011-present)
University of Richmond, Director of Basketball Operations (2007-11)