University of Minnesota Athletics
Men's Basketball
Jenkins, Marcus
Marcus Jenkins
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Marcus Jenkins joined the Minnesota men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in May 2021. Jenkins came to Minnesota from Richmond where he had worked since 2015 and had served as the Associate Head Coach since June 2018.
A proven recruiter, Jenkins helped lead Richmond to a 14-9 record during the 2020-21 season and a spot in the NIT Quarterfinals. He oversaw scouting operations for Richmond’s biggest win of the season: an upset at No. 10 Kentucky.
Jenkins helped engineer the Spiders turnaround in 2019-20, when Richmond went 24-7 to tie the school record for regular-season wins and increased its win total from 2018-19 by 11, tied for the third-largest increase in all of Division I. Following the season, Jenkins was selected to participate in the 2020 TopConnect seminar, which provides leadership training and networking opportunities for the nation’s top assistant coaches.
Jenkins has also spent time at Princeton (2011-15) and helped lead the Tigers to four straight winning seasons. Jenkins was also one of 14 college coaches selected to take part in the NCAA Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA) Achieving Coaching Excellence (ACE) program.
Jenkins got his start in basketball in 2007 Richmond’s Director of Basketball Operations. In his first four years with the Spiders, he helped Richmond to four postseason appearances including an NCAA at-large bid in 2010 and an Atlantic 10 championship and Sweet 16 appearance in 2011.
Jenkins graduated from Air Force in 2004 and led the Falcons to the NCAA Tournament in 2004, which was the school’s first tournament appearance since 1962.
After graduating, Jenkins served his three-year Air Force commitment in Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont., as a logistics officer. He also worked as an assistant coach at Fairfield (Mont.) High School in 2006-07.
He and his wife, Melissa, have two daughters, Malia and Madelyn, and a son, Myles.
A proven recruiter, Jenkins helped lead Richmond to a 14-9 record during the 2020-21 season and a spot in the NIT Quarterfinals. He oversaw scouting operations for Richmond’s biggest win of the season: an upset at No. 10 Kentucky.
Jenkins helped engineer the Spiders turnaround in 2019-20, when Richmond went 24-7 to tie the school record for regular-season wins and increased its win total from 2018-19 by 11, tied for the third-largest increase in all of Division I. Following the season, Jenkins was selected to participate in the 2020 TopConnect seminar, which provides leadership training and networking opportunities for the nation’s top assistant coaches.
Jenkins has also spent time at Princeton (2011-15) and helped lead the Tigers to four straight winning seasons. Jenkins was also one of 14 college coaches selected to take part in the NCAA Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA) Achieving Coaching Excellence (ACE) program.
Jenkins got his start in basketball in 2007 Richmond’s Director of Basketball Operations. In his first four years with the Spiders, he helped Richmond to four postseason appearances including an NCAA at-large bid in 2010 and an Atlantic 10 championship and Sweet 16 appearance in 2011.
Jenkins graduated from Air Force in 2004 and led the Falcons to the NCAA Tournament in 2004, which was the school’s first tournament appearance since 1962.
After graduating, Jenkins served his three-year Air Force commitment in Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont., as a logistics officer. He also worked as an assistant coach at Fairfield (Mont.) High School in 2006-07.
He and his wife, Melissa, have two daughters, Malia and Madelyn, and a son, Myles.
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