Marvin Menzies
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Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Sacramento State (MA, 2003)
 Menzies in 2017 as UNLV head coach | |
| 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) |
| 2022–2026 | Kansas City |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 290–243 (.544) (NCAA) 24–8 (.750) (JUCO) |
| Tournaments | 0–5 (.000) (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (.000) (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Western States Conference Regular Season (1995) 3× WAC regular season (2008, 2015, 2016) 5× WAC tournament (2010, 2012–2015) | |
| Awards | |
| Western States Conference Coach of the Year (1995) WAC Coach of the Year (2015) Summit League Coach of the Year (2024) | |
Marvin Eugene Menzies (born October 15, 1961) is an American college basketball coach. He was most recently the men's head coach at the University of Missouri–Kansas City from 2022 to 2026. Previously, he was the head coach for New Mexico State, and UNLV.
Menzies holds a bachelor's degree in economics from UCLA and a master's in education from California State University, Sacramento.
Coaching career
New Mexico State
Menzies replaced previous New Mexico State coach Reggie Theus in 2007. Like Theus, Menzies came to NMSU after spending the previous two years as an assistant coach under Rick Pitino at Louisville. In fact, Menzies had been hired by Louisville to replace Theus when he left that institution to take the head coaching job at NMSU in 2005. The NMSU job was Menzies' first head coaching position at a four-year institution. Menzies was the 24th person to hold the head coaching position in the history of Aggie basketball. Prior to his stint at Louisville, Menzies had previously served as an assistant coach at USC, San Diego State and Sacramento State and had served as head coach at Santa Monica College. He came to NMSU with 14 years of collegiate coaching experience.
UNLV
Menzies was announced as UNLV head coach on April 17, 2016, as the successor to Chris Beard, who the previous week had accepted the head coaching position at Texas Tech.[1] Fired from UNLV in March 2019, Menzies was replaced by former South Dakota State head coach T. J. Otzelberger.[2]
Grand Canyon
Menzies was named as the associate head coach at Grand Canyon University on April 18, 2019.[3] Menzies was not retained when Bryce Drew was named head coach of Grand Canyon in March 2020.[4]
Kansas City
Menzies was hired as the head coach at Kansas City on April 26, 2022, after former coach Billy Donlon resigned to become an assistant coach at Clemson.[5]
On January 12, 2026, after a 4–14 start, Kansas City announced that Menzies would not be retained after the 2025–26 season.[6] At the time of the announcement, the Roos were two losses into a team season (and Menzies tenure) ending fifteen game losing streak.