Marshall

Official Name: 
Marshall University
Nickname: 
Thundering Herd
Mailing Address: 

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

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: 
NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(1) Leo Byrd (1959)

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

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

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

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.