Burks and Jon Elmore as they each reached the top five in program history in points scored with Elmore becoming the all-time leader in not just program history, but in Conference USA history.ĭ’Antoni’s fourth season saw Marshall end a 31-year NCAA Tournament drought, win the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament game, win Conference USA for the first time ever, beat multiple ranked teams for the first time in Thundering Herd history, have three players earn all-conference honors and win 25 games. The program saw three post-season award winners as Andrew Taylor was named to the C-USA all-freshman team, Kinsey was named second-team all-conference and West was named to the Conference USA all-defensive squad and third-team all-conference.ĭuring the 2018-19 campaign, D’Antoni led Marshall to the 2019 Postseason title, only the second postseason championship in program history. Marshall finished the season with a 17-15 record and won five of its last six contests before the 2020 Conference USA Tournament was canceled ahead of the second round. Despite the struggles during the season with the pandemic, he coached guard Taevion Kinsey as he was named first-team all-Conference USA and guard Jarrod West as he earned second-team all-conference honors and was named to the C-USA all-defensive team.ĭ’Antoni’s sixth year at the helm of the Herd men’s basketball program came to a halt due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The 2020-21 season saw D’Antoni lead Marshall to a 15-7 record during a season that saw several games canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021-22, D'Antoni coached junior Taevion Kinsey to all-Conference USA second-team and NABC all-district 11 second-team honors. ![]() ![]() ![]() A former star MU point guard, D'Antoni helped Marshall to appearances in the 19 National Invitation Tournaments. Dan D'Antoni, a Marshall Athletics Hall of Famer, was named the Thundering Herd men's basketball coach on April 25, 2014.
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