[11] Marshall was largely responsible for the effective play of senior transfer center Matt Lopez and a second place regular season finish in the MAAC in 201415. That summer, Bobbi Marshall married Al Alston, a longtime friend, and moved into Alston's home in Kent. He lives in the dorm. As he goes about that, on the court each day is his son Donyell Jr., a walk-on player, and Marshall is trying to build a deeper relationship there. CCSU won the game 75-60. [7] Playing just 25 games, he provided Philadelphia with veteran leadership and three point shooting. She started an after school program in the town where they lived when Savannah was in first grade and she just kept coaching her. CCSU's Tafari Whittingham goes up wildly under the baskert as Hartford's TreVaughn Wilkerson defends during the second period. Hartford at CCSU basketball second period. College basketball coaching changes for 2021-22, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. When Donny Marshall (not related to Donyell) signed with Connecticut, he was convinced he would quickly become a starter. This is considered the second best league in the world and theres big, big talent here.. Colleges are starting to look at Savannah. If people dont see that, and they can say what they want about me as a coach, but you look at Pat Sellers. We were college kids and we loved basketball and it was a big part of our life and we were really good friends and we grew up, you know? . Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. I'm here to help.". Marshall played for Jim Calhoun at UConn and that Calhoun coaching tree has sprouted many roots. Donny is remarried and has two young daughters. Marshall once coached his son in youth basketball but that didnt go all that well. He was selected after his junior year at the University of Connecticut by the Minnesota Timberwolves, as the fourth overall pick. Ron Turenne/NBAE, via Getty Images By Harvey Araton Feb. 11, 2016 There is no N.B.A. Give me the ball! So he took the ball and rolled it to the ref and LeBron turned to me and just goes, You played for that crazy [bleep]? I was like, Yup.. It was given to him by my uncle, my moms brother. Also from her father, who played basketball at UConn from 1991-95 and for five years in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New Jersey Nets, she got her basketball game. Its something that we kind of made into our own little thing. Marshall, who with Donyell Marshall, guards Kevin Ollie and Brian Fair, forward Rudy Johnson and center Nantambu Willingham made up one of the nation's top recruiting classes of 1991, started only once as a freshman. After leading his high school basketball team to over 100 wins and being named to Washington's All-State team 4 consecutive years (along with being a 4-time All-State selection as a soccer player), Marshall graduated from Federal Way High School, a school in the suburb of Seattle. No. He got a game ball marked with the date and score of that first win. You dont want the ball! Marshall is also the Anti-Bullying spokesperson for the Community Foundation of Middlesex County and the state of Connecticut. Q: How did it feel though with the black kids calling you white, and the white kids calling you black? You know how hard that is to do? Q: How would you describe your on-court mentality when you played at UConn? Mike Anthony is a reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media Group, focusing on feature writing with a concentration on UConn and college sports. 4 overall pick in the 1994 draft. Conn. St", "Philadelphia at Toronto - 2005-03-13 - National Basketball Association - Yahoo! I used those skills from soccer and carried those over onto the court. All this while banging inside against opposing teams' power forwards, which at 6-foot-6, 225 pounds he is not necessarily suited for, and which might not be his best path to a professional career. I thank everyone for their commitment to me and this program and for working hard every day to make us better.". And his father, Donny said, never re-entered his son's life. Im excited to see who that guy will be. Marcus Zegarowski is preseason Big East Player of the Year. I think the thing that got him to the point where he is now is that from day one when he decided to coach, he shredded any level of ego or anything all those years in the NBA could have brought him, Leitao said. Organise, control, distribute, and measure all of your digital content. Dad has known only one lifestyle, the one created by the NBA. Even now, Marshall, a junior forward at the University of Connecticut, doesn't mind. When Donyell Jr. scored his first points, dad wanted to shout with joy. Donyell Marshall Jr. is 6 feet 6, 175 pounds, and looks like a younger version of his father. Ive told him, his mother told him, if he wants to come over for the weekend its OK. No one knew who he was. He practiced with the pros - Shawn Kemp, Detlef Schrempf and Xavier McDaniel. "We thank Donyell for his dedication to Central Connecticut State University as well as the men's basketball program for the past five years," interim athletic director Tom Pincince said. He pushed and prods and teaches. Marshall averaged 11.2 points and 6.7 rebounds in 15 NBA seasons, but by his third and fourth seasons he was averaging about 15 minutes and well under 10 points. CCSU won the game 75-60. He was traded 40 games into his rookie season to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for power forward Tom Gugliotta on February 18, 1995. Theres bits and pieces of both of us, Landino said. She definitely plays more like her father. But he certainly quieted the naysayers in his NBA career. No, it doesnt.. .galleries:before { No. 25 UConn has impressed former Husky Donny Marshall You gotta live with mistakes that some young players make, but I would take him on the floor with his mistakes over a lot of freshmen anywhere in the country right now. The last two seasons, they went a combined 9-43. "I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to coach these young men. CCSU won the game 75-60. They both like to sing and when Savannah entered high school, she told her mother she was giving up soccer (to her mothers initial chagrin) to do musicals. The millions of dollars made as a pro by one account Marshalls NBA contracts were worth more than $70 million stretch far in regards to lifestyle, but there are personal sacrifices. CCSU won the game 75-60. "Donny Marshall minor league basketball statistics", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donny_Marshall&oldid=1140547154, American expatriate basketball people in Greece, College basketball announcers in the United States, 21st-century African-American sportspeople, 20th-century African-American sportspeople, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 15:51. Seton Hall was one of those teams that was picked at the top in the beginning so theres always that feel of, OK, we are good, we just have to play like were good, we gotta show everyone how good we are. Where St. Johns is like, No one believed in us. "It may not always be fair to me, but good things happened when I focused on family first. After he retired following the 2008-09 season he has had five coaching stops. To me Mike Anderson is hands down, its not even close, the coach of the year in the Big East. content: More Sports Videos; They would be just sparks instead of a flame because I was able to get both sides to understand where the other side was coming from.. CCSU won the game 75-60. I think they showed Danny Hurley that youve got more than James Bouknight on this team. Donyell Marshall steps down as Central Connecticut men's basketball coach 2 seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament. He is a great coach before hes a great black coach. background-color: #c52026; He averaged only 1.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 8.9 minutes. [1] During his National Basketball Association (NBA) career, he played with eight different teams. by Grayson Weir March 7, 2021 4:56 pm. Some haulers caught, Arming guidance counselors? She seeks out contact. The league is truly global, with games and programming in 215 countries and territories in 47 languages, as well as NBA rosters at the start of the 2015-16 season featuring 100 international players from 37 countries and territories. He averaged 11.2 points and 6.7 rebounds in his career, retired in 2009 and immediately took on the nomadic life of a coach. He tries to see Savannah's games when he can he probably gets to about half of them during the season but he's on the road a lot as a college. Me being here as your coach, Im always going to root for you, Im always here for you as a friend and as a brother before a coach. When we first moved, the kids were from high school down to preschool and when he was traded, the one in high school [Taylor] was a senior, so I knew I was staying so she could graduate. The older you get, when youre out of the league or out of coaching, sometimes its harder to get back, Marshall said. Marshall was later named to Uconn's All-Century team (top 25 players in school history) and was also a two-time All-Big East Team member, leading the Big East in free throw shooting his senior year. The NBA offers real time access to live regular season NBA games with a subscription to NBA LEAGUE PASS, available globally for TV, broadband, and mobile. Lori Riley: Some From Dad, Some From Mom,, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Welcome to the new courant.com: Whats changed, FAQs and more, Lori Riley: Some From Dad, Some From Mom, Savannah Marshall Blends It All, Azzi Fudd cleared to return to UConn lineup; Dorka Juhasz will also play in Big East opener against Georgetown, No. Spike Lee is sitting in the same seat he watches Knicks games to watch the Big East Tournament! height: 5px; HUSKY Health is helping immigrants. Former UConn assistant Dave Leitao hired Marshall when Leitao coached in the NBA Development League. (Photo by Bob Stowell/Getty Images), American basketball player Donyell Marshall of the University of Connecticut hangs from the hoop during a game against the University of Texas, Hartford, Connecticut, 1994. [8], On October 26, 2009, after retiring from the NBA, Marshall joined Comcast SportsNet as a 76ers' post-game live analyst. Former NBA mainstays Damon Stoudamire, Dan Majerle, Terry Porter, and Donyell Marshall have traded in the comforts of being a pro athlete for head-coaching positions in remote NCAA outposts We always have a good time and were joking around and laughing. }. 3-pt. Arliss creates trouble with a current client when he considers representing a budding baseball star who was a "scab" player during the 1994 strike. 3-ptrs. And it was no secret to the Marshalls that some, even teammates, didnt think he had what it took to play at the next level. CCSU's Tidelle Pierre and Hartford's John Carroll battle for a rebound in the second period. We have a street in Connecticut, its Albany Avenue. I just decided to keep her., We definitely have a good relationship, Savannah said. Ever since Savannah Marshall was young, she and her dad Donny would always listen to music. But I also want to become a head coach in the right situation, he said. June 3, 2022 . Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. University of Connecticut basketball players Donyell Marshall and Donny Marshall talk on the bench, Hartford, Connecticut, 1994. CT proposal causes confusion, concern. Donny has been asked to move to Los Angeles for work. CCSU's Khale Cumberlander passes around Hartford's John Carroll in the second period. . He makes you play at his pace, and to me thats what great players do. He figured he could be more help to his mother in Federal Way. "When he came back that first fall," Ollie said, "we knew something happened. Theres times where hes ready to say something on the court and its like Dude, you have the lowest reps here. CCSU won the game 75-60. He was wrong. It was the biggest show on the stage. Marshall had worked with Greensboro general manager Cam Twiss, who worked in basketball operations for the Red Claws while Marshall was a coach. Growing up in Seattle helped. Marshall left college early to participate in the 1994 NBA draft. content: More High School Sports; Donyell Marshall Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Donny Marshall (born July 17, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New Jersey Nets. I'd been playing a different position (center) at a different level and saw I had to start over. Hartford at CCSU basketball.