Bio

Jermon Marsh enters his seventh season on the men's basketball coaching staff at Catawba in the fall of 2024 and his second full season as Associate Head Coach.

Marsh helped guide Catawba to a program-record 15 conference wins with a third regional appearance in five seasons with Marsh on staff. The team also won its second SAC Tournament title in the last six years with a 101-69 win over UVA Wise in the championship game.

Marsh comes to Catawba prior to the 2018-19 season, hailing from Davidson County Community College In his three years coaching there, DCCC posted an overall record of 87-13 and went to Elite 8 National Tournament twice. In 2016, the team made it the school’s first Final Four appearance ever.

Before his stint at Davidson County Community College, Marsh coached one year at Dallas Christian College in Texas, who finished fifth in the nation at the National Tournament in Missouri. At both colleges he has also served as the Strength & Conditioning Coach. He holds four different certifications in Fitness as well.

Marsh graduated from Bemidji State University in Minnesota with a degree in sports management degree. While at Bemidji, he was a scholarship athlete for three years. He transferred to Warren Wilson College for his senior season and earned All-America honors.

After college, Marsh had a brief stint as a professional basketball player before going into his exercise fitness and basketball coaching career. He recently earned a masters of education degree in coaching from Greenville University. He played his high school basketball at Copperas Cove High School in Texas, where he was a 6A All-District player during his junior and senior year.

Rob Perron, Head Men's Basketball Coach: "Coach Marsh has been a tremendous asset to our program. He coaches for all the right reasons with an emphasis on valuing relationships and helping people reach their potential both on and off the court. Jermon's wealth of coaching experience meshed with his collegiate career and strength training background make him well-suited to put our student-athletes in position to be successful."