Marshall O’Brien will begin his third season (2017-18) as the Assistant Cross Country/Track & Field coach at Southwest Baptist. He previously served as a Graduate Assistant at SBU from 2012 to 2014. During his career at SBU O’Brien has coached fifteen All-American’s and two NCAA National Champions.
During the 2016-17 season, the women’s track and field team placed 2nd at the MIAA Indoor Conference Championships and placed 11th in the NCAA Indoor National Championships. O’Brien has coached two NCAA Elite 90 recipients during his career, an award handed out to the athlete with the highest GPA competing at NCAA Nationals.
Marshall spent the 2014-15 season as an Assistant Coach at Wartburg College where he worked primarily with the jumps team. O’Brien helped lead Wartburg to three conference championships (Women’s Indoor/Outdoor and Men’s Indoor), while also coaching two national qualifiers.
Marshall graduated from Emporia State University (KS) in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Physical and Health Education and a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion. In 2014, Marshall completed a Master of Science in Recreation and Sport Sciences from Ohio University. O’Brien competed in Track & Field at ESU where he cleared a national qualifying mark of 6 feet 10 inches in the men’s high jump. He was a top 3 finisher in both the indoor and outdoor high jump competition at the MIAA Championships and also participated in the long jump and decathlon.
Marshall, a native of Derby, Kansas, currently resides in Bolivar, Missouri with his wife Tori and daughter Avery.
