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Marty McGillian

Marty McGillan

Marty McGillan is in the fourth season in his second stint with the Eagles and as he returned as an assistant basketball coach in June of 2013.

McGillan spent five years as assistant coach on Randy Peele's staff before heading to Georgia as an assistant coach at Kennessaw State for the 2012-13 season.

In his 23 years of college coaching, McGillan has served on the staffs of four schools that he has helped lead to six NCAA tournament appearances, including two out of five years at Winthrop under Peele. 

McGillan is a 1990 graduate of UNC Wilmington with a B.A. degree in Parks and Recreation Management with a concentration in therapeutic recreation. He began his coaching career in 1990-91 at USC-Salkehatchie before moving on to his first Div. I job at East Carolina University in 1991-92 as an assistant coach where he served for six years. He helped direct the 1992-93 Pirates to the Colonial Athletic Association championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

He also had assistant coaching stops at Coastal Carolina (1996-97), The Citadel (1997-2001), College of Charleston (2001-02), UNC Wilmington (2002-2006), Wright State (2006-07) and Kennesaw State (11-12).  While at UNCW, he helped lead the Seahawks to the 2003 and 2005 Colonial Athletic Association regular season and tournament championships and two NCAA appearances. He helped lead Wright State to the 2007 Horizon League regular season and tournament championships and the school’s first trip to the NCAA tournament since 1993.

McGillan, a native of Silver Spring, MD, is married to the former Tee Nagle.  The couple has two sons, Riley, age 17, and Tate, age 15.