COACHING BIOGRAPHY
ON THE FIELD
HEAD COACHING - OVERALL
25 SEASONS Overall
HEAD COACHING RECORD 95-31
Eastside Catholic
10 SEASONS
8 State Play-Off Trips
Cedar Park Christian
2 SEASONs
Took over Program that never had a winning Seasons
LED them to State in HIS 2nd Season
HEAD COACHING - By THE NUMBERS
5-Time Metro League Coach of the Year
Seattle Times State Coach of the Year
AP State Coach of the Year
Perennial Top 10 Programs
Sent over 150 student-athletes to the next level
154 - THE Number of players who played beyond High school OUT OF COACH MARSH’s PROGRAMS
20 - NUMBER OF Receptions in ONE game (JASON BUTLER 2005 VS MT. SI) WHICH REMAINS - AS OF 2021 - REMAINS THE 3a state record. IT IS #2 All-Time for all classifications)
9 - The NUMBER OF 1st TEAM ALL-LEAGUE TIGHT ENDS IN 11 SEASONS AT EC. EC WAS KNOWN AS ‘TIGHT END U’
4 - THE Number of All-State Quarterbacks COACH MARSH COACHED - Including an ESPN ELITE 11 QB Who finished ranked #4
2 - *SPECIAL TEAMS* BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS (2007 & 2008) RANKED #1 IN 3A IN BLOCKED PUNTS AND TOTAL KICK-OFF RETURNS + PUNT RETURNS FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
GREATEST VICTORIES AS HEAD COACH
3A EC Upsets 3A Meadowdale in THE state playoffs
(Trailing BY 28 late; rallied to win BY 7)
3A #10 EC Upsets 4A #5 Eisenhower in THE emerald city kick-off classic AT (THEN) cENtury link
3A #10 EC Upsets 4A #7 Graham-Kapowsin
3A #8 EC Upsets 3A perennial power O’Dea IN DOUBLE overtime
3A #7 EC Upsets 3A #5 West Seattle for the metro title
3A EC UPSETS 3A Mt. Si in a state play-off game
(Used A Fake Spike in Final Seconds of THIS state play-off GAME)
1A (Unranked) CPC Upsets 3A Seattle Prep
3a ec tRAILED national power BELLEVUE 14-13 AT halftime of the state quarterfinals
NOTE: WHILE eventually losing by 15, the storyline in THE SEATTLE TIMES THE FOLLOWING MORNING WAS;
‘THE PUSHOVER PUSHED THE POWERHOUSE BACK!’
WASHINGTON STATE HIGH SCHOOL HALL of FAME - ALMOST THERE!
A Major illness STRIPPED AN ASSURED SPOT IN THE WASHINGTON STATE HIGH SCHOOL Coaches’ Hall of Fame.
Coach Marsh NEEDED JUST 1 MORE Season AS A HEAD COACH TO BECOME EligibilE; longevity.
he HAS 9 of the 10 eligibility REQUIREMENTS ‘CHECKED-OFF’ and therefore remainS JUST ‘One (1) CHECKED BOX SHORT’.
RECORD SETTING PLAYERS COACHED
Dubbed the ‘Yoda’ of QB & WR Teaching by many of his peers, Coach Marsh teaches morE about how to be a truly successful High School QB or WR than you will find at any specialized camp.
He is Not saying that his camps & Clinics are ‘better’ than anyone else who puts time in to help youth! However, the fact he has coaching experience on his resume, allows him to teach leadership attributes and other oft-not taught skills. It’s why all of his Quarterbacks are extremely succesful; Regardless of the offense they are running.
Coach MArsh has been invited by many college coaches to speak to their Quarterbacks & wide receivers as well as their position coaches on how to play the game from a modern and evolutionary technical standpoint.
Even Steve Clackson, known as ‘The Godfather of QB Gurus’ in America, chose to hold his lone camp in the sate of washington at the campus where Coach Marsh was head Coach at the time. Allowing only Coach Marsh to work the clinic with him.
It is his ‘Attention to Detail’ that separates coach marsh. As well as his infectious enthusiasm.
Beyond all the Passing techniques he teaches, it’s the time he spends teaching players the fundamentals of handing-off (Something Peyton Manning spent the first 20-Minutes of every practice focusing on, had it filmed & reviewed it daily), so as never to fumble a QB/RB exchange - To how to truly be a leader in the huddle (or on the field in general) focusing on his 4 Core points to leadership. Do a work-out with him if you want to learn these 4 items that even NFL QBs have taken to heart.
Conor Black
QB - HArvard
*QUARTERBACK’S STATS (NOT THE ELITE 11 QB) WERE 3600+ yards, 50 TD’s, 7 int’S as a two years starter
*HE WAS THE All-state game MVP ON A MERE 3 FOR 3 PASSING. THROWING for OVER 150 YARDS & 3 TDS.
*HE WENT ON TO START HIS FRESHMAN SEASON AT HARVARD IN THE 2000 SEASON
*SOPHOMORE SEASON HE BROKE HIS ANKLE AND WAS REPLACED BY A FUTURE NFL QUARTERBACK: RYAN FITZPATRICK.
JASON BUTLER
WR/FS - Washington State University
*Coach Marsh is known nationwide for speaking at clinics on Wide Receiver play and is considered amongst the best Wide REceiver Coaches in AMerica. proven by thE MANY OFFERS HE RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS TO COACH WIDE RECEIVERS AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL. The best of which set a state record that has stood for 15 years.
20 Receptions in 1 Game: 3A Eastside Catholic VS 4A Mount Si (2005)
Alex Vetras
QB - Amherst College: #1 Ranked ACADEMIC College in America
Broke nearly every record.
Went from 5th string to starter during his freshmen year.
starter the one and only time the gameday crew from ESPN was on location for a D3 game.
Alex Vetras High School Article