COACHING BIOGRAPHY

OFF THE FIELD

JUNIOR FOOTBALL FOUNDER

Founded the Eastside Catholic Jr. Football Program - 2004

Founded the Everett Wildcats Jr. Football Program - 2012

Cedar Park Christian Jr. Football Program - 2014 & 2015

CPCJF went from 40+ Participants & 5 Coaches to over 180 & 50+ COACHES IN 3 YEARS.

NOTE: COACH MARSH RAN MONTHLY CLINICS FOR ALL THE COACHES FROM JANUARY THRU JULY FOR ALL 3 PROGRAMS.

NATIONAL LEVEL CLINICIAN

Beyond being a Sought after Motivational Speaker ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, Coach Marsh is an annual Speaker & Clinician for various local & National Clinics. such as THE WASHINGTON STATE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CLINICS AND the Glazier ClinicS.

NOTE: THE GLAZIER CLINICS ARE IS A TOURING CLINIC THAT STOPS IN EVERY MAJOR CITY IN AMERICA. FEATURING SOME OF FOOTBALLS top PRO, COLLEGE & HS Coaches. COACH MARSH’S VERY FIRST CLINIC HE ATTENDED WAS THE PEMCO ALL-SPORTS CLINIC HELD IN SEATTLE BACK IN 1994 WHERE THE FIRST LISTENED TO, AND FOLLOWED IT UP WITH A LONG CONVERSATION, WITH LEGENDARY SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS HEAD COACH BILL WALSH.

Coach Marsh typically speaks on QB, WR & SPECIAL TEAMS, DRILLS, Skills, FUNDAMENTALS & OFFENSIVE SCHEMES. MOREOVER, COACH MARSH SPEAKS TO HOW TO IMPLEMENT ONE’S OFFENSE, BUILD OUT EFFICIENT Practice PlanS, HOW TO RUN EFFICIENT -AND FUN - PRACTICES, and PREPARING ONE’S GAME STRATEGY. Most IMPORTANT TO HIM ARE THE CLINICS HE GIVES ON HOW TO BUILD OUT ONE’s ‘WHY’; AKA, ONE’s COACHING PHILOSOPHY, as well as how to INCORPORATE LeaderSHIP & LIFE SKILLS INTO THE CULTURE WANTED BY TODAY’S COACHES.

*MISCELLANOUS FACTS*

Washington State Football Coalition Board - Vice President: 2019 & 2020

Positive Coaching Alliance Instructor: 2008 - Present

WIAA WASHINGTON State HIGH SCHOOL Football’S INAGURAL Seeding Committee: 2018 & 2019

Co-Designed Eastside Catholic School’s athletic complex

ONLY ONE (1) LOSING SEASON AS A HEAD OR ASSISTANT COACH IN 24 YEARS OF COACHING.

NOTE: THAT WAS WHEN coach marsh TOOK OVER A PROGRAM THAT HAD ONLY BEEN IN EXISTENCE A FEW YEARS (CEDAR PARK CHRISTIAN).

THE FOLLOWING YEAR cedar park christian UPSET A 3A TEAM (seattle prep) TO OPEN THE SEASON AND ENDED UP IN THE PLAY-OFFS.

“#1 PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY”

WHILE HEAD COACH AT EASTSIDE CATHOLIC (1999 - 2010), COACH MARSH WOULD OFTEN SAY,

“WE MAY NOT HAVE THE #1 ‘TEAM’ IN THE STATE, HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE THE #1 ‘PROGRAM’ IN THE STATE!”

COACH MARSH MADE SURE EVERY FACET OF A PLAYER’S, AS WELL AS HIS ENTIRE FAMILY’S EXPERIENCE, WAS ‘FIRST CLASS’.

BELOW ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW HE ENSURED THIS:

2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008 TURN-OUTS

COACH MARSH HAD THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF BOYS IN A HIGH SCHOOL TURNING OUT FOR FOOTBALL AT ANY CLASSIFICATION (BASED ON GRADES 10-12. HAD THEY ADDED 9TH GRADE HIS % WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN HIGHER). HE HAD OVER 65% EVERY SEASON. AVERAGING OVER 100 PLAYERS PER SEASON (GRADES 10-12). HIS 2008 TEAM HAD 34 SENIORS, FROM A FRESHMEN TEAM THAT HAD 35. THE LONE PLAYER’S FAMILY HAD TO MOVE DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS MEANING 100% OF THOSE PLAYERS THAT STARTED IN THE PROGRAM, REMAINED IN THE PROGRAM BUT FOR THE ONE.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

EVERY TUESDAY FOR THE PAST 20 SEASONS COACH MARSH WOULD TAKE HIS ENTIRE TEAM ON A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT - FROM CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL VISITS TO SERVING DINNER TO LOCAL FIRE STATIONS ON 9/11.

GUARDIAN CAPS ‘PIONEER’

KING 5 STORY ON CPC & COACH MARSH BEING THE FIRST TEAM TO USE THE GUARDIAN CAPS OUT WEST

NFL TO ALLOW GUARDIAN CAPS ON HELMETS DURING REGULAR SEASON

IN 2014 COACH MARSH WAS THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL COACH WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO IMPLEMENT ‘GUARDIAN CAPS’. NOT JUST FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS (V, JV & FRESHMEN) BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CPCJF JUNIOR FOOTBALL SYSTEM AS WELL.

KING 5 NEWS CAME OUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND RAN A FEATURE STORY ABOUT THIS NEW PROTECTIVE PAD PLAYERS WEAR OVER THEIR HELMETS TO PREVENT CONCUSSIONS. ADDING THAT COACH MARSH HAD SEEN A COLLEGE (SOUTH CAROLINA) HAD BECOME THE FIRST COLLEGE TO IMPLEMENT THEM AND WAS SOLD ON THEM IMMEDIATELY. THAT INAUGURAL (2014) SEASON, WEARING OF GUARDIAN CAPS BECAME A MANDATORY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO BE WORN AT EVERY PRACTICE, BY EVERY LEVEL. MOREOVER, THE THREE (3) YOUNGEST LEVELS OF JUNIOR FOOTBALL WERE APPROVED (ALLOWED) TO HAVE THEIR PLAYERS WEAR THEM IN GAMEA AS WELL.

THE RESULT? THEY (EVERY TEAM FROM HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY TO YOUTH PEE WEE LEVEL) HAD A COMBINED TWO (2), YES TWO, CONCUSSIONS THE ENTIRE SEASON. BETTER YET, NEITHER OF WHICH WERE THE RESULT OF ‘HELMET-TO-HELMET’ CONTACT. POINT BEING THAT APPROPRIATE TACKLING TECHNIQUES WERE BEING USED AT ALL LEVELS. TECHNIQUES THAT COACH MARSH’S STAFF HAD TAUGHT TO THE JUNIOR LEVEL COACHES.

NOTE #1: AS OF APRIL 2024, GUARDIAN CAPS ARE;

• WORN BY 300+ COLLEGES

• 3000+ HIGH SCHOOLS

• 750+ YOUTH PROGRAMS

• ALL 32 NFL TEAMS

• ALL 9 CFL TEAMS

MANDATED BY THE NFL FOR 2024 CONTACT PRACTICES.

PERMITTED BY THE NFL TO WEAR IN GAMES IF THE PLAYER CHOSES TO DO SO.

NOTE #2: COACH MARSH’S STRONG URGING FOR THEIR USE IN 7 ON 7 TOURNAMENTS HELPED MADE THEM THE STAPLE THEY ARE TODAY, NATIONWIDE.

GOING THE EXTRA MILE FOR HIS PLAYERS

IN 2005 COACH MARSH WAS FEATURED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE SEATTLE TIMES SPORTS SECTION regarding an article about him titled ‘KEEPING DREAMS ALIVE’. It was about the extra mile Coach goes FOR HIS PLAYERS. THE STORY FEATURED HOW COACH MARSH WOULD COPY & SEND OUT 100S OF VHS TAPES EACH WEEK OF THE SEASON (AND AFTER THE SEASON) TO COLLEGES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. USING HIS 10 VCRS AT HOME. How Coach would go help his players who may have found themselves in tough situations. How Coach quickly becomes the ‘Go-To’ person in the lives of his players.

As Coach Puts it, “You may not be looking for a father; But I’m gonna treat you like you’re my son!”

#1 RATED HIGHLIGHT VIDEO

COACH MARSH’S EC TEAMS HAD THE #1 RATED HIGHLIGHT VIDEOS IN THE COUNTRY. MANY BIG TIME COLLEGE HEAD FOOTBALL COACHES WOULD ASK TO WATCH THE OPENING SEQUENCE BEFORE THEY EVEN TALKED RECRUITING WHILE VISITING COACH AT SCHOOL. HIS FINAL BANQUET AT EC HAD OVER 700 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE; ALL FOR THE PREMIERE OF THAT SEASON’S HIGHLIGHT VIDEO. IT WAS SHOWN AT LINCOLN SQUARE BECAUSE COACH MARSH BELIEVES, AS HE HAS SAID MANY TIMES, THAT “THE BANQUET IS THE CELEBRATION OF LAST SEASON AND THE KICK-OFF TO NEXT SEASON AND EVERY BIT AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE OVERALL ‘EXPERIENCE’ OF AN ATHETE AND HIS FAMILY!”

THE GRIDIRON MOMS CLUB

COACH MARSH’S GRIDIRON MOM’S CLUB (GI MOMS) IS KNOWN STATE-WIDE. THIS IS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL & YOUTH PROGRAMS AT ALL 3 SYSTEMS.

THIS INCLUDES HIS WELL KNOWN ‘FOOTBALL 101/501 CLASS FOR GRIDIRON MOMS’, MOMS WEARING THE OPPOSITE GAME JERSEY AS THEIR SON ON GAME NIGHT. MOMS DOING THE GAME-DAY MEAL PREPS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.

HIS HIGHLY POPULAR (AS WELL AS HUMOROUS) ‘CLINICS’ ARE A STAPLE OF THE MANY THINGS COACH MARSH IS KNOWN FOR IN HIS PROGRAMS. INCLUDED IN HIS COURSES ARE A ‘CHALK-TALK’ SESSION, HOW TO BETTER WATCH A GAME, AND SOME FILM STUDY TO GAIN A BETTER APPRECIATION OF WHAT THEIR SON DOES.

COACH MARSH HAS EVEN BEEN KNOWN TO GIVE AWAY SECRETS SUCH AS THE FIRST PLAY HE WOULD RUN THAT SEASON.

COLLEGE & XFL COACHING OPPORTUNITIES

On three (3) different occassions Coach Marsh HAS been offered positions to Coach at the Division 1 (FBS) level. Along with the many opportunities to coach at the D1 (FCS), DII & DIII Levels. However, he chose to remain at the level he felt he could be the greatest ‘Difference Maker’ to young people. Just as his mentor, Sherman Smith, was to him.

THe schools? University of Nevada (Reno), University of Washington & The Air FOrce Academy.

Coach Marsh was also one of two finalists for the XFL Seattle Team, who wanted to have One high School Coach on the Staff. But in a strange twist of fate, because Coach Marsh felt he needed one more year to recover from his illness before taking on something of that magnitude, he withdrew his name from consideration. Which was one of his toughest career choices ever, especially given his childhood hero (Jim Zorn) was the head Coach. It proved to be the right DECISION; AS COACH MARSH BELIEVES ALL OF HIS CARRER DECISIONS HAVE BEEN BECAUSE, AS HE WILL TELL PEOPLE, “ONE CAN’t MAKE THE WRONG CHOICE AS LONG AS ONE STILL ENDS UP DOING WHAT THEY LOVE!” Which for Coach MArsh is Coaching; Regardless of the level.