With more than a decade and a half of experience in the athletic strength and conditioning field, Daniel Marshall was appointed the strength and conditioning coach for the San Diego State men's basketball program on June 29, 2023. He has also worked with the Aztecs' women's golf program.
Marshall, a native of Phoenix, Ariz., spent the past five years as assistant sports performance coach at Arizona State University. He worked primarily with men's basketball as well as the women’s triathlon program. In that time, the triathlon team won four consecutive national team championships and three individuals earned national championships.
In his five years at the Tempe, Ariz., campus, the men’s basketball program earned two NCAA bids, in 2018-19 and last year, and reached the second round each time, won a total of 91 games, and in three of those years won at least 20 games. Four of his pupils at ASU have competed in the NBA, including the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Lu Dort and former Aztec Zylan Cheatham as well as 2021 Houston Rockets draft pick Josh Christopher.
Among his charges who earned All-Pac-12 honors are Cheatham (2018-19) and Remy Martin (2019-20), both of which were first-team designees. He also worked with five second and third-team performers.
Prior to his move to ASU, Marshall, spent four seasons at the University of Rhode Island (2014-15 to 2017-18) as the strength coach for men's basketball, men's & women's track & field, men’s golf and the women’s rowing programs; the final two years he was the Director of Basketball, handling all strength, conditioning and recovery for the Rams men’s and women’s basketball programs. Under head basketball coach Dan Hurley, Rhode Island won 91 games in those four years, an average of just under 23 victories per year and competed in the postseason in three of those seasons, including back-to-back appearances, in 2017 and 2018, in the NCAA Tournament. Jared Terrell, who played in the NBA, and Jeff Dowtin Jr., currently with the Toronto Raptors, worked with Marshall at Rhode Island.
Marshall spent the 2013-14 season as a strength and conditioning associate with the NBA's Chicago Bulls. In Chicago, he designed the strength and conditioning programs for Jimmy Butler, an NBA All-Defensive Second-Team selection. In addition, he programmed and coached sprinting and lateral movement training sessions for Rose during his rehabilitation process.
Marshall spent the nine months prior to his time with the Bulls as a performance specialist with Athletes’ Performance, now EXOS, in Shanghai, China. He was responsible for designing all aspects of strength and conditioning programs for Shanghai’s track and field athletes and the shooting and gymnastics teams. He also assisted with the women’s handball team, women’s volleyball, junior women’s basketball team, as well as women’s and junior women’s soccer. The athletes he worked with won three gold, four silver and three bronze medals at the Chinese National Games. In addition, he served as a performance specialist intern with Athletes' Performance, from September 2012 through December 2012, in Carson, California. In that position, he worked with eventual 29-seed Sloane Stephens in the lead up to her 2013 win over 3-seed Serena Williams in the quarterfinal round that year’s Australian Open.
A 2008 graduate of the University of Arizona, with a bachelor’s degree in physical education, he completed a master's degree in athletic administration from the University of Oklahoma in 2011. In addition, he has a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) designation from the National Strength and Conditioning Association NSCA and a USA Weightlifting (USAW) Level 1 certification.
Marshall, a native of Phoenix, Ariz., spent the past five years as assistant sports performance coach at Arizona State University. He worked primarily with men's basketball as well as the women’s triathlon program. In that time, the triathlon team won four consecutive national team championships and three individuals earned national championships.
In his five years at the Tempe, Ariz., campus, the men’s basketball program earned two NCAA bids, in 2018-19 and last year, and reached the second round each time, won a total of 91 games, and in three of those years won at least 20 games. Four of his pupils at ASU have competed in the NBA, including the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Lu Dort and former Aztec Zylan Cheatham as well as 2021 Houston Rockets draft pick Josh Christopher.
Among his charges who earned All-Pac-12 honors are Cheatham (2018-19) and Remy Martin (2019-20), both of which were first-team designees. He also worked with five second and third-team performers.
Prior to his move to ASU, Marshall, spent four seasons at the University of Rhode Island (2014-15 to 2017-18) as the strength coach for men's basketball, men's & women's track & field, men’s golf and the women’s rowing programs; the final two years he was the Director of Basketball, handling all strength, conditioning and recovery for the Rams men’s and women’s basketball programs. Under head basketball coach Dan Hurley, Rhode Island won 91 games in those four years, an average of just under 23 victories per year and competed in the postseason in three of those seasons, including back-to-back appearances, in 2017 and 2018, in the NCAA Tournament. Jared Terrell, who played in the NBA, and Jeff Dowtin Jr., currently with the Toronto Raptors, worked with Marshall at Rhode Island.
Marshall spent the 2013-14 season as a strength and conditioning associate with the NBA's Chicago Bulls. In Chicago, he designed the strength and conditioning programs for Jimmy Butler, an NBA All-Defensive Second-Team selection. In addition, he programmed and coached sprinting and lateral movement training sessions for Rose during his rehabilitation process.
Marshall spent the nine months prior to his time with the Bulls as a performance specialist with Athletes’ Performance, now EXOS, in Shanghai, China. He was responsible for designing all aspects of strength and conditioning programs for Shanghai’s track and field athletes and the shooting and gymnastics teams. He also assisted with the women’s handball team, women’s volleyball, junior women’s basketball team, as well as women’s and junior women’s soccer. The athletes he worked with won three gold, four silver and three bronze medals at the Chinese National Games. In addition, he served as a performance specialist intern with Athletes' Performance, from September 2012 through December 2012, in Carson, California. In that position, he worked with eventual 29-seed Sloane Stephens in the lead up to her 2013 win over 3-seed Serena Williams in the quarterfinal round that year’s Australian Open.
A 2008 graduate of the University of Arizona, with a bachelor’s degree in physical education, he completed a master's degree in athletic administration from the University of Oklahoma in 2011. In addition, he has a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) designation from the National Strength and Conditioning Association NSCA and a USA Weightlifting (USAW) Level 1 certification.