Kerby Marshall
Head Coach
mmarshall@paine.edu
Paine
Division 2
Head Coach
mmarshall@paine.edu
Paine
Division 2
Marshall comes to the program from Edward Waters College, in Jacksonville, FL where he was head coach for six years. The 2015 campaign proved to be a challenging one for Marshall and the Lions. His team recorded an overall 19-22 record, 12-6 SIAC record, and advanced to the 2015 SIAC Baseball Tournament. As the head coach of the Lions, Marshall's team has achieved similar success off the diamond. The team has received the Team Leadership Award in 2013-14 and 2014-15. His players have also earned individual accolades under his leadership. Dalton Self received President's Cup in 2013-14, John Hyer received Athletic Director award in 2013-14, and Jon-Tyler Shaw received the President's Cup for the 2014-15 season. During his tenure at Edward Waters, from 2005-2011, Coach Marshall led his team to four consecutive 20 plus win seasons, two 35 plus win seasons and a trip to the NAIA championships in 2011. Last season, Marshalls team finished the season with a 37-24 overall record and recorded the first postseason trip in the history of Edward Waters College Baseball. Coach Marshall was named NAIA unaffiliated conference Coach of the Year, and received number one rankings in Black College Baseball for NAIA and NCAA Division II baseball. Also under his tutelage at Edward Waters College, Coach Marshall helped produce the schools first player selected for the Major League Draft (Charles Thomas/Chicago Cubs-2009). In 2008, Coach Marshalls team set the school record of 35 wins and received their first national ranking in NAIA Top 25 poll. Coach Marshall has also spent time working as an assistant area scout for the Florida Marlins. The Jacksonville, FL native is a graduate of Englewood High School, where he was a three-sport letterman, and received a double scholarship to play basketball and baseball at Shaw University, in Raleigh, NC, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management in 1992. As a student athlete, Marshall earned baseball MVP honors in his junior and senior seasons, and was also named to the All-CIAA conference honorable mention team. Coach Marshalls coaching career began at Ribault Middle School, where he coached baseball and basketball for a year, and then moved to the high school level, where he coached baseball from 1998-2005. While at Ribault, he was instrumental in teaching the game of baseball to inner city youth, who were not exposed to the sport. He coached his middle school basketball team to a 12-0 record championship, and his baseball team finished the season with a 13-2 overall record. Once coach Marshall transitioned to high school, several of his players received baseball scholarships to Alcorn State University, Shaw University, and Lake City Community College. Melvin LeKerby Marshall (Kerby) enters his fifth year as head baseball coach for Paine College. Marshall comes to the program from Edward Waters College, in Jacksonville, FL where he was head coach for six years. The 2015 campaign proved to be a challenging one for Marshall and the Lions. His team recorded an overall 19-22 record, 12-6 SIAC record, and advanced to the 2015 SIAC Baseball Tournament. As the head coach of the Lions, Marshall's team has achieved similar success off the diamond. The team has received the Team Leadership Award in 2013-14 and 2014-15. His players have also earned individual accolades under his leadership. Dalton Self received President's Cup in 2013-14, John Hyer received Athletic Director award in 2013-14, and Jon-Tyler Shaw received the President's Cup for the 2014-15 season. During his tenure at Edward Waters, from 2005-2011, Coach Marshall led his team to four consecutive 20 plus win seasons, two 35 plus win seasons and a trip to the NAIA championships in 2011. Last season, Marshalls team finished the season with a 37-24 overall record and recorded the first postseason trip in the history of Edward Waters College Baseball. Coach Marshall was named NAIA unaffiliated conference Coach of the Year, and received number one rankings in Black College Baseball for NAIA and NCAA Division II baseball. Also under his tutelage at Edward Waters College, Coach Marshall helped produce the schools first player selected for the Major League Draft (Charles Thomas/Chicago Cubs-2009). In 2008, Coach Marshalls team set the school record of 35 wins and received their first national ranking in NAIA Top 25 poll. Coach Marshall has also spent time working as an assistant area scout for the Florida Marlins. The Jacksonville, FL native is a graduate of Englewood High School, where he was a three-sport letterman, and received a double scholarship to play basketball and baseball at Shaw University, in Raleigh, NC, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management in 1992. As a student athlete, Marshall earned baseball MVP honors in his junior and senior seasons, and was also named to the All-CIAA conference honorable mention team. Coach Marshalls coaching career began at Ribault Middle School, where he coached baseball and basketball for a year, and then moved to the high school level, where he coached baseball from 1998-2005. While at Ribault, he was instrumental in teaching the game of baseball to inner city youth, who were not exposed to the sport. He coached his middle school basketball team to a 12-0 record championship, and his baseball team finished the season with a 13-2 overall record. Once coach Marshall transitioned to high school, several of his players received baseball scholarships to Alcorn State University, Shaw University, and Lake City Community College.