Tim Marcum
| Personal information | |
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| Born: | February 10, 1944 1967 |
| Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 184–87 (.679) |
| Postseason: | 27-12 (.692) |
| Career: | 211–99 (.681) |
Tim Marcum (February 10, 1944 – December 5, 2013) was an American
, NFL and the Arena Football League.Marcum head coached in eleven ArenaBowl championship games, winning seven.[2] Marcum was one of two men to win seven ArenaBowls (the other being Omarr Smith, who was a member of Marcum's 2003 championship team); and the only man to win seven ArenaBowls as a head coach (no other head coach won more than four). He was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 1998.[3] Marcum was one of the most successful coaches in the history of the sport of indoor football, and is considered the greatest coach in the Arena Football League's 32-year history.
Early life and education
Marcum was born February 10, 1944, in Roscoe, Texas. He attended Snyder High School.[4]
Marcum attended McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, where he quarterbacked the Indians.[5] Under the guidance of future College Football Hall of Fame coach Grant Teaff, Marcum started the 1965 and 67 seasons for the Indians, leading them to a 5–13–2 record.[6]
Career
Following a largely unremarkable early coaching career serving primarily as a collegiate and USFL assistant, Marcum became the coach of the Denver Dynamite, one of the original AFL franchises, and led them to the championship of the first-ever ArenaBowl, but the team suspended operations after its initial season in 1987. Not waiting for the Dynamite to resume operations (which they later did for three years starting in 1989), he then went on to coach the
On February 17, 2011, Marcum resigned as head coach and
Death
On December 5, 2013, Marcum died at a hospice in Citrus County, Florida.[9] The Arena Football League dedicated its 2014 Hall of Fame Weekend to Marcum's memory, with each player uniform bearing a navy and gold "TM" patch.[10]
See also
- List of National Football League head coaches with 200 wins
References
- ^ "Tim Marcum". www.mindclay.tv/tampabaystorm.com. Tampa Bay Storm. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^ Eric R. Ivie (March 12, 2012). "New Orleans VooDoo Add Tim Marcum to Coaching Staff". www.sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo!. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^ "Arena Football League Hall of Fame". www.arenafootball.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^ Brandon Wright (December 5, 2013). "Arena League, Storm icon Marcum dies". www.tampabay.com. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ^ "Tim Marcum". www.hs.snyder.esc14.net. Snyder Hall of Honor. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ^ "AFL Q&A: Tampa Bay Storm Coach Tim Marcum". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 5, 2004. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ^ Joe Smith (February 17, 2011). "Tim Marcum resigns as Tampa Bay Storm coach and general manager". www.tampabay.com. Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
- ^ Tom Korun (February 17, 2011). "Tampa Bay Storm coach Tim Marcum resigns". www.abcactionnews.com. WFTS-TV. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
- ^ Eddie Daniels (December 5, 2013). "Former Storm coach Tim Marcum dies". www.tbo.com. TAMPA MEDIA GROUP, LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ^ CBS Sports Network (April 26, 2014)