Eastern Illinois women's basketball head coach
Matt Bollant has announced the addition of
Marqus McGlothan as an assistant coach on the Panthers team. McGlothan comes to EIU with a diverse coaching background including helping to develop the games of current EIU players
Lariah Washington and
Julia Bengtson.
McGlothan was a co-founder of DTA (Development Through Athletics) Academy which is a Minnesota Basketball Training Academy with locations in St. Cloud and St. Paul. He founded the DTA Academy in 2014 and over the past eight years they have worked with some of the best athletes across the Midwest Region. The attention to detail and game situational drills have led DTA Academy to be acknowledged as one of the best trainers in the country.
"Marqus is a very talented coach who will have a great impact on our program," said Bollant. "Lariah (Washington) and Julia (Bengtson) trained with him in the summer and he helped transform their games. We are so excited to welcome him to the Panther family."
A graduate of St. Cloud State University with a bachelor's degree in 2015, McGlothan first worked at the Athlos Leadership Academy. He had one season of experience at the collegiate level working on the staff at St. Cloud State during the 2019-20 season. The team would win the Northern Southern Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Tournament Championship but was unable to compete in the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament as it was canceled due to COVID in March of 2020.
McGlothan has worked as a successful coach at the AAU level as the head coach at North Tartan Nike EYBL in Minnesota. He was named the AAU Coach of the Year in 2019 by PrepHoops.com.
