Marlon Sears

Marlon Sears starts his fourth year and third season as head coach of the Amherst College men's basketball program in 2023-2024. In his two years at Amherst, Sears's basketball teams have reached the NESCAC Quarterfinals both years. He also coached Garrett Day '22 to a Second Team All-NESCAC selection.

Before rejoining Columbia in 2019, Sears served as the head coach at Division III Montclair State (N.J.) University from 2015-19, where he led the Red Hawks to some of the most successful seasons in the program's history. His teams compiled a 59-46 record (.561 winning percentage) and Sears mentored seven All-Academic honorees, six All-Conference players and a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) and D3hoops.com Regional Rookie of the Year. The Red Hawks' 18 wins during the 2017-18 season marked the highest win total for the program in seven seasons, while its 79.1 points per contest was the program's highest single-season average in 24 years. In 2018-19, Sears guided MSU to the top of the Division III leaderboard in rebounding margin at 12.2 per contest.

Prior to his time at Montclair State, Sears spent seven years coaching in the Ivy League, as an assistant at both Columbia University and Cornell University (2009-15).

As a player, Sears was named a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American following his senior season in which he averaged 22 points, nine rebounds and six assists per game. Sears earned a bachelor of science degree in communications from Newman University in Wichita, Kan.

Marlon Sears' Coaching Career
2020: Amherst College (Head Coach)
2019-2020: Columbia University (Associate Head Coach)
2015-2019: Montclair State University (Head Coach)
2010-2015: Cornell University (Assistant Coach)
2009-2010: Columbia University (Assistant Coach)
2008-2009: High Point University (Assistant Coach)
2006-2008: Wagner College (Assistant Coach)
2001-2006: Binghamton University (Assistant Coach)