Samera Marsh comes to Wagner after spending the last three seasons at Delaware State University, where she served as the top assistant coach.
As a member of the coaching staff with the Lady Hornets, she was instrumental in recruiting the No. 1 ranked class in the conference according to ESPNW/Collegiate Girls’ Basketball Report. Serving the role as acting head coach, she led Delaware State to a 61-53 home Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) win over Florida A&M on February 15.
Delaware State recorded its highest conference finish in twelve seasons as the Lady Hornets posted an 8-8 league mark in 2020 while Sharajah Collins earned All-MEAC Third Team after the season.
In July 2020, Coach Marsh joined the Coaches 4 Change organization. C4C is an organization founded by college basketball coaches who are dedicated to helping their student-athletes, their campus, and their communities by providing a platform that engages, educates, empowers, and evolves the collegiate student-athlete on issues on social justice, systemic racism, and the power of voting in the endless pursuit of quality.
In her first season on the DSU sidelines, Marsh mentored Najai Pollard, who went on to earn MEAC Player of the Year and First-Team honors after finishing the 2018-19 season averaging 22.9 points per game, 10.3 rebounds per contest while shooting 51.0 percent from the floor.
Before her stint in Dover, DE, Coach Marsh spent two seasons as an assistant coach at LIU Brooklyn. She was pivotal in the Blackbirds’ recruiting efforts as Marsh recruited an ESPN three-star and Hooptown GTA Fab 48 selection, and No. 47 ranked player according to Next Sports Phenom Top-100 in her first season in Brooklyn.
Marsh was pivotal in the signing of Brandy Thomas, who went on to be named Northeast Conference (NEC) Rookie of the Year, Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Rookie of the Year, All-NEC Third and Rookie Team honoree in 2019.
During the 2015-16 season, Marsh was the assistant coach at Manhattan College of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), where she was part of the staff that had the fourth-largest turnaround in winning percentage (+12 wins) in the NCAA, thanks to having recruited a Top-100 point guard according to ESPN.com.
Under Marsh’s tutelage, Amani Tatum went on to capture MAAC Defensive Player of the Year honors, after recording 101 steals in 2015-16, highlighted by a season-best 11 against Saint Peter’s back on January 21.
From 2010-2015, Marsh was an assistant coach at Monroe College, one of the top junior college programs in New Rochelle, NY. She helped lead the team to a National Division II Junior College Championship in 2011 and 2012 and four District Championships from 2012-15.
During Marsh’s tenure, the Mustangs produced two national championships Most Valuable Players, four All-Americans, four Region XV Player of the Year, three NJCAA Top-40 All-Stars, and an Academic All-America honor. In all, 14 players had signed with NCAA Division I programs.
Marsh began her coaching career as an assistant at her alma mater, Saint Peter’s University, from 2008 to 2010. While in Jersey City, NJ, she helped recruit the No. 10 ESPN Elite 25 High School Girls player and an All-Ohio Division II First Teamer to the university.
Marsh, a native of the Bronx, NY, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication in 2008.
