Scott Marr is an American

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coach. He is currently the head coach for the

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Great Danes men's lacrosse team. He previously served as the offensive coordinator at the

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and

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. Marr led the Great Danes to the school's first ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2003. In 2007, Albany won its first NCAA tournament game, and the

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named Marr the Coach of the Year.

College career

Marr was raised in Yorktown, New York, where he earned high school All-America honors in lacrosse. He attended college at

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, from which he received a B.S. in behavioral science in 1991. Marr played lacrosse for the Blue Jays, and his career highlights included winning the NCAA championship in

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and advancing to the final in

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.Head Coach Scott Marr
University of Albany, retrieved May 24, 2010.

Coaching career

Assistant coach

Marr's first coaching experience was as an offensive coordinator at the

from 1992 to 1994. The Blue Hens secured the North Atlantic Conference championship each year of his tenure there. Marr then served as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator under

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at the

from 1995 to 2000. In that period, the Terrapins advanced to the NCAA tournament final in

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, and

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. The NCAA suspended Marr for two games for "unsportsmanlike behavior" directed at officiating staff during the 1998 championship game against

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University at Albany

Marr took over as head coach at the

for the 2001 season. In 2002, his Great Danes captured the America East Conference regular season championship, and Marr was voted as the conference Coach of the Year. The following year, Albany made its first appearance in the NCAA tournament. The Great Danes won the America East Conference tournament each season from 2003 to 2005, and with it earned an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. After falling in the 2006 America East championship game, Albany returned to claim the conference title and an NCAA appearance in

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. Fifth-seeded Albany then defeated Loyola in the first round for the first NCAA tournament win in school history. The Great Danes fell to

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in overtime in the NCAA quarterfinals, and Albany finished the season with a 15–3 record, the best in school history. Marr was named the 2007

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Coach of the Year. Marr expressed an interest in the Maryland head coaching job after

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was forced out in 2010: "I've always said it's a school that I would seriously consider if it did open up," but added, "I'm really excited about being at Albany ... I have no reason to move." The position, however, ultimately went to former

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head coach John Tillman.

International competition

In 2006, Marr served as an assistant coach for the

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, which secured the silver at the

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. Marr served as the assistant coach for the Iroquois nationals at the

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Personal life

Marr has two children, Kyle and Jordyn, who played lacrosse at

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. He also has a younger daughter Keeley who will be a senior at Shen this year. As of 2018 Kyle played college lacrosse for

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. Daughter Jordyn was a Captain for the women’s lacrosse team at UAlbany in 2019 and was an America East Scholar athlete. Scott's brother, Dave Marr, also played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins University.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marr, Scott Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American lacrosse players Albany Great Danes men's lacrosse coaches Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse players Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse coaches People from Yorktown, New York