Marlon Williamson
Assistant Coach

Phone: (718) 488-1528
Email: marlon.williamson@liu.edu

Marlon Williamson joined Derek Kellogg's staff at LIU Brooklyn as an assistant coach in 2017-18, bringing a wealth of playing and coaching experience. Williamson's addition at LIU marked a reunion on the sidelines with Kellogg, whom he spent two seasons (2012-14) with at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

During Williamson's two years at UMass, the program experienced its most success in decades, with a 45-21 overall record, recording back-to-back postseason appearances (2013 NIT and 2014 NCAA). In 2013-14, the Minutemen earned their first NCAA Tournament bid in 16 seasons, with a No. 6 seed, finished 24-9 overall and 10-6 in Atlantic 10 Conference play.

Prior to his two-year stint at UMass, Williamson spent nine years working with The Family, an AAU program based in his hometown of Detroit, Mich., where he served as President of Youth Operations and Head Coach. Williamson's duties with The Family included opponent scouting, practice scheduling, monitoring of the athlete's academic progress and counseling the players on educational programs. Some of the top players to emerge from The Family included Joe Crawford (Kentucky), Jordan Crawford (Indiana/Xavier), Chris Douglas-Roberts (Memphis), Draymond Green (Michigan State), Malik Hairston (Oregon) and James Young (Kentucky).

Williamson was a four-year letterman at Youngstown State from 1999-2003, serving as team captain during his senior season. As the starting point guard as a senior in 2003, he averaged 8.1 points, 4.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game en route to being named to the Horizon League's All-Defensive Team and YSU's team most valuable player. Over his four-year career with the Penguins, Williamson scored 379 points, dished out 199 assists and converted 45 3-pointers in 99 career games. He also starred at Detroit's Cass Tech High School.

Williamson earned a bachelor's degree in Global Studies from Youngstown State in 2012. Williamson and his wife, Angela, have a daughter, Marli.

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