Mark Campbell (basketball)

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Mark Campbell
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamTCU
ConferenceBig 12
Record20–11 (.645)
Biographical details
Born (1980-03-25) March 25, 1980 (age 44)
Bellingham, Washington
Playing career
1998–1999Cal Poly
1999–2000Clackamas CC
2001–2003Hawaii
Position(s)Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Men's basketball
2005–2007Clackamas CC (assistant)
2007–2008Pepperdine (assistant)
2008–2009Saint Mary's (DBO)
2009–2010Saint Mary's (assistant)
Women's basketball
2010–2013Oregon State (assistant)
2013–2014Oregon State (associate HC)
2014–2015Oregon (assistant)
2015–2021Oregon (associate HC)
2021–2023Sacramento State
2023–presentTCU
Head coaching record
Overall59–34 (.634)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big Sky regular season champion (2023)
Big Sky tournament champion (2023)
Awards
Big Sky Coach of the Year (2023)

Mark Campbell (born March 25, 1980)[1] is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at TCU.

Playing career[edit]

Campbell initially played at Cal Poly before transferring to Clackamas Community College.[2] At Clackamas, he led the nation in assists at 10.2 per game before transferring out to Hawaii to finish his career.[3]

Coaching career[edit]

Campbell started his coaching career at Clackamas Community College as a volunteer assistant before going on to coach at Pepperdine as an assistant. He went on to coach at Saint Mary's for two seasons before turning to coaching women's basketball.[2]

Campbell was named an assistant coach at Oregon State in 2011, where he began to establish himself as one of the nation's top recruiters, earning a promotion to associate head coach during his tenure.[4]

Oregon[edit]

Campbell was hired as an assistant at Oregon in 2014, and was promoted to associate head coach in 2015.[5][6] At Oregon, he played a critical role in the Ducks landing top recruits such as Sabrina Ionescu, Satou Sabally and Ruthy Hebard as well as helping the Ducks land the number-one recruiting class in the country in 2020.[7][8]

Sacramento State[edit]

Campbell was named the head coach at Sacramento State in 2021.[9]

TCU[edit]

Campbell was named the head coach at TCU on March 21, 2023.

Head coaching record[edit]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Sacramento State Hornets (Big Sky Conference) (2021–2023)
2021–22 Sacramento State 14–16 10–10 7th
2022–23 Sacramento State 25–7 13–5 T–1st NCAA First Round
Sacramento State: 39–23 (.629) 23–15 (.605)
TCU Horned Frogs (Big 12 Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24 TCU 20–11 6–12 T–9th WBIT
TCU: 20–11 (.645) 6–12 (.333)
Total: 59–34 (.634)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life[edit]

Campbell is married to the former Ashley Smith, a former basketball player at Vanderbilt.[3] The couple have two daughters, Maley and Makay.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Adam Linens [@HoopStrength] (March 25, 2019). "Happy birthday to my guy @GoDucksMC ! Enjoy your day and keep getting them W's" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b "Mark Campbell's tireless approach helping Oregon women's basketball turn corner". Daily Emerald. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Guards that go together". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Mark Campbell Promoted To @OregonStateWBB Associate Head Coach". Oregon State University Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ "OSU women's basketball: Campbell leaves coaching staff for Oregon". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Mark Campbell Promoted to Associate Head Coach". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ^ "A great reward: Oregon Ducks women's basketball secures future, lands international star". The Oregonian. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Ducks assistant Mark Campbell hired as Sacramento State head coach". NBC Sports Northwest. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  9. ^ "MARK CAMPBELL NAMED SACRAMENTO STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH". Sacramento State Athletics. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Meet Mark Campbell, the sixth women's basketball coach in Sacramento State history". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

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