Chris Marshall, a former NCAA Division I swimmer, joined the Emory University varsity coaching staff in fall 2004. Previously, Marshall served at Emory for one year as the coach for the women's junior varsity team.
With Marshall on the coaching staff, the Emory women's team won National Championships in 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2011, while the men recorded second-place national finishes in 2005 and 2009, and third-place national finishes in 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2011. Neither team has finished worse than fourth nationally since he came to the school. He has helped the Eagles' swimmers to 16 individual and nine relay National Champions, in addition to 410 All-America certificates.
Since joining the Eagles, Marshall has helped the team maintain its role as the dominant team in the University Athletic Association (UAA), winning the conference title in each of his seven seasons. He was part of the conference coaching staff of the year in 2007 and 2011, and has coached six conference swimmers of the year and six conference rookies of the year.
Marshall swam two years at NCAA Division I Lehigh (PA) before transferring to NCAA Division I Florida State University. He earned four varsity letters in high school at Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida.
Since moving to Atlanta in 1997, Marshall has been involved with the Dynamo Masters swimming program. He began as a swimmer, but in 1999 became an assistant coach for Dynamo Masters.
Marshall graduated from Florida State University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering. He later earned a Master's of Science degree in manufacturing engineering from FSU in 1997.
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