SAN MARCOS \u2014 Four games into her 11th season with Palomar College\u2014the post-COVID comeback season\u2014Leigh Marshall\u2019s basketball team handed her the 200th win in her already celebrated career as a Comets coach.<\/p>\n
The 86-76 win at home versus Allan Hancock College came on Friday, November 19, 2021, advancing the team\u2019s record this season to 4-0.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew it was coming but I didn\u2019t know which game it was,\u201d Marshall said of the 200-win milestone. \u201cWe had some alumni there, and my team all knew. My parents were there. It\u2019s personal, obviously, but it\u2019s a milestone for the whole team, the whole program\u2014I have a really great staff that has stayed the same for nine years, which is rare at this level. And, obviously, we\u2019ve had some really good players.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marshall has been named Pacific Coast Athletic Conference \u2013 North (PCAC) Coach of the Year five times, and California State Coach of the Year twice, in 2015 and 2017. She was with the team at the state \u201cElite 8\u201d tournament in March 2020 when her 10th season was cut short by the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat Coach Marshall preaches is the culture of her program\u2014doing things the right way, the Palomar way,\u201d said Palomar\u2019s Athletic Director, Daniel Lynds. \u201cShe\u2019s proven in a short amount of time that you can have tremendous success with the right team culture. Her work with the team is reflected in an incredible win-loss record\u2014and I think the best is yet to come. This is win number 200, on her way to an even bigger number.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"