Brennan Marion
Brennan Randall Marion (born August 25, 1987) is an American football coach and former American football wide receiver who is currently the wide receivers coach at Hawaii. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Tulsa. At Tulsa he set the single season NCAA FBS yards-per-catch record in a single season at 31.9, and finished as the NCAA career leader at 28.7 yards-per-catch. He had back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons. After playing four seasons of college football at three different schools, Marion was eligible to be selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, but went undrafted. Marion is 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighs 185 pounds.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Wide receivers coach |
| Team | Hawaii |
| Conference | Mountain West |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 25, 1987 Hampton, Virginia |
| Alma mater | Tulsa |
| Playing career | |
| 2005 | Foothill College |
| 2006 | De Anza College |
| 2007–2008 | Tulsa |
| 2009* | Miami Dolphins |
| Position(s) | Running back, Wide Receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2011 | West Valley College (S&C) |
| 2012 | Harker School |
| 2013 | St. Patrick-St. Vincent HS |
| 2014 | Waynesboro Area HS |
| 2015 | Arizona State (OQC) |
| 2016 | Oklahoma Baptist (RB) |
| 2017–2018 | Howard (OC/QB) |
| 2018–2019 | William & Mary (OC/QB) |
| 2020–present | Hawaii (WR) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| First-team All-Conference USA (2008) Second-team All-Conference USA (2007) C-USA Newcomer of the Year (2007) Honorable mention NJCAA All-American (2006) NCAA single season yards-per-catch record (31.9) NCAA career yards-per-catch record (28.7) | |
Prep career
Marion was a four-year letter winner in football, basketball and track at Greensburg-Salem High School in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. As a senior, Marion had 23 receptions for 400 yards and four touchdowns. However, his only scholarship offer was a partial scholarship to Temple, and because of low SAT scores, he decided to attend junior college.
Junior college career
Marion began his college career at Foothill College, where he played one season as a tight end and halfback. After 2005, Marion transferred from Foothill to De Anza College in Cupertino, California, where he led all California junior college receivers with 1,196 yards and 16 touchdowns. Switching from a blocking role at Foothill to a primary receiving role at De Anza, Marion earned junior college All-America honors.
Tulsa career
In his first season at Tulsa, Marion led the nation in yards per reception at 31.9, breaking an FBS record in the process. Marion finished the season with 39 receptions for 1,244 yards and 11 touchdowns and was named Conference USA Newcomer of the Year. He was a second team All-Conference USA selection and was part of just the third team in FBS history to have three 1,000-yard receivers.
As a senior, Marion played 13 games, finishing with 43 receptions for 1,112 yards and eight touchdowns. He earned first team All-Conference USA honors, leading the nation in yards per reception for the second consecutive season. However, he suffered a torn left ACL on Tulsa's final offensive play of the Conference USA Championship Game, forcing him to miss the GMAC Bowl and any postseason all-star games.
Marion finished his FBS career averaging 28.7 yards per reception on 83 catches. That broke Wesley Walker's record for average per reception for a player with at least 75 career receptions.
Professional career
Due to his knee injury, Marion attended the 2009 NFL scouting combine but did not participate. He went undrafted in the 2009 NFL Draft, but signed a free agent contract with the Miami Dolphins. During training camp, Marion re-tore his ACL in his left knee. He was placed on injured reserve on August 4, 2009.
Coaching
Marion was the head coach of Saint Patrick Saint Vincent in Vallejo, California in 2013. In his first year he led the Bruins to a first round home playoff loss, just one year after the team finished with a 1–9 record. Marion resigned and moved to Pennsylvania to take another head coaching position at Waynesboro Area Senior High School in 2014. He led the Indians to their first winning season and divisional title in 22 years. His Indians also won 'Team of the Year' as selected by WHAG-TV.
Brennan was a quality control coach for Arizona state in 2015 & in 2016 was a running back coach at Oklahoma Baptist University, then served as Howard University's offensive coordinator in 2017 and 2018. In 2019, he followed head coach Mike London from Howard over to the College of William and Mary where he began serving as offensive coordinator.
Marion resigned from his position at William & Mary to serve as the wide receivers coach on Todd Graham's inaugural staff at Hawaii for the 2020 season.