Kennesaw State Owls head men’s basketball coach Lewis Preston announced the addition of assistant coach Marty McGillan to the program. McGillan brings with him to Kennesaw State 21 years of experience as an NCAA Division I assistant coach.

McGillan most recently spent five years as an assistant coach at Winthrop, where he helped the Eagles to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in 2008 and 2010, while mentoring three All-Big South honorees during his tenure there, as well as the 2010 Big South Defensive Player of the Year in Mantoris Robinson. This past season, he helped guide the squad to the second-best field goal percentage defense in the league.

Prior to his stay at Wright State, he was an assistant coach under Brownell at North Carolina-Wilmington, his alma mater, for four seasons, helping to guide the Seahawks to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in 2003 and 2006. His first season on the bench saw Brett Blizzard earn Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year honors, while a total of five Seahawks would earn All-CAA honors during his tenure there.

UNCW was the fifth of six programs McGillan has worked for in the Carolinas, having also spent time on staffs at College of Charleston (2001-02), The Citadel (1997-01), Coastal Carolina (1996-97) and East Carolina (1991-96). The 1992-93 campaign saw McGillan help lead his first squad to an NCAA Tournament bid, with the Pirates taking the CAA Tournament title that season while working under head coach Eddie Payne, who is now a head coach in the Atlantic Sun Conference at USC Upstate.

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