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Marlin Chinn

Marlin Chinn joined the Blue Star Family in the Summer of 2018 after a tremendous college coaching career as one of the top recruiters in the country. Chinn had a short stint at Florida International University, but prior to he was one of the most sought after recruiters on the eastern seabord.

Chinn, finished his sixth season as an assistant coach at Maryland, helped lead the Terrapins to a 34-3 record his last season, a Big Ten Championship title, a No. 1 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament and a Final Four appearance. The tournament appearance was the fifth for Chinn in six years as the top assistant of the program. The Terps tournament berths have resulted in two Elite Eights and three Sweet Sixteens during Chinn’s tenure.

Chinn has helped Maryland sign four recruiting classes that have ranked in the top-10 nationally, as well as in the recruitment and coaching of three-time ACC Player of the Year, Alyssa Thomas. In 2012, College Insiders named Chinn as one of the nation’s top-10 assistant coaches, after being recognized in the top-20 in the year prior in 2011.

Chinn arrived in College Park after four seasons as an assistant coach at Seton Hall from 2005 to 2009, including the final three seasons as the program’s top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. In his second season on Phyllis Mangina’s staff at Seton Hall in 2006-07, he helped the program to its first winning record in Big East play in six years and a 13-win improvement over the previous season.

During his five seasons at Seton Hall, Chinn helped secure a top-30 nationally ranked recruiting class in 2007, in addition to recruiting a pair of Big East All-Rookie Team selections, and two Big East All-Conference performers.

Chinn previously spent seven seasons as the top assistant coach at Mount St. Mary’s from 1998 to 2005. With the program, he helped lead the Mountaineers to two NEC regular season championships in 1998-99 and 2000-01. Chinn was instrumental in the recruitment of five Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team selections, including the 2005 NEC Rookie of the Year.

Chinn is a member of both the Black Coaches Association (BCA) and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). He was selected to participate in the 2007 BCA Achieving Coaching Excellence (ACE) program for ethnic minority male and female basketball coaches. In the summer of 2011, Chinn returned to speak at the annual BCA Conference.

Chinn is a native of Washington, D.C. and graduated from Hampton University with a B.S. in accounting. He and his family reside in Georgia.