Marlon Williamson

Biography

Marlon Williamson enters his third season as an assistant coach for Rutgers men’s basketball in 2025-26. He joined the Scarlet Knights ahead of the 2023-24 season after serving as an assistant coach at Central Michigan University from 2021-23. Known as a top-tier recruiter with deep ties in Detroit, throughout Michigan, the Midwest, and the East Coast, Williamson brings over 20 years of coaching experience to Rutgers. Williamson has thrived as a recruiter for the staff and helped Pikiell welcome the 4th-best recruiting class in the Big Ten Conference and the 30th-best in the country in 2025-26 (On3.com). Before Central Michigan, Williamson spent four seasons as an assistant at Long Island University-Brooklyn (2017-21) under head coach Derek Kellogg, helping LIU to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018—the program’s first in five seasons. He previously served two seasons at the University of Pittsburgh under head coach Jamie Dixon, including an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015-16. From 2012-14, Williamson was an assistant at the University of Massachusetts under Derek Kellogg, where the Minutemen compiled a 45-21 record and made back-to-back postseason appearances. In 2013-14, UMass earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in 16 years as a No. 6 seed, finishing 24-9 overall and 10-6 in Atlantic 10 Conference play. Pikiell on Williamson’s hiring: “We are very excited to welcome Marlon to the Rutgers men’s basketball family. Marlon is an awesome family man and brings all the thing