Marc Taney

Biography

Joining head coach Jessica Mannetti’s staff in the summer of 2023, Marc Taney comes to Sacred Heart with vast experience in collegiate athletics and coaching, most recently served as the Interim Director of Athletics and Director of Student Involvement and Commuter Engagement at Emmanuel College in Boston. In the coaching ranks, Taney was the Women’s Basketball Head Coach and Director of Basketball Operations at Newbury College for three years. In addition to overseeing both the Nighthawks’ women’s and men’s basketball operation efforts, he recruited for the women’s team, and coached both the 2017-18 NECC Player and Rookie of the Year. In recognition of his outstanding season, Taney was named the 2017-18 NECC Coach of the Year. Taney also made assistant coaching stops at Springfield College and Keene State College. Outside the collegiate ranks, Taney is the co-founder and director of the Nike/US Sports Camp, THE Basketball Camp of Connecticut for girls, hosted annually at the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Conn. Taney completed a master’s in Sport Management from Springfield College in 2016. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from nearby Western Connecticut State University in 2014.