Men’s Basketball Head Coach Marcus Kahn
Men’s Basketball Head Coach Marcus received the 2026 Glenn Robinson National Coach of the Year award, which is presented annually to the top head coach in NCAA Division III college basketball. Read more in The Free Lance-Star.
Kahn has been featured, along with many of his players, in the media recently leading up to the team’s appearance in the NCAA Division III National Championship game. He was heavily featured by WJLA in a piece titled “Mary Washington men’s basketball heads to NCAA DIII National Championship for the first time.” In the piece, Kahn told 7News Sports Anchor Natalie Spala, “We’re on this stage for a reason. We belong in this game. I think we’ve proven we can play with anybody.” Read more from WJLA.
Other media mentions for Kahn include:
The air ball that won a D-III national championship: ‘The failure of a lifetime’ (The New York Times)
Mary Washington’s Kye Robinson could not fathom that his chance to win a national title would unravel like this, with a slip. Read more in The New York Times.
Colin Mitchell’s buzzer beater gives Mary Washington first NCAA Division III title in win vs Emory (Indy Star; Yahoo Sports)
Mary Washington’s first Division III championship came in dramatic fashion. Mary Washington took down Emory, which was also in search of its first national championship 75-73 in the waning seconds at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Sunday. Read more from Yahoo Sports.
Mary Washington player and coach react to national title win (WTVR)
Before last night’s Division III National Title game against Emory, Colin Mitchell had nine more two-point baskets this season than you did. Read more from WTVR.
UMW Men’s Basketball Clinches National Title in Dramatic Fashion (Northern Virginia Magazine)
The University of Mary Washington men’s basketball team has claimed victory with its first national championship win. The UMW Eagles defeated Emory University 75–73 on Sunday to claim the NCAA Division III title. Read more in Northern Virginia Magazine.
The Wrath of Kahn: UMW men’s basketball wins first-ever national championship (The Free Lance-Star)
The University of Mary Washington athletics department Twitter/X account put it perfectly on Sunday evening. Read more in The Free Lance-Star.
UMW Men’s Basketball Head Coach Named NCAA Division III Coach of the Year (Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce)
University of Mary Washington Head Coach Marcus Kahn has received the 2026 Glenn Robinson National Coach of the Year award, which is presented annually to the top head coach in NCAA Division III college basketball. Read more from Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Kye Robinson, Colin Mitchell help Mary Washington edge Emory 75-73 for 1st D-III championship (WHAS11; WJLA; AP News; SFGATE; WDRB; Watertown Daily Times; ESPN)
Kye Robinson scored 27 points and Colin Mitchell scored on a putback at the buzzer as Mary Washington withstood a furious Emory rally for a 75-73 victory on Sunday to win its first Division III championship. Read more from ESPN.
‘The most remarkable thing that’s ever happened here:’ Former UMW coach, alumni ‘over the moon’ with title run (Fredericksburg Free Press)
After the University of Mary Washington men’s basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division III Elite 8 in 2014, then-head coach Rod Wood thought to himself, “this shouldn’t have happened.” Read more in Fredericksburg Free Press.
A Virginia team heads to the NCAA’s division III championship (WVTF)
The Eagles have had a spectacular season in spite of the disadvantages they faced at the outset. As a division III school, Mary Washington is not allowed to offer athletic scholarships, and coach Marcus Kahn says that hurts when it comes to recruiting. Read more from WVTF.
Men’s College Hoops (WTOP)
University of Mary Washington coach Marcus Kahn takes Division III National Coach of the Year honors. His Eagles play for the Division III championship on Sunday.
March was truly madness for UMW’s Robinson, family (Fredericksburg Free Press)
The mother of University of Mary Washington star guard Kye Robinson spent the early part of the month with her rooting interests split between two sons playing for two different schools in the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament. Read more in the Fredericksburg Free Press.
Eagles sit one win away from first-ever national championship (The Free Lace-Star)
University of Mary Washington men’s basketball sophomores Ulysses Young and Kye Robinson have been through the gauntlet of questions in recent days. Read more in The Free Lance-Star.
Live from Indy with DIII National Champion Contender Mary Washington Eagles! (ESPN 106.1)
Coach Marcus Kahn is interviewed by Jack Fitzpatrick. Listen on ESPN 106.1.
‘Surreal’ NCAA tournament run is a reality for UMW men’s basketball coaches (The Free Lance-Star)
When University of Mary Washington men’s basketball head coach Marcus Kahn and assistant coach Mark Sansone first stepped on campus in Fredericksburg 12 years ago, conversations revolved around one thing: a national championship. Read more in The Free Lance-Star.
On the Eve of a National Title: Coach Marcus Kahn on Mary Washington’s Run (Julian Brown on the Nova Hoops Legend podcast )
Coach Kahn shares a thoughtful and detailed look at the current state of the college game before taking us inside this year’s Mary Washington team—how it has evolved from last season, the defining moments of their tournament run, and the players who have driven their success. Read more on the Nova Hoops Legend podcast.
PODCAST: Coffee Shop Talk with UMW men’s basketball coach Marcus Kahn (Fredericksburg Free Press)
Over black coffee at For Five on the campus of the University of Mary Washington, host Joey LoMonaco and coach Kahn talk about the Eagles’ run to the Division III national championship game on Sunday, in Indianapolis. Listen on Fredericksburg Free Press.
Division III Men’s Hoops (WTOP)
University of Mary Washington and Fredericksburg, Virginia playing Emory for the national title in five days. Eagles coach Marcus Kahn shares with me what it’s like to have March Madness reach his campus.
For Eagles’ Bates, Randall, on-court chemistry is elementary (Fredericksburg Free Press)
Kaden Bates can’t recall the exact school event — it might have been an orientation — but he was in fifth grade at T. Clay Wood Elementary in Prince William County when he first spotted Jay Randall. Read more in the Fredericksburg Free Press.
How a Prince William pipeline fueled Mary Washington’s national title hopes (Inside NoVa)
The University of Mary Washington’s men’s basketball team enters Sunday’s NCAA Division III championship game well represented by Prince William. Of the 15 players on the roster, five are from the western part of the county: Jay Randall, Kaden Bates and Ethan Kacou (Patriot), Hassan Hammad (Battlefield) and Preston White (Gainesville). Read more in Inside NoVa.
Prince William quintet plays key roles for Mary Washington (Inside NoVa)
All five Prince William players bring something different to Mary Washington’s men’s basketball team. Read more in Inside NoVa.
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