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{{Short description|American football and basketball coach}}
{{Other people|Robert Marshall}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Robert C. Marshall
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|9|18}}
| birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|3|2|1888|9|18}}
| death_place = [[Volusia, Florida]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1918
| coach_team2 = [[Richmond Spiders football|Richmond]]
| coach_years3 = 1919
| coach_team3 = [[Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets football|Randolph–Macon]]
| coach_years4 = 1920–1921
| coach_team4 = [[Samford Bulldogs football|Howard (AL)]]
| coach_years5 = 1922–1926
| coach_team5 = Duval HS (FL)
| coach_sport6 = Basketball
| coach_years6 = 1918–1919
| coach_team6 = [[Richmond Spiders men's basketball|Richmond]]
| coach_years7 = 1920–1922
| coach_team7 = [[Samford Bulldogs men's basketball|Howard (AL)]]
| admin_years1 = 1917–1918
| admin_team1 = [[George Washington Revolutionaries|George Washington]]
| admin_years2 = 1918–1919
| admin_team2 = [[Richmond Spiders football|Richmond]]
| admin_years3 = 1919–1920
| admin_team3 = [[Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets football|Randolph–Macon]]
| admin_years4 = 1920–1922
| admin_team4 = [[Samford Bulldogs football|Howard (AL)]]
| admin_years5 = 1922–1927
| admin_team5 = Duval HS (FL)
| overall_record = 10–19–2 (football)<br>7–19 (basketball)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Robert Clarence Marshall''' (September 18, 1888 – March 2, 1972) was an American administrator and coach. He was the head football coach at Richmond College (now known as the [[University of Richmond]]) in 1918, [[Randolph–Macon College]] in 1919, and Howard College (now known as [[Samford University]]) in 1920 and 1921, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 10–19–2. Marshall was also the head basketball coach at Richmond for one season (1918–19) and at Howard for two seasons (1920–1922), compiling a career [[college basketball]] record of 7–19. From 1933 to 1941, he was the superintendent of [[Duval County Public Schools]].

==Early life==
Marshall was born on September 18, 1888.<ref name="Tampa Bay Times" /> He attended [[Wellesley High School]] in [[Wellesley, Massachusetts]] and was a member of the baseball, football and track teams at the [[University of Maine]].<ref name="Hatchet" /> He also attended the [[University of Florida]], [[Syracuse University]], Randolph–Macon College, and Howard College. He earned a bachelor of science from Howard and a master's in education from Syracuse.<ref name="Tampa Bay Times">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Know Your Candidates in School Races |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84455899/tampa-bay-times/ |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |location=[[St. Petersburg, Florida]] |date=April 25, 1948 |page=15 |access-date=August 31, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> Marshall competed in amateur athletics for many years and worked in the auditor's office of the [[Boston and Albany Railroad]] until 1912, when he was recommended for a teaching position by the [[Federated Boys' Clubs]].<ref name="Federated">{{cite journal |title=Federated Boys' Clubs Executive Council Notes |journal=Work With Boys |date=November 1912 |volume=XII |issue=IX |page=456 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tF_KAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA456&dq |access-date=30 June 2025}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1912, Marshall accepted a teaching and coaching position at the [[William George Agency for Children's Services|George Junior Republic]].<ref name="Federated" /> From 1915 to 1917, he worked at Roanoke City High School, where he led the school's baseball team to a championship. In 1917, he was named [[athletic director]] at [[George Washington University]].<ref name="Hatchet">{{cite news |title=Marshal (sic) Has Coached Many Champion Teams |url=https://archive.org/details/gwu_hatchet_19170302/mode/2up?q |access-date=30 June 2025 |work=The University Hatchet |date=March 2, 1917}}</ref> He then held the same position at the University of Richmond and Randolph–Macon College. Marshall was appointed [[athletic director]] at Howard College in August 1920.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Marshall To Lead Howard Bulldogs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84454037/the-birmingham-news/ |newspaper=[[The Birmingham News]] |location=[[Birmingham, Alabama]] |date=August 29, 1920 |page=46 |access-date=August 31, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Howard College Coach Will Direct Organized Play At Underwood Park |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84454037/the-birmingham-news/ |newspaper=[[The Birmingham News]] |location=[[Birmingham, Alabama]] |date=August 29, 1920 |page=46 |access-date=August 31, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

In 1922, Marshall was named director of athletics and coach at Duval High School in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]. He led the football team to an undefeated season in 1924.<ref>{{cite news |title=Duval Hi School Signs Up Robert Marshall Again |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GM1PAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA11&dq |access-date=30 June 2025 |work=The Evening Independent |date=June 22, 1925}}</ref> In 1927, Duval High was closed and replaced by three new high schools.<ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran Duval Coach Made Athletic Head |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rw9PAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA23&dq |access-date=30 June 2025 |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=June 14, 1927}}</ref> Marshall was principal of Julia Landon High School during the 1927–28 school year. He was then appointed to the same position at [[Riverside High School (Florida)|Robert E. Lee High School]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=In the Educational Field |journal=The Nation's Schools |date=August 1908 |volume=II |issue=2 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGlLAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA106&dq |access-date=30 June 2025}}</ref> From 1933 to 1941, he was superintendent of [[Duval County Public Schools]]. In 1948, he was a candidate for state [[Florida Department of Education|Superintendent of Public Instruction]], but lost in the Democratic primary to [[Thomas D. Bailey]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Superintendcies (sic) Of State-County Schools Nominated |url=https://archive.org/details/1948-05-14-belle-glade-herald/mode/2up?q |access-date=30 June 2025 |work=The Belle Glade Herald |date=May 14, 1948}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===Football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Richmond Spiders football|Richmond Spiders]]
 | conf      = [[South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
 | startyear = 1918
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1918 college football season|1918]]
 | name         = [[1918 Richmond Spiders football team|Richmond]]
 | overall      = 3–1–1
 | conference   = 1–0
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Richmond
 | overall    = 3–1–1
 | confrecord = 1–0
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets football|Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1919
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1919 college football season|1919]]
 | name         = Randolph–Macon
 | overall      = 1–7
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Randolph–Macon
 | overall    = 1–7
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Samford Bulldogs football|Howard Bulldogs]]
 | conf      = [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
 | startyear = 1920
 | endyear   = 1921
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1920 college football season|1920]]
 | name         = [[1920 Howard Bulldogs football team|Howard]]
 | overall      = 3–5–1
 | conference   = 2–3
 | confstanding = 14th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1921 college football season|1921]]
 | name         = [[1921 Howard Bulldogs football team|Howard]]
 | overall      = 3–6
 | conference   = 1–4
 | confstanding = T–21st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Howard
 | overall    = 6–11–1
 | confrecord = 3–7
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 10–19–2
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

===College basketball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Richmond Spiders men's basketball|Richmond Spiders]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1918
 | endyear    = 1919
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1918–19 NCAA men's basketball season|1918–19]]
 | name         = Richmond
 | overall      = 1–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Richmond
 | overall    = 1–5
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Samford Bulldogs men's basketball|Howard Bulldogs]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1920
 | endyear    = 1922
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1920–21 NCAA men's basketball season|1920–21]]
 | name         = Howard
 | overall      = 1–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season|1921–22]]
 | name         = Howard
 | overall      = 5–9
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Howard
 | overall    = 6–14
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
 | overall = 7–19
 | legend  = no
}}

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