Austin Marsden spent four seasons with the Bison as an assistant coach, joining the staff in August of 2019 and coaching through the completion of the 2022-23 season.
In four seasons with the Bison, Marsden has helped develop heavyweight Brandon Metz into a three-time NCAA National Championship qualifier, along with three placing finishes in the Big 12 Championships. Marsden has also helped in the development of Owen Pentz, who is a three-time national qualifier, who pulled of a trio of top two upsets in his first three seasons with the Bison.
Marsden, a native of Crystal Lake, Ill., served as an assistant coach at the University of Buffalo from 2017 to 2019. He helped to develop Bulls’ heavyweight Jake Gunning into a NCAA qualifier during his stay.
Marsden was a four-year letterwinner at national powerhouse Oklahoma State where he compiled a career-record of 108-22 as a heavyweight with 40 bonus-point wins (19 major decisions, five tech falls and 16 falls). He went 37-8 in duals matches for the Cowboys over his career and was a three-time Big 12 champion. Marsden was an NCAA qualifier all four seasons and was an All-American in 2014 and 2016.
Following graduation, Marsden spent the 2016-17 season as a volunteer assistant at Army West Point. He helped lead the Black Knights to a 7-5 dual meet record – their most dual wins since the 2013-14 season. Army West Point had four wrestlers compete at the 2017 NCAA Championships in St. Louis.
