Tim Marcum

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Tim Marcum
Position(s) AFL Head Coach/General Manager
Career Record 156-67
ArenaBowl
      Wins
1987 ArenaBowl I
1988 ArenaBowl II
1989 ArenaBowl III
1992 ArenaBowl VI
1995 ArenaBowl IX
1996 ArenaBowl X
2003 ArenaBowl XVII
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1987
1988-1989
1991-1993
1995-present
Denver Dynamite
Detroit Drive
Detroit Drive
Tampa Bay Storm

Tim Marcum is considered to be the most successful coach in the history of Arena Football. Winner of an AFL-record seven ArenaBowl titles, he is a member of the Sports Hall of Fame and is currently the head coach of the Tampa Bay Storm. Among his best-known pupils is Jay Gruden, who quarterbacked Marcum's teams to two of his ArenaBowl championships and is now head coach of the rival Orlando Predators.

Coaching Record

  • 1987 Denver 4-2
  • 1988 Detroit 9-3
  • 1989 Detroit 3-1
  • 1991 Detroit 9-1
  • 1992 Detroit 8-2
  • 1993 Detroit 11-1
  • 1995 Tampa Bay 10-2
  • 1996 Tampa Bay 12-2
  • 1997 Tampa Bay 8-6
  • 1998 Tampa Bay 12-2
  • 1999 Tampa Bay 11-3
  • 2000 Tampa Bay 8-6
  • 2001 Tampa Bay 10-4
  • 2002 Tampa Bay 6-8
  • 2003 Tampa Bay 12-4
  • 2004 Tampa Bay 9-7
  • 2005 Tampa Bay 9-5
  • 2006 Tampa Bay 5-8

Bold indicates ArenaBowl championship year.

[edit] Awards

Marcum has been honored with the following awards:

  • AFL Coach of the Year (1987, 1998)
  • AFL Founder's Award (2001)
  • Arena Football Hall of Fame (1998)

In 2005, the Arena Football League announced that Marcum would be suspended for four games, two in 2005 and two in 2006, for the Tampa Bay franchise's having violated the league's salary cap. He was suspended for a third game in 2006 after violating the terms of his suspension. Dave Ewart served as interim head coach, going 1-1 in 2005 and 2-1 in 2006.

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