BREAKING NEWS: Marshall's Jerry DeLaurie resigns
Marshall boys basketball coach Jerry DeLaurie has resigned, Marshall athletic director Jason Taylor confirmed. "The administration has accepted his resignation and wishes coach DeLaurie well," Taylor said. DeLaurie spent three seasons at Marshall, leading the Eagles to a 57-25 record and a trip to the semifinals and quarterfinals appearences in the CIF-Southern Section playoffs. DeLaurie cited a tenous schedule for his resignation. His duties as physical education teacher has increased at David Starr Middle School in the Burbank Unified School District. "It's tough to get over (to Marshall)," DeLaurie said. "The first year was tough but I had a lot of seniors coming back and I hung in there for one more year, for them." DeLaurie said there were some minor issues in his short tenure at Marshall "but I got over them," he said. "Not having a gym, that's pretty tough," DeLaurie said. "But the main reason is I teach in Burbank. It just wasn't fair for the kids to wait until I arrived." There is an opening at Burroughs High and DeLaurie confirmed he will inquire about that position. In his first season at Marshall, DeLaurie was the athletic director at AGBU in Canoga Park, and in that capacity it was easier for him to leave for games at Marshall. The following year, DeLaurie left AGBU to teach in Burbank. "Last year was tough and this last season was even tougher," DeLaurie said. Marshall athletic director Jason Taylor said the school will begin looking for DeLaurie's replacement. "Ideally we would like to hire a credentialed teacher but we will be considering walk-on applicants as well," Taylor said. "We're seeking to select a candidate that has experience managing a multiple-level basketball program. "Are we going to rush through the interview process? No. But at the same time our goal is to have the new coach in place before the school year ends, which is approximately 6-8 weeks from now."
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This stuff is so funny Supporter aka coach Delaurie, Parent aka Mrs. Delaurie and of course TTurp as Great News you guys crack me up. However I will say Marshall basketball has again become insignificant in the city and area under coach Delaurie.
Parent or Support guess not huh? LOL
It is interesting supporter or parent you did not refute anything Been There stated. Was Marshall the 2nd best team in the city when Delaurie took over? I'll answer, yes. To piggyback on what you said about Gorgan, yes he was partial to Strings no doubt out it. On the other hand how many kids received scholarship while playing for Delaurie? Let me help you out, none. How many under Gorgan? I can count 5 or 6. Yes kids came to Marshall to play for Gorgan and now that he is gone so are the kids that came to play for him. Interesting Delaurie leaves the same time Grogans players do so apparently no player respects him enough to come play for him. Did Marshall play good teams and have respect around the area under Gorgan, yes. Does Marshall now play less talented teams and are considered a joke program again, yes. Also you state Gorgan did not care about the kids, wow. I am in contact with many of the kids he coached and to a man they all still have good continued contact with him. As a matter of fact he just got one of his ex players that he has not coached in years a scholarship.
So supporter or parent is this program better today or a few years ago. I’ll answer that too, a few years ago. I spoke to one of the player from about 5 or 6 years ago and he was so disappointed Marshall plays the schedule they do because of how hard they worked playing good teams to get respect. Marshall came in 3rd behind Sierra Canyon who they blew out last year and CAMS a team they beat 90, 90 four years ago. So much for player development.
I guess you were referring to me when you made the statement about trying to tear this guy down for 3 years, funny. By the way what does Blair have to do with Marshall? Also let's not talk about Blair because that caught in the gym allegation will come up and I know you don't want that. Also if your son was coached by Delaurie he never played with Strings nor was he coached by Grogan so how would you know?
As a Marshall parent the last three years in the basketball program I am very happy coach DeLaurie coach my son.There has been drama but it was brought on by a certain parent who is no longer wanted in the Marshall basketball program.As I read these posts I can't believe you bring up Grogan, he didn't care about anybody except Derrick Strings.Grogan was always trying to recruit kids into Marshall.Delaurie cared about our boys and developed the talent that was given to him.Grogan didn't even know half of the kids names that DeLaurie has coach these last 3 years.Delaurie had alot kids on the varsity, played almost everybody and the kids played very hard for him.He had good assistants and the kids really ejoyed the coaches kindness and caring style. Brandon Bonar, Alef Mehertu, would have never played for Coach Grogan.
What the parents like the most about Coach DeLaurie is that his Staff really cared about the kids and they did not recruit kids like Grogan always did. The team next year will need to work hard just like the team did this year. Oh by the way didn't DeLaurie win like 2 or 3 league championships in a row at Blair as The Girls coach.Thanks "Great news" for trying to tear down Coach DeLaurie, you have tried for three years and it hasn't work,Thank God he won't have to put up with you anymore.
Supporter you are right in the sense that a 57-25 is a fairly good record. However when Delaurie took over he inherited the 2nd best team in the city. Marshall beat Muir the previous year for the first time in school history and beat every other school in the area with the exception of PHS and La Canada; they did not play those schools. Marshall was coming off a season where they were 3a quarter finalist losing to Harvard Westlake by 8. They had the best player in Pasadena coming back the next year in Derrick Strings with a strong supporting cast. CIF moved Marshall and Maranatha down to 5a which should have assured one of them a championship, it did not happen. With the teams in 5a Marshall should always get to the quarters or semi, thats no great shakes. It is interesting that Gorgan was able to get players and play and beat good teams with no gym. As Great News stated Delaurie played with Gorgan's guys and now they are all gone so he leaves. "Exposed" seems to be accurate, if you look at Delaurie record against good teams you'll find he wins about 2 out of 10 games. His teams kill inferior opponents but can't seem to beat like talent. In 2 years Marshall played Pac Hills and Maranatha 9 times. Know what their record was? 1 and 8. Bottom line is under Gorgan Marshall competed on a pretty high level and played all comers. Under Delaurie Marshall plays as soft a schedule as can be. Marshall came in 3rd place in 2008, the 2 best teams were moved out of that league and Marshall still came in 3rd place behind teams they beat by 40 the year before, exposed. Now that Marshall is in a division where there is no chance for a championship the coach leaves. Delaurie came in with the 2nd best team in the city and probably the 3rd best in the area with Gorgan's guys to a team that is probably the worst team in the city and very irrelevant. Supporter if you think this guy did a good job I suggest you look closer.
How is a 57-25 record "exposed"? CIF Semifinals (losing by 3), CIF Quarter Finals (losing by 1) and losing in the first round of CIF to the eventual champion (Chaminade by 4). Only one team can win a championship every year so by any other standard DeLaurie's three years at Marshall were a major success. All of this by a walk on coach. Anyone who thinks more could have been done at Marshall in those 3 years is borderline delusional.
It is David Starr Jordan Middle School...
This is great news for the program at Marshall, delaurie is a buster. All of the players that remained after Gorgan left are now gone and no one has come to play for delaurie. The writing is on the wall, not much talent, Marshall now is in a good division and he can't coach that well, so you do the math. Can you say exposed? If he had talent Burbank would not be that far. Burbank is what 15-20 minutes away? I was told mid season he would not be back and the drive from Burbank had nothing to do with it. This comes as no surprise. Hopefully now Marshall can select a new coach that players want to play for and respect. Maybe now they will again have high expectations for this program, start developing their talent and stop playing so many cupcakes and go back to playing comp like they did before delaurie got there. Good luck with your search.