SAN DIEGO — Marvin Menzies began his major college basketball coaching career at what was a downtrodden San Diego State program in 1999.
Coach Steve Fisher had one mission for Menzies: recruit.
So Menzies hit the trail hard, and he helped the Aztecs land a top-40 class for a program that hadn’t had a 20-win season in 15 years. Menzies stayed another three seasons, playing a key part in bringing in players such as Brandon Heath, Randy Holcomb and Al Faux to help turn San Diego State from a perennial loser into the class of the Mountain West.