Finishing second in Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year voting will not cost Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall any money.
WSU will pay him his $25,000 bonus, as is part of his contract, for MVC Coach of the Year. Illinois State’s Dan Muller, whose team tied WSU for the conference title at 17-1, got 25 first-place votes and 102 total points. Marshall, who has won MVC Coach of the Year three times, received 18 first-place votes and 96 points.
“I applaud the year that Illinois State has had and congratulate Dan on their success, but I couldn’t imagine not taking this opportunity to also recognize the job that Gregg has done this year,” WSU athletic director Darron Boatright said in a news release.