| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born: | February 10, 1944 Roscoe, Texas, U.S. |
| Died: | December 5, 2013 (aged 69) Citrus County, Florida, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Snyder (Snyder, Texas) |
| College: | McMurry |
| Position: | Quarterback |
| Undrafted: | 1967 |
| Career history | |
| As a coach: | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 184–87 (.679) |
| Postseason: | 27–12 (.692) |
| Career: | 211–99 (.681) |
Tim Marcum (February 10, 1944 – December 5, 2013) was an American football coach, best known for his long and successful career in the Arena Football League (AFL). He was the head coach of the AFL's Denver Dynamite in 1987, the Detroit Drive from 1988 to 1992 and the Tampa Bay Storm from 1995 to 2010.[1] Marcum also served as an assistant coach in the NJCAA, NCAA, United States Football League, World Football League, NFL and the Arena Football League.
Marcum head coached in eleven ArenaBowl championship games, winning seven.[2] Marcum was one of two men to win seven ArenaBowls (the other being Omarr Smith, who was a member of Marcum's 2003 championship team); and the only man to win seven ArenaBowls as a head coach (no other head coach won more than four). He was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 1998.[3] Marcum was one of the most successful coaches in the history of the sport of indoor football, and is considered the greatest coach in the Arena Football League's 32-year history.