With his team competing at a championship level both on the floor and in the classroom, Bob Marlin enters his 14th season as head coach of the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball team in 2023-24.

Marlin, the 13th coach in the school’s storied history on the hardwood, has been the architect of a resurgence of the Ragin’ Cajuns as he led the team to five postseason appearances in a seven-year span, a school-record 27 wins in 2017-18 and a pair of Sun Belt Conference championships.

The 2022-23 season was a return to the NCAA Tournament for Marlin and the Ragin' Cajuns.  Marlin guided Louisiana to a 26-win season, the second most in program history, and Sun Belt Conference Tournament victory over South Alabama to return to the Big Dance.  There the Ragin' Cajuns nearly completed the fifth largest comeback in the history of the NCAA Tournament against Tennessee.  Trailing by 18 with 11 minutes to play, Louisiana made an epic comeback attempt back but fell 58-55.  Marlin's team also went 14-0 at the Cajundome, the first undefeat...Read More

Cajun Nation, it’s your Head Coach Bob Marlin, here to bring you my last blog entry for our record breaking 2017-18 season.

After going 2-1 on our last three road games of the season, we headed back home for games against Texas State and UT Arlington. During the... Read More