Marcus Filien joined the Tribe men’s basketball staff as the director of operations in August of 2024.
In his two seasons at W&M, the Tribe owns 37 wins and posted back-to-back top-five finishes in the CAA standings. The Green and Gold has been one of the fast teams in the country the last two years, ranking third in average length of possession in 2024-25 and leading the country in 2025-26.
Each of the last two years, W&M has ranked among the top 10 in the country in bench scoring and in the top 25 in adjusted tempo, fastbreak points, and assists. In 2025-26, the Tribe led the CAA in assist-to-turnover ratio, assists, bench scoring, effective field goal %, fastbreak points, field goal %, free throws made, scoring, and steals.
In 2025-26, W&M won 20 games for the 10th time in program history. The Tribe reached a number of heights seldom seem for the Green and Gold. The program reached its highest NCAA NET ranking in school history, coming in as high as No. 50 in December. W&M also ascended to its highest KenPom rating since the 2016-17 campaign
In his first season in Williamsburg, Filien helped W&M one of the top turnarounds in the country, a 7.5-game improvement, to finish with 17 wins. The Tribe posted an 11-7 record which ranked as the eighth-best conference improvement in the country.
Filien played for Earl as a forward at Cornell and earned his degree from the Ithaca school in industrial and labor relations in 2023. He spent last season as a graduate student at UAlbany, playing in 27 games with 15 starts.
During his career at Cornell, Filien played in 68 games and served as a team captain during his final season in 2022-23. Over his last two years with the Big Red, he helped lead the program to 32 wins and appearances in the four-team Ivy League Tournament. As a senior, Cornell finished the season at 17-11.
Filien spent a prep season at Phillips Academy Andover after standout high school career at Albany Academy. He guided the Cadets to the state federation final as a senior on his way to earning all-state and Times Union All-Star team honors.
Filien’s father, Pat, was a long time college basketball coach with stops at Southern Vermont, Lock Haven, C.W. Post, Vermont, UAlbany, Air Force, and Kansas City. He was the first athletics director and head men’s basketball coach for Bryant & Stratton College in Albany for three years prior to his passing in 2021.
