Marques Townsend begins his fourth season as an assistant coach for Butler Men's Basketball in 2023-24.

In his first year, Coach Townsend helped guide the Grizzlies to a 16-7 overall record and a midseason national ranking as high as #20.

Marques Townsend begins his first year as the Butler Men’s Basketball assistant coach. A previous assistant coach at Southern Mississippi (2015-19), Sunrise Christian Academy in Wichita, KS (2019-20), and most recently Tarleton State University (2020), Townsend brings a wealth of knowledge with him to the Butler program.

A graduate of the University of Kansas, Townsend attended Lassen Community College where he played basketball and won a conference championship prior to coming to Kansas. Townsend was a manager/video assistant for the Jayhawks from 2012-14 and was part of back-to-back Championships with Kansas during those seasons. Marques Townsend is the son of Kurtis Townsend, Kansas Jayhawks assistant coach under Bill Self since 2004.

After Kansas, Townsend became the Director of Basketball Operations at Arkansas Little Rock where he served the 2014-15 season prior to heading to Southern Mississippi.

Townsend is from San Jose, California where graduated from Natomas High School in 2003. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Kansas in 2014. 

Townsend is engaged to Aspen Dawn and has three children, Jeremiah, Jayleigh, Jaiya and are expecting a boy in May of 2021.

“I got to know Coach Fisher while he was an assistant at Coffeyville and was immediately a fan of his. I was ecstatic for him when he finally got his chance here at Butler to run his own program. When he gave me the opportunity to be a part of his staff, it was a no-brainer for me. Since being on campus I understand and can see why so many people have such great things to say about this place.