Jermon Marsh enters his seventh season on the men's basketball coaching staff at Catawba in the fall of 2024 and his second full season as Associate Head Coach.

Marsh helped guide Catawba to a program-record 15 conference wins with a third regional appearance in five seasons with Marsh on staff. The team also won its second SAC Tournament title in the last six years with a 101-69 win over UVA Wise in the championship game.

Marsh comes to Catawba prior to the 2018-19 season, hailing from Davidson County Community College In his three years coaching there, DCCC posted an overall record of 87-13 and went to Elite 8 National Tournament twice. In 2016, the team made it the school’s first Final Four appearance ever.

Before his stint at Davidson County Community College, Marsh coached one year at Dallas Christian College in Texas, who finished fifth in the nation at the National Tournament in Missouri. At both colleges he has also served as the Strength & Conditioning Coach. He holds four different certifications in Fitness as well.

Marsh graduated from Bemidji State University in Minnesota with a degree in sports management degree. While at Bemidji, he was a scholarship athlete for three years. He transferred to Warren Wilson College for his senior season and earned All-America honors.

After college, Marsh had a brief stint as a professional basketball player before going into his exercise fitness and basketball coaching career. He recently earned a masters of education degree in coaching from Greenville University. He played his high school basketball at Copperas Cove High School in Texas, where he was a 6A All-District player during his junior and senior year.

Rob Perron, Head Men's Basketball Coach: "Coach Marsh has been a tremendous asset to our program. He coaches for all the right reasons with an emphasis on valuing relationships and helping people reach their potential both on and off the court. Jermon's wealth of coaching experience meshed with his collegiate career and strength training background make him well-suited to put our student-athletes in position to be successful."

Joe Adgate enters his third season on the Catawba men's basketball staff in the fall of 2024 and his second as Assistant Coach.

Adgate served as the Director of Player Development in 2022-23, where Catawba won a program-record 15 conference games, won the SAC Tournament, and returned to the NCAA Regional for the third time in five seasons. Prior to coming to Catawba, Adgate served as the Coordinator of Video Operations at East Carolina University during the 2021-22 season. 

Prior to his graduation from ECU in May of 2021, Adgate was the head manager for the men's basketball program beginning in 2018. He was responsible for running camps, participating in scouting opponents, assisting in updating the recruiting database, and helping with travel responsibilities.

Ethan Kahn enters his first season as Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Catawba College, rejoining the coaching staff after serving as the Director of Basketball Operations and Video Coordinator from 2021-23.

Kahn spent the 2023-24 campaign at Bemidji State University where he was the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach.

In his first two years at Catawba, Coach Kahn helped with day to day operations, coordination of team travel, team meals, scouts, practice schedule, summer camps, and the developmental program. During the 2022-23 season, Kahn was the head coach of the Catawba Red developmental team.

Kahn came to North Carolina from Northern Arizona University where he served as a Student Assistant for four years while also being the Head Student Assistant for three years. During his time at NAU, Kahn was responsible for video operations, maintaining stats for practice, food ordering, practice setup, equipment, the nutrition station, scout presentations, and day-to-day operations. He also helped organize and run camps.

Kahn’s coaching career started early; at the age of fourteen, he was coached the Girls and Boys Basketball teams at Pardes Jewish Day School in Scottsdale, Ariz. He then became the student assistant at Horizon High School in Scottsdale, helping with all levels of the program.

Coach Kahn graduated from Northern Arizona University with a major in University Studies with double minors in Political Science and Health Wellness. While at Catawba, Kahn obtained his master's degree in sport management.

Rob Perron, Head Men's Basketball Coach: "Coach Kahn has handled an assortment of tasks with great energy and execution. Ethan has helped with scouting, recruiting, and skill development amongst many other duties. His positive attitude has helped our guys play with a high level of confidence. He has a bright future in the basketball world and we are really excited we could get him to rejoin our program."