Marshall University
Public university in Huntington
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| 2025 | J.J. Roberts debuts in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted player. |
| 2025 | Tony Gibson becomes the latest head coach of the Marshall Thundering Herd football program |
| 2024 | Huff guided Marshall to its first Sun Belt East Division crown and first Sun Belt Conference Championship, defeating Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 31-3 in Lafayette, Louisiana. This made Marshall the first FBS school to win a title for three different conferences and achieved their first ten-win season since 2015. |
| 2024 | The day after winning the Sun Belt Conference Championship, Coach Huff accepted the Head Coaching job at Southern Miss after his 4-year contract at Marshall was not renewed. |
| 2024 | Mike Green was named an All-American for Marshall Thundering Herd football. |
| 2024 | The Marshall University flight school opened a second location at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg and established a cooperative program with West Liberty University at Wheeling Ohio County Airport. |
| 2024 | Marshall University accepted 96.9% of undergraduate applicants, maintaining a high admission rate with an average admitted student GPA of 3.68, and continuing its test-optional policy for admissions. |
| 2024 | The Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation was opened near Old Main to support and develop student business ideas and projects. |
| December 2024 | Tony Gibson was appointed as the head coach of the Marshall Thundering Herd football team, becoming the 31st head coach in the program's history. |
| May 2024 | Marshall University broke ground on a new 80,000 sq ft. Institute for Cyber Security building, scheduled to open by Fall 2026. |
| 2023 | Marshall achieved their first win over Virginia Tech Hokies since 1940, winning 24-17 in Huntington. |
| 2023 | Marshall extended their partnership with Nike and BSN Sports as the official provider of athletic apparel, footwear, and equipment in a multi-year deal. |
| September 9 2023 | Marshall travels to Greenville for game against East Carolina. |
| February 22 2023 | West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed House Bill 2412 into law, establishing November 14 as an official Memorial Day across the state to remember the Marshall football plane crash victims. |
| 2022 | Huff won his first bowl game, defeating UConn Huskies 28-14 in the Myrtle Beach Bowl and finishing the year 9-4. |
| 2022 | Brad D. Smith becomes president of Marshall University, transitioning from his previous role as CEO of Intuit. |
| September 10 2022 | Huff led Marshall to their second all-time victory over a top-10 opponent, defeating No. 8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 26-21 at Notre Dame Stadium. |
| June 2022 | Marshall officially joined the Sun Belt conference. |
| March 2 2022 | Marshall University professors started the weekly podcast MUkraine, focusing on discussions related to the Russo-Ukrainian War. |
| 2021 | A notable altercation occurs at Kidd Brewer Stadium, where Mountaineer supporters taunt Marshall players on their way to the locker room, drawing national media attention. |
| 2021 | Rasheen Ali was named an All-American for Marshall Thundering Herd football. |
| 2021 | Charles Huff takes over as head coach, continuing the program's coaching legacy |
| 2021 | The university temporarily closed all fraternity and sorority chapters following allegations of violations of COVID-19 measures. |
| October 28 2021 | Brad D. Smith was appointed as the university's 38th president, succeeding Jerome Gilbert. |
| September 11 2021 | Marshall hosts East Carolina at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. |
| August 2021 | Marshall University opened the Bill Noe Flight School at Yeager Airport in Charleston, offering undergraduate programs in commercial pilot: fixed wing and aviation maintenance. |
| January 2021 | Doc Holliday's contract is not extended by Marshall University. |
| January 2021 | Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine began its inaugural physician assistant program. |
| 2020 | Marshall starts the season 7-0 and reaches No. 15 in the Associated Press ranking, wins the Conference USA East Division title, but loses the Conference USA Championship game to the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Doc Holliday is named Conference USA Coach of the Year. |
| 2020 | The football program introduced new Nike home uniforms with a traditional striping pattern across helmets, jerseys, and pants, and implemented a new double-outline varsity jersey number font on all jerseys. |
| 2020 | Marshall competed in the division championship but lost to UAB with a score of 13-22. |
| 2020 | Marshall and Appalachian State resume their annual football rivalry. |
| 2020 | Marshall University's men's soccer team won the National Championship, defeating Indiana 1-0 in the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game. |
| September 5 2020 | Planned game at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Marshall released new home (black) and away (white) jerseys with three pants options (black, white, and kelly green). The black and kelly green jerseys featured the stylized 'The Herd' alternate logo on the front. |
| 2018 | Randy Moss is inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame, becoming the second Marshall player to receive this honor. |
| 2017 | Marshall won the New Mexico Bowl against Colorado State with a score of 31-28. |
| 2015 | Marshall won the St. Petersburg Bowl against Connecticut with a score of 16-10. |
| 2015 | The six-year series contract between Marshall and Ohio University expired. |
| 2015 | Doc Holliday leads Marshall to their first victory over a Big Ten school by beating Purdue Boilermakers, finishing with a 10-3 season and winning the St. Petersburg Bowl. |
| 2015 | The Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex was opened near Pullman Square, housing educational resources for multiple technological and engineering disciplines. |
| October 20 2015 | Jerome A. Gilbert was named the 37th president of Marshall University. |
| 2014 | Marshall won the division championship by defeating Louisiana Tech with a score of 26-23. |
| 2014 | Brad D. Smith appears at Web Summit conference, highlighting his leadership and tech industry prominence prior to becoming Marshall University's president. |
| 2014 | The Atlantic published an article about drug and alcohol abuse in Greek chapters at Marshall University, bringing disciplinary problems to national attention. |
| 2014 | Stephen J. Kopp died suddenly, with Gary G. White serving as interim president. |
| April 3 2014 | Both Marshall and East Carolina announce plans for home and home series in 2020 and 2021. |
| 2013 | Marshall won the C-USA East division championship but lost to Rice with a score of 24-41 under head coach Doc Holliday. |
| 2013 | Marshall defeats East Carolina in their last conference match-up as members of Conference USA. |
| 2013 | Doc Holliday leads Marshall to a 10-4 season, culminating in a victory in the Military Bowl. |
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