COACHING STAFF

Marwan Elrakabawy | HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH

Athletic Director Bill Raleigh announced that Coach Elrakabawy was named the interim head coach of the Schreiner Men's Basketball program in May of 2019. Coach Elrakabawy was the assistant coach for the Schreiner Men's Basketball program as well as head coach for the junior varsity team for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 seasons. During the 2017-2018 season, Coach Elrakabawy assisted a Mountaineers team to it's most successful season in program history. The Mountaineers claimed the SCAC Regular Season Conference Title, the SCAC Tournament Championship, and the program's first berth to the NCAA national tournament.  The season included honors for Keenan Gumbs (Conference Male Student-Athlete of the Year, All-SCAC First team), Blake Kelley (All-SCAC Second Team), Luis Mancillas (All-SCAC Honorable Mention), Ellis Jones (All-SCAC Honorable Mention), and Head Coach Connor Kuykendall (Coach of the Year). This past season, Coach Elrakabawy assisted a Mountaineer team that competed in the SCAC Conference Championship with three Mountaineers (Matt Rindahl, Ellis Jones, and Paul Wells) earning All-SCAC honors.

Prior to Schreiner, Coach Elrakabawy was an assistant coach at SCAC rival Southwestern University. While at Southwestern, Coach Elrakabawy assisted with a variety of program administration duties including opposition scouting, player development, and film analysis and breakdown on a team that reached the semi-finals of the SCAC Championship Tournament. Prior to Southwestern, Coach Elrakabawy served as an assistant coach with Division II St. Edward's University during the 2015-2016 season where he helped guide the Hilltoppers to an 18-12 overall record, a nationally ranking for the first time since 2008, and an appearance in the Heartland Conference tournament semifinal. Before that, Coach Elrakabawy served as an assistant coach at Division III Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. in 2014-2015. While at Gallaudet, Coach Elrakabawy was assistant to NEAC Coach of the Year Brendan Stern and part of the staff that led the Bison to a all-time program best 18 wins, a 12 win improvement from the previous season, and a top 10 nationally ranked defense.

Coach Elrakabawy began his coaching career at the high school level as part of the coaching staff at Texas School for the Deaf where he  served in various roles, including Varsity assistant and JV Head Coach for eight seasons.

Personal:
A native of Alexandria Egypt, Coach Elrakabawy grew up in Houston, TX. He and his wife Erin have two sons: Noah and Raef.