On April 24, 2014, Marshall University Athletic Director Mike Hamrick announced Mullens native and Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach, Dan D’Antoni, as the next head coach of the Thundering Herd.

D’Antoni is a Marshall alum and played point guard for The Herd from 1966 to 1970. He led the team in scoring with a 17.5 scoring average in 1968–69 and led the 1967 team to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament, losing to Marquette 83–78 and then losing to Rutgers 93–76 in the 3rd place game. In 1968, he again led the team to the NIT, losing to St. Peter’s 102–93 in the first round. He is one of 49 Marshall players to score 1,000 points, tallying 1,109. In 1990, he was inducted into the Marshall University Athletic Hall of Fame.