JOHN MARCUM has joined the Syracuse Orange women’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He brings more than 10 years of collegiate coaching experience to the Orange and comes to Syracuse after stops at Butler, Grand Canyon, East Carolina, Indiana State, California Baptist, and Oklahoma Baptist. He played basketball and earned […]
JOHN MARCUM has joined the Syracuse Orange women’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He brings more than 10 years of collegiate coaching experience to the Orange and comes to Syracuse after stops at Butler, Grand Canyon, East Carolina, Indiana State, California Baptist, and Oklahoma Baptist. He played basketball and earned his bachelor’s degree in secondary education with a concentration in history from Oklahoma Baptist in 1997. In 2003, Marcum earned a master’s degree in secondary education with a concentration in physical education from East Central University.
EVAN RUECHEL has joined the Syracuse Orange softball program. He comes to Syracuse after spending a shortened season due to COVID-19 as a volunteer assistant coach at Buffalo. Ruechel spent the 2019 season at UNC Wilmington. Before making the jump to the softball sidelines, Ruechel was a volunteer assistant baseball coach at Averett (NCAA DIII) in Danville, Virginia, where he served as the recruiting coordinator and hitting/infield coach. Ruechel began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Indiana Wesleyan (NAIA) for the 2017 season. He also spent time as an assistant coach for the Champion City Kings of the Prospect League and was the hitting and catching instructor for the Elgin Warriors Baseball Club from 2014-17. A native of Oconto, Wisconsin, Ruechel played junior college baseball at Milwaukee Area Technical College and Rock Valley College, before completing his career at St. Ambrose. He also played for the Green Bay Bullfrogs of the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. Ruechel graduated from St. Ambrose in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management.