| Rinso Marquette | |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Shamokin, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Lebanon, Pennsylvania |
| Alma Mater: | Lebanon Valley College Columbia Temple |
| Coach Years1: | 1952-1960 |
| Coach Team1: | Lebanon Valley |
| Overall Record: | 101–76 |
| Tournament Record: | NCAA: 1-1 |
George Reynolds "Rinso" Marquette (1924-2008) was a college men's basketball coach and college student affairs administrator. He was the head coach of Lebanon Valley College from 1952 to 1960. He coached Lebanon Valley to a 101-76 record, making one NCAA tournament appearance. He also served as a student affairs administrator at Lebanon Valley after the conclusion of his coaching career until his retirement in 1990.[1] [2]
In 1942 he graduated from Shamokin High School, where he was captain of the basketball team and student leader of the high school band.[3]
He earned scholarships in music and athletics to Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania.[4]
He enlisted in the US Army on 15 Feb 1943,[5] serving in the European Theater as a radio operator/gunner in the Army Air Corps, flying 34 missions in B-17s and one in a B-24.[6] He was awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.[7]
He resumed his studies at Lebanon Valley College in February 1945, graduating in spring 1948.[8]
Following graduation, he became a history teacher and coach at Myerstown High School.
He also played minor league baseball, finishing as a player/coach in Panama City, Florida in 1954.[9]
Coach Marquette's 1952-53 team defeated Fordham 80-67 in the first round of the 1953 NCAA basketball tournament.[10] [11] They lost their next game, 83-67, to LSU, led by All American and future Hall of Fame forward Bob Pettit.[12] [13] [14]