{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Ricardo Marsh | position = Power forward | image = | caption = Marsh with Atlanta Hawks | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 240 | team = | number = | league = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|9|12}} | birth_place = Mebane, North Carolina, U.S. | highschool = Orange<br>(Hillsborough, North Carolina) | college = Old Dominion (1999–2003) | draft_year = 2003 | career_start = 2003 | career_end = 2015 | years1 = 2003–2004 | team1 = Büyük Kolej | years2 = 2004 | team2 = Dukagjini Pejë | years3 = 2004–2005 | team3 = Toyota Alvark | years4 = 2005–2006 | team4 = Türk Telekom | years5 = 2006–2007 | team5 = Elitzur Ashkelon | years6 = 2007–2008 | team6 = Antalya BB | years7 = 2008 | team7 = ASK Riga | years8 = 2009 | team8 = Antalya BB | years9 = 2009 | team9 = Donetsk | years10 = 2010 | team10 = Cedevita Zagreb | years11 = 2010–2011 | team11 = Crvena zvezda | years12 = 2011–2013 | team12 = Hacettepe Üniversitesi | years13 = 2013 | team13 = Gaiteros del Zulia | years14 = 2013 | team14 = Duhok SC | years15 = 2013 | team15 = Caciques de Humacao | years16 = 2013 | team16 = Duhok SC | years17 = 2013 | team17 = Maccabi Rishon LeZion | years18 = 2014 | team18 = Club Atlético Lanús | years19 = 2014 | team19 = Bucaneros de La Guaira | years20 = 2014–2015 | team20 = Al Wasl Dubai | highlights = *Israeli League Top Scorer (2007) *Turkish League All-Star (2008) | coach_start = 2021 | cteam1 = Virginia State Trojans (assistant) | cyears1 = 2021-present }}
'''Ricardo Marsh''' (born September 12, 1981) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player. He was the top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League in 2007 and is currently assistant men's basketball coach at Virginia State University.
==College career== Marsh played college basketball at the Old Dominion University from 1999 to 2003.
==Professional career== In July 2003, he signed with Büyük Kolej of the Turkish Basketball League for the 2003–04 season. In May 2004, he signed with Dukagjini Pejë of the Kosovo Basketball League for the rest of the season.
In August 2004, he signed with Toyota Alvark of the Japan Basketball League for the 2004–05 season. In July 2005, he returned to Turkey and signed with Türk Telekom B.K. for the 2005–06 season.
In November 2006, he signed with Elitzur Ashkelon of the Israeli Basketball Super League for the 2006–07 season. He was the top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League in 2007.
For the 2007–08 season he signed with Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi. In September 2008, he signed with ASK Riga of Latvia. He left them in December 2008, and returned to Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi.
In the summer of 2009, he signed with BC Donetsk of Ukraine. He left them in December 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ricardo Marsh leaves Donetsk|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/ukraine/79445/ricardo-marsh-leaves-donetsk.html|accessdate=March 31, 2014|newspaper=sportando.net|date=December 14, 2009}}</ref> In February 2010, he signed with Cedevita Zagreb of Croatia for the rest of the 2009–10 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ricardo Marsh inks for Cedevita|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/adriatic-league/79950/ricardo-marsh-inks-for-cedevita.html|accessdate=March 31, 2014|newspaper=sportando.com|date=February 14, 2010}}</ref>
In November 2010, he signed with Crvena zvezda of Serbia for the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rikardo Marš potpisao ugovor sa Zvezdom|url=http://www.kkcrvenazvezda.rs/index.php/article/rikardo-mars-potpisao-ugovor-sa-zvezdom|accessdate=March 31, 2014|language=Serbian|newspaper=kkcrvenazvezda.rs}}</ref> He parted ways with Zvezda in March 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marš i Milošević otišli iz Zvezde|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.72.html:323760-Mars-i-Milosevic-otisli-iz-Zvezde|accessdate=March 31, 2014|language=Serbian|newspaper=novosti.rs|date=March 21, 2011}}</ref>
In July 2011, he signed with Hacettepe Üniversitesi.<ref>{{cite web| last = | first = | title =Ricardo Marsh to Hacettepe | publisher = Sportando.net | date = July 9, 2011 | url =http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/turkey/29339/ricardo-marsh-to-hacettepe.html | accessdate = March 28, 2013}}</ref> He stayed there till April 2013, when he signed with Gaiteros del Zulia in Venezuela.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gaiteros tendrá nuevo refuerzo importado|url=http://www.liderendeportes.com/Noticias/Baloncesto/Gaiteros-tendra-nuevo-refuerzo-importado.aspx|language=Spanish|newspaper=liderendeportes.com|accessdate=March 30, 2014}}</ref>
On May 10, 2013, he signed with Duhok SC of the Iraqi Basketball Premier League.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ricardo Marsh signed by Duhok|url=http://www.court-side.com/news/blog/ricardo-marsh-signed-by-duhok/|accessdate=March 31, 2014|newspaper=court-side.com|date=May 10, 2013}}</ref> On May 28, 2013, he signed with Caciques de Humacao.<ref>{{cite news|title=Caciques replace Seth Scott with Ricardo Marsh|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cat/nba/101487/caciques-replace-seth-scott-with-ricardo-marsh.html|accessdate=March 31, 2014|newspaper=sportando.com|date=May 28, 2013}}</ref> In September he returned to Duhok SC and played 6 games on the 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.
On October 2, 2013, he signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion of Israel.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maccabi Rishon LeZion sign Ricardo Marsh|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cat/nba/106584/maccabi-rishon-lezion-sign-ricardo-marsh.html|accessdate=March 31, 2014|newspaper=sportando.com|date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> He was released on November 14, 2013, after playing six games with the club. In January 2014, he signed with Club Atlético Lanús.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marsh signs in Argentina with Lanùs|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cat/nba/110771/ricardo-marsh-signs-in-argentina-with-lanus.html|accessdate=March 31, 2014|newspaper=sportando.com|date=January 24, 2014}}</ref> On February 28, 2014, he signed with Bucaneros de La Guaira of Venezuela for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marsh joins La Guaira|url=http://www.court-side.com/news/blog/ricardo-marsh-joins-la-guaira/|accessdate=October 6, 2014|work=court-side.com|date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> On April 4, 2014, he was released by Bucaneros.
On November 28, 2014, Marsh signed with Al Wasl Dubai of United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ricardo Marsh to Al Wasl Dubai|url=http://www.court-side.com/news/blog/ricardo-marsh-al-wasl-dubai/|accessdate=December 14, 2014|work=court-side.com|date=November 28, 2014}}</ref>
== Coaching career == In September 2021, Marsh was hired as an assistant men's basketball coach for the Virginia State Trojans, an NCAA Division II team of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA).
==References== {{reflist|2}}
== External links == *[https://www.tblstat.net/player/375 TBLStat.net profile] *[http://data.shamsports.com/content/pages/playerProfiles/profileDisplay.jsp?id=1545 Shamsports.com profile] *[https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4314/ricardo-marsh ESPN profile] *[http://basketball.asia-basket.com/player/Ricardo_Marsh/39303 Eurobasket.com profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20141214221448/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6021405/playerview.html FIBA.com profile]
{{Israeli Basketball Premier League Top Scorers}}
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