TIM MARCUM was a Legendary Arena Football Leagu
& Tampa Bay Storm head coach. He passed away peacefully
on Dec. 5, 2013 at Hospice of Citrus County in Lecanto,
FL at the age of 69, after battling a terminal illness.
He was surrounded by his loving family at the time of
passing while listening to the tunes of Elvis Presley.
The "ole ball coach", as he referred to himself, was
born in Roscoe, TX on Feb. 10, 1944. He honed his
gridiron skills as a youth on the fields of West Texas
prior to becoming a record setting quarterback at
McMurry University under Grant Teaff. After coaching
ten years in Texas High Schools, he transitioned into
the post-graduate realm at Ranger College and led the
school to the Junior College National Championship in
1979 with an 11-0 record. He is best known for his
success in the Arena Football League where he spent
21 seasons as the dean of coaching. No coach in AFL
history has more wins (211), games coached (345) or
championships won (seven). A two-time recipient of
the AFL Coach of the Year (1987 and 1998), he advanced
to the post season in 19 of his 21 seasons and his
teams participated in the championship game a record
11 times while leading three different teams to a
championship. Marcum was always proud of his players
and coached 12 of the AFL's 45 players in the League's
Hall of Fame. The current coaching ranks of the AFL is
littered with people that Marcum either coached or
hired as an assistant. The AFL sideline is not the
only one that he prowled. Aside from Ranger he coach
in the college ranks at Rice University and the
University of Florida. In the professional ranks,
he coached the San Antonio Gunslingers in the United
States Football League, the New York/New Jersey Knights
of the World League of American Football and the
Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League. In
2004 the American Football Coaches Association presented
Tim with the Outstanding Achievement Award.
Tim was preceded in death by his parents, D.V. Marcum
and Mary Marcum.
At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife,
Lynn Marcum; her two daughters, Kendra and Carly Hurrell;
his daughters, Michelle Marcum (RHS-1985) and Mitzi
Brenner and her husband, Marty Brenner; his brother,
Jim Marcum and his wife, Judy; his sister, Sandy Peters
and her husband, Leonard "Pete" Peters; grandchildren,
Austin Anderson, Bryce and Max Brenner; many beloved
nieces and nephews; and the smartest canine companion,
Maggie Marcum.