Marne Fauser

Assistant Women's Basketball Coach

Marne Fauser will be in her eighth year as the assistant basketball coach at Truman. She has been a Bulldog even longer than that, as she played for the program for two seasons.

In addition to her on-the-floor coaching duties, Fauser serves as recruiting coordinator and camp director. She is also responsible for film exchanges, travel plans and scouting reports for the team.

Since Fauser has been coaching at Truman, the Bulldogs have recorded 71 victories. Included in that were wins over nationally-ranked teams in Washburn in 2003 and Quincy in 2004.

She has helped four Truman post players earn all-conference honors during her time coaching. Included in that were three athletes who were first-team all-MIAA.

Prior to starting her collegiate coaching career at Truman, Fauser served as the basketball and volleyball coach at Oak Grove West Middle School in Bartonville, Ill. She was also employed as a social studies teacher at Illini Bluffs High School during that time.

Fauser first came to Kirksville when she joined the women’s basketball program in 1996. She was named honorable mention all-MIAA that year after averaging 7.7 points and 5.0 rebounds a game.

Fauser recorded 10 double-figure scoring games in the 1996-97 season. One of the top games of her career came that year when she scored 18 points in leading the Bulldogs to an upset victory over the eventual MIAA champion, Missouri Western.

The next year, she collected similar numbers by averaging 7.7 points and 4.8 rebounds a game. She was second on the team in steals in 1997-98 with 41.

For her career, she played in 53 games, and averaged 29.9 minutes, 7.7 points and 4.9 rebounds. She also recorded 67 career steals and was shot over 44% from the field.

The Truman program recorded double-figure wins in both years that Fauser was on the squad. Fauser also helped the team win 13 MIAA games, after only winning 15 the previous five seasons.

Fauser served as the team’s co-captain her junior and senior years and won the program’s leadership award in 1997-98. She also served on the Truman athletics Captain’s Roundtable in 1996.

Prior to coming to Truman, she played two seasons at Illinois Central College. She led the squad to two regional titles and a fourth-place national finish in 1995-96.

At Limestone High School in Illinois, Fauser was the team MVP in both basketball and volleyball. She earned first-team all-conference honors in basketball and helped her team win two conference crowns. In volleyball, she was a second-team all-conference selection.

Fauser graduated from Truman in 1998 with a bachelor degree in psychology. She has a daughter named Madisyn and a son named Carson