University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Women's Basketball
Marvin Harvey
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- marvin.harvey@louisiana.edu
Marvin Harvey, a world-renowned shooting instructor, began his role as an assistant coach with the Louisiana Women's Basketball program in December 2025.
Harvey, who is known as the "Teacher", has been a shooting instructor and coach since 1982, and has educated shooters around the globe.
Two of his most notable students are Raja Bell and Tamika Catchings. He is known as the "Shot Doctor".
Harvey's international teachings started in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1995 and expanded to include other South American countries as well as Cuba, Mexico, South Korea, Australia, Russia and many parts of Europe and South Africa.
In 2009, he was hired as the shooting coach for the WNBA Eastern Conference Champion Indiana Fever. Harvey also served as shooting coach for the WNBA's Houston Comets.
Harvey designed and developed his signature basketball training program "the new fundamentals" and a state-of-the-art basketball training facility called Shot Lab™ with headquarters in Tampa, Florida, and other locations throughout the world.
As a basketball coach he has won over 400 games at the high school and college level.
His work on the collegiate level has included stints with the Kansas women's program under Coach Marian Washington and men's team coached by Larry Brown. In 1999, he served as the assistant women's coach at South Alabama.
Harvey most recently served on the women’s basketball staff at Winthrop University for two seasons in 2015-16 and 2016-17 to study shooting percentages and present the Fusion Rehab on the college level. Immediately after he created the Eight to IX Lab in Rock Hill, South Carolina and Jacksonville, Florida, where he transitions players’ elementary skill-sets to pro skill-sets.
He began his playing career at Penn Valley Community College and played his final two years at Ottawa University from which he graduated in 1980. Following his collegiate career, he attended three NBA training camps before deciding to begin his coaching career.
In 2010, Harvey authored three books Winning Within Reason, The New Fundamentals: Coaches Manual, and The New Fundamentals: Coaches Workbook. His 2010 Spring Tour included Italy, France, Serbia, Georgia, and Turkey.
Harvey, who is known as the "Teacher", has been a shooting instructor and coach since 1982, and has educated shooters around the globe.
Two of his most notable students are Raja Bell and Tamika Catchings. He is known as the "Shot Doctor".
Harvey's international teachings started in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1995 and expanded to include other South American countries as well as Cuba, Mexico, South Korea, Australia, Russia and many parts of Europe and South Africa.
In 2009, he was hired as the shooting coach for the WNBA Eastern Conference Champion Indiana Fever. Harvey also served as shooting coach for the WNBA's Houston Comets.
Harvey designed and developed his signature basketball training program "the new fundamentals" and a state-of-the-art basketball training facility called Shot Lab™ with headquarters in Tampa, Florida, and other locations throughout the world.
As a basketball coach he has won over 400 games at the high school and college level.
His work on the collegiate level has included stints with the Kansas women's program under Coach Marian Washington and men's team coached by Larry Brown. In 1999, he served as the assistant women's coach at South Alabama.
Harvey most recently served on the women’s basketball staff at Winthrop University for two seasons in 2015-16 and 2016-17 to study shooting percentages and present the Fusion Rehab on the college level. Immediately after he created the Eight to IX Lab in Rock Hill, South Carolina and Jacksonville, Florida, where he transitions players’ elementary skill-sets to pro skill-sets.
He began his playing career at Penn Valley Community College and played his final two years at Ottawa University from which he graduated in 1980. Following his collegiate career, he attended three NBA training camps before deciding to begin his coaching career.
In 2010, Harvey authored three books Winning Within Reason, The New Fundamentals: Coaches Manual, and The New Fundamentals: Coaches Workbook. His 2010 Spring Tour included Italy, France, Serbia, Georgia, and Turkey.
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