Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall finished second in Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year voting Thursday to Illinois State’s Dan Muller.
Muller, whose team tied WSU for the conference title at 17-1, got 25 first-place votes and 102 total points. Marshall, who has won MVC Coach of the Year three times, received 18 first-place votes and 96 points.
There were 44 voters. Six did not vote for Muller in the top two spots, while five did not vote for Marshall in the top two spots. WSU and Illinois State were eight games ahead of third-place Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois.