Assistant Coach Jeff Marcley drawsfrom a wealth of baseball experience including coaching stops at Waubonsee Community College and Prairie State College prior to his time at Kishwaukee College.  In addition to holding a position on the Chiefs’ coaching staff, Marcley also donned the Waubonsee uniform as a player.  Marcley was a third baseman, for legendary Chiefs head coach Bill Prince, and contributed heavily to the school’s 1975 baseball squad, which claimed the program’s first Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference championship and was inducted into the Waubonsee Hall of Fame in 2011.  In his time as a coach at Waubonsee, Marcley played a critical role in the Chiefs’ success as well, helping to guide the program to three NJCAA Division III World Series berths and three Skyway Conference championships.  Marcley, one of the region’s most well-respected catching instructors, also played one season at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin before moving on to Western Michigan University.  He graduated from the Kalamazoo-based school with degrees in both Petroleum Marketing and Business.

A 1973 graduate of Aurora West High School, Marcley was a three-sport standout for the Blackhawks, excelling on the baseball diamond, basketball court and cross country course. Marcley manned the hot- corner for West Aurora’s 1973 club, which finished third at the IHSA state tournament.  Marcley enjoyed an 18-year semi-pro baseball playing career while coaching at the American Legion level for much of that same time.  He also spent eight years as a Manager, Traveling Coordinator and member of the Board of Directors for the North Aurora Baseball Association and six years as assistant head coach in the Midwest collegiate league.  Coach Marcley resides in Millbrook with his wife, Lauren and their three sons (Matt, Ryan and Adam).