Report: Alabama will make offer to Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall

Alabama reportedly plans to pursue Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall.

Alabama athletic department officials are ready to make an offer amounting to more than $3 million to current Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall, according to Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com.

Crimson Tide officials aim to make a hire to replace former coach Anthony Grant and to match Auburn's signing of coach Bruce Pearl last spring, Parrish reports.

A source told Parrish that Alabama hoped to attract the Shockers' coach with "piles of money, an athletic department with a culture of winning and every possible resource he needs to compete with anybody on a national level."

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Alabama football coach Nick Saban could also possibly become involved in the recruiting effort.

In eight seasons at Wichita State, Marshall has compiled a 204-75 record and taken the team to four NCAA Tournaments in a row. The Shockers advanced to the Final Four in 2013, and earned a No. 1 seed last year. In 17 career seasons as a head coach, he has won nine championships, including a Missouri Valley conference title in 2014.

Marshall has in the past turned down offers from schools including Missouri, California and Tennessee.

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Alabama finished this season with a 19-15 record, and was 8-10 in the SEC.

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