Bruce Marchand enters his first season on the Raiders’ basketball staff as an assistant coach in 2023.  

Marchand joins the Rivier University staff after a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Quinsigamond Community College. While at Quinsigamond, he helped the team reach the NJCAA Region 21 Final Four for the first time in nearly a decade, helped recruit an all-region player, and implemented scouting reports of opponents into the weekly routine. 

During this time frame, Marchand was also the head coach and team advisor of the Worcester Majors ABA program. With the Majors, he hired coaching staff, oversaw all staff and players, and reported to ownership on day-to-day operations. 

Marchand has served as a coach with the Central Mass Dynasty Basketball Club since 2019 and the Boston Warriors AAU Basketball since 2017 assisting with operations and player development. 

From 2018 to 2020, Marchand was the junior varsity boys' basketball head coach at Abby Kelly Foster Charter High School.  

During Marchand’s senior year at Nichols College, he assumed the role of men’s basketball manager. While at Nichols, Marchand studied sport management and psychology, receiving his bachelor’s degree in 2018.