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| Name | Andrew Philip “Drew” MARLOWE [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] | |
| Suffix | Jr. | |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina Spigner-Marlowe Mr. and Mrs. Drue E. Spigner announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Kathryn Spigner, to Andrew Philip Marlowe Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Philip Marlowe, all of Sumter. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of retired Lt. Col. and Mrs. Francis Xavier Doyle, and Harry Lamar Spigner and the late Dellaney Spigner, all of Sumter. She graduated from Sumter High School in 2009 and will graduate in May 2013 from Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina with a degree in marketing and management and a minor in sociology. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Britton Moseley Jr. of Jenkinsville, and Mrs. Reuben Bunyan Marlowe and the late Rev. Dr. Marlowe of Sumter. He graduated from Sumter High School in 2009 and will graduate in May 2013 from Francis Marion University with a degree in education. The wedding is planned for June 15, 2013, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Sumter. Posted in Engagements on Sunday, December 2, 2012 Gamecock homecoming: Sumter High hires Marlowe as next head football coach New Sumter High football coach Drew Marlowe stands on Freddie Solomon Field, where he was a player and an assistant coach before serving as the head coach at South Florence for the last six years. He now takes over the Gamecock program from Mark Barnes. ABIGAIL PITTMAN / THE SUMTER ITEM Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2026 11:00 am By TIM LEIBLE tim@theitem.com After weeks of speculation, Sumter High has its next football coach, and it didn’t have to look far to find him. Former Gamecock assistant Drew Marlowe, who claimed two SCHSL 4A state championships as the head coach at South Florence, is coming back to his roots. He’ll take over for Mark Barnes, who announced that he’s retiring from coaching in South Carolina on Jan. 6. Marlowe, a Sumter High alumnus, served as the associate head coach and offensive line coach under Barnes for five years before leaving for South Florence. "I'm really excited to be back," Marlowe said during his introductory press conference on Tuesday. "I'm really excited to get to work. This is great, this is wonderful, but I'm super excited to take this tie off, put on some shorts and tennis shoes and start working." Marlowe has been the picture of success during his six years at South Florence. He took over the program amid COVID-19 and lifted a program won just four games in 2019 to winning eight in 2020, including a playoff victory over Marlboro County. In his third season, Marlowe led the Bruins to an undefeated run to the state championship, capping off a 15-0 season with a resounding 57-30 win over Northwestern in the 4A title game. The state title in 2022 started a four-year stretch when the Bruins played for the state championship at the end of each season. They went 14-1 in 2023, falling to Westside 34-32 in the state championship only to avenge that loss a year later, going 12-3 with a 42-41 victory over the Rams. Last season, South Florence went 13-2, falling to South Pointe in the 4A title game. Marlowe was a player at Sumter High until 2008 and served as an assistant for the Gamecocks for 11 years, the last five coming under Barnes. He credited Barnes for bringing the Gamecocks consistency over the past 11 years, which makes his job at SHS a bit different than his time at South Florence, where he took over a rebuilding program. "I walked into South and that was very much a rebuild. It took three years to kinda get going. Given the foundation of what Coach Barnes have built here and what these players have built here, I expect to win right away. I expect to be playing in December and that will be our goal and our focus," Marlowe said. "For me, it's getting to know the players first. We're a player-focused program. Every single thing we do is about the players; what is in the best interest of them is what we're going to do. I think when you make decisions that way, it really just simplifies things." Overall, Marlowe carries a 63-16 record into his tenure at Sumter High, where he takes over for the second-winningest coach in program history. Barnes went 107-22 in 11 years as the SHS head coach. Marlowe lays his blueprint for success at Sumter High Sumter High head coach Drew Marlowe addresses his team during his introductory press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 10. TIM LEIBLE / THE SUMTER ITEM Posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 6:00 am By TIM LEIBLE tim@theitem.com When Drew Marlowe was introduced as the new head football coach at Sumter High on Tuesday, his messaging was consistent. He intends to hang banners in the SHS gym, and he is confident in his plan of attack. "They were interviewing me for the job and asked me a lot of questions, but the last one was this, 'Why do you want to be the head coach at Sumter?' It was really easy for me to answer. I have dreamed my whole life of hanging state championship banners in that gym. That's why I wanted to come back. I wanted to come back to help you be the best version of you, so Sumter High can be the best version of itself," Marlowe said. "Every day that we pour into you and you become a better man, we're going to become a better football team and a better football program. And great football teams and great football programs hang banners in gyms. That's what we're going to do here." That process starts with three core values, alongside the standard Marlowe wants to set at Sumter High. "We're going to be tough, we're going to be disciplined, and the third value will be sacrifice," he said. "Then we have standards. Standards are different than expectations. There are people outside of this room who will put expectations on you and on us, but standards are unwavering; they will never change no matter what. The standard here is to be tough, to be disciplined and to be dominant." The Gamecocks will be tough under Marlowe. That commitment to mental and physical toughness helped Marlowe lead South Florence to two SCHSL 4A titles amid a stretch of four straight trips to the championship game. "I believe toughness is the most important thing that you need to have as a man to be successful in this life. Unfortunately, it's one of the things that's being taken away from this world more than anything else. Toughness is hard to define, but it's easy to measure. Your toughness is defined by what does it take to break you, to make you quit. Our goal with everything we do is to make that go further and further and further down the line. Every single day, your very best is going to be required because every single day, we've got to improve in our toughness." Marlowe will also challenge his team to be disciplined, making the correct choices to improve both on and off the field. That discipline goes hand in hand with his third value, sacrifice. "The easiest way to define discipline is I have this thing over here that I want to do, but I know I'm not supposed to do it. Can you make the choice and the decision not to do it?" the new head coach said. "On the other side, I have this thing I really don't want to do. I don't want to wake up at 7 o'clock in the morning over the summer to come to practice; can I make myself do it?" Marlowe was quick to point out that he's not starting from scratch with the Gamecocks. He picks up the baton from Mark Barnes, who leaves SHS as the second-winningest coach in program history. Marlowe served as an assistant for five years under Barnes before taking the head coaching position at South Florence and credits their relationship as a spark for his success with the Bruins. "I think this is a great opportunity to really recognize Coach Barnes. When he came into Sumter High, he was the fourth head coach in four years here. Coach Barnes provided stability to a program that was kind of spiraling a little bit," Marlowe said. "He poured a tremendous amount into me. The five years that I worked for him advanced my career by 25 years. People talk about the success we had at South Florence, they think about the last four years, but they forget we went 2-6 our first year. That first year, I really thought I had it all figured out. I thought I was smarter than Coach Barnes, so when I went and I had my own program, I said I'm going to do things my own way and we went 2-6. Sometimes, in order to grow, you've got to fail, you've got to fall flat on your face, and that's exactly what I did. But when I went back to the things he taught me and the ways that I watched him build this program, that's when we started to have a little more success. "Coach Barnes will always have a special place, personally for me, in my heart, but should have a special place in everyone's heart at Sumter High because when he came in, Sumter High was not trending up, and he didn't just right the ship; he got us going in the right direction. I'm really thankful for what he invested into me and into Sumter." Relationships are crucial for Marlowe. He laid out a plan to meet with each player individually as they begin to mold the 2026 version of the Gamecocks. "We're a player-focused program. Every single thing we do is about the players," the SHS head coach said. "When you make decisions that way, it really just simplifies things. Whatever it takes for us to be the best team we can be. I think coaching is a little bit overrated, honestly. There's never been a coach who was considered a great coach who didn't have a lot of great players. I know there are great players here; now it's going to be about everybody uniting and working towards one common goal for this program. Our goal for this program will be, we'll have only one, and that'll be to win a state championship. "That will be our goal, but it won't be our focus. Our focus every day has got to be improving and making sure that we're taking steps every day to becoming a better version of ourselves." Marlowe is ready to hit the ground running at his alma mater. He accomplished just about everything a coach can check off a bucket list at South Florence, but it means a little bit more when you have the chance to achieve those goals back home. "It's different," Marlowe said of coaching at Sumter High. "I'm so proud of the things we accomplished at South Florence, so proud of my time there and the experience, but when you come back to the place that built you, it's just different. The fire and the passion and the energy that I've always had, this morning walking through the stadium, I felt it doubling inside of me." [1, 2, 7] | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina Spigner-Marlowe Mr. and Mrs. Drue E. Spigner announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Kathryn Spigner, to Andrew Philip Marlowe Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Philip Marlowe, all of Sumter. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of retired Lt. Col. and Mrs. Francis Xavier Doyle, and Harry Lamar Spigner and the late Dellaney Spigner, all of Sumter. She graduated from Sumter High School in 2009 and will graduate in May 2013 from Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina with a degree in marketing and management and a minor in sociology. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Britton Moseley Jr. of Jenkinsville, and Mrs. Reuben Bunyan Marlowe and the late Rev. Dr. Marlowe of Sumter. He graduated from Sumter High School in 2009 and will graduate in May 2013 from Francis Marion University with a degree in education. The wedding is planned for June 15, 2013, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Sumter. Posted in Engagements on Sunday, December 2, 2012 Gamecock homecoming: Sumter High hires Marlowe as next head football coach New Sumter High football coach Drew Marlowe stands on Freddie Solomon Field, where he was a player and an assistant coach before serving as the head coach at South Florence for the last six years. He now takes over the Gamecock program from Mark Barnes. ABIGAIL PITTMAN / THE SUMTER ITEM Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2026 11:00 am By TIM LEIBLE tim@theitem.com After weeks of speculation, Sumter High has its next football coach, and it didn’t have to look far to find him. Former Gamecock assistant Drew Marlowe, who claimed two SCHSL 4A state championships as the head coach at South Florence, is coming back to his roots. He’ll take over for Mark Barnes, who announced that he’s retiring from coaching in South Carolina on Jan. 6. Marlowe, a Sumter High alumnus, served as the associate head coach and offensive line coach under Barnes for five years before leaving for South Florence. "I'm really excited to be back," Marlowe said during his introductory press conference on Tuesday. "I'm really excited to get to work. This is great, this is wonderful, but I'm super excited to take this tie off, put on some shorts and tennis shoes and start working." Marlowe has been the picture of success during his six years at South Florence. He took over the program amid COVID-19 and lifted a program won just four games in 2019 to winning eight in 2020, including a playoff victory over Marlboro County. In his third season, Marlowe led the Bruins to an undefeated run to the state championship, capping off a 15-0 season with a resounding 57-30 win over Northwestern in the 4A title game. The state title in 2022 started a four-year stretch when the Bruins played for the state championship at the end of each season. They went 14-1 in 2023, falling to Westside 34-32 in the state championship only to avenge that loss a year later, going 12-3 with a 42-41 victory over the Rams. Last season, South Florence went 13-2, falling to South Pointe in the 4A title game. Marlowe was a player at Sumter High until 2008 and served as an assistant for the Gamecocks for 11 years, the last five coming under Barnes. He credited Barnes for bringing the Gamecocks consistency over the past 11 years, which makes his job at SHS a bit different than his time at South Florence, where he took over a rebuilding program. "I walked into South and that was very much a rebuild. It took three years to kinda get going. Given the foundation of what Coach Barnes have built here and what these players have built here, I expect to win right away. I expect to be playing in December and that will be our goal and our focus," Marlowe said. "For me, it's getting to know the players first. We're a player-focused program. Every single thing we do is about the players; what is in the best interest of them is what we're going to do. I think when you make decisions that way, it really just simplifies things." Overall, Marlowe carries a 63-16 record into his tenure at Sumter High, where he takes over for the second-winningest coach in program history. Barnes went 107-22 in 11 years as the SHS head coach. Marlowe lays his blueprint for success at Sumter High Sumter High head coach Drew Marlowe addresses his team during his introductory press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 10. TIM LEIBLE / THE SUMTER ITEM Posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 6:00 am By TIM LEIBLE tim@theitem.com When Drew Marlowe was introduced as the new head football coach at Sumter High on Tuesday, his messaging was consistent. He intends to hang banners in the SHS gym, and he is confident in his plan of attack. "They were interviewing me for the job and asked me a lot of questions, but the last one was this, 'Why do you want to be the head coach at Sumter?' It was really easy for me to answer. I have dreamed my whole life of hanging state championship banners in that gym. That's why I wanted to come back. I wanted to come back to help you be the best version of you, so Sumter High can be the best version of itself," Marlowe said. "Every day that we pour into you and you become a better man, we're going to become a better football team and a better football program. And great football teams and great football programs hang banners in gyms. That's what we're going to do here." That process starts with three core values, alongside the standard Marlowe wants to set at Sumter High. "We're going to be tough, we're going to be disciplined, and the third value will be sacrifice," he said. "Then we have standards. Standards are different than expectations. There are people outside of this room who will put expectations on you and on us, but standards are unwavering; they will never change no matter what. The standard here is to be tough, to be disciplined and to be dominant." The Gamecocks will be tough under Marlowe. That commitment to mental and physical toughness helped Marlowe lead South Florence to two SCHSL 4A titles amid a stretch of four straight trips to the championship game. "I believe toughness is the most important thing that you need to have as a man to be successful in this life. Unfortunately, it's one of the things that's being taken away from this world more than anything else. Toughness is hard to define, but it's easy to measure. Your toughness is defined by what does it take to break you, to make you quit. Our goal with everything we do is to make that go further and further and further down the line. Every single day, your very best is going to be required because every single day, we've got to improve in our toughness." Marlowe will also challenge his team to be disciplined, making the correct choices to improve both on and off the field. That discipline goes hand in hand with his third value, sacrifice. "The easiest way to define discipline is I have this thing over here that I want to do, but I know I'm not supposed to do it. Can you make the choice and the decision not to do it?" the new head coach said. "On the other side, I have this thing I really don't want to do. I don't want to wake up at 7 o'clock in the morning over the summer to come to practice; can I make myself do it?" Marlowe was quick to point out that he's not starting from scratch with the Gamecocks. He picks up the baton from Mark Barnes, who leaves SHS as the second-winningest coach in program history. Marlowe served as an assistant for five years under Barnes before taking the head coaching position at South Florence and credits their relationship as a spark for his success with the Bruins. "I think this is a great opportunity to really recognize Coach Barnes. When he came into Sumter High, he was the fourth head coach in four years here. Coach Barnes provided stability to a program that was kind of spiraling a little bit," Marlowe said. "He poured a tremendous amount into me. The five years that I worked for him advanced my career by 25 years. People talk about the success we had at South Florence, they think about the last four years, but they forget we went 2-6 our first year. That first year, I really thought I had it all figured out. I thought I was smarter than Coach Barnes, so when I went and I had my own program, I said I'm going to do things my own way and we went 2-6. Sometimes, in order to grow, you've got to fail, you've got to fall flat on your face, and that's exactly what I did. But when I went back to the things he taught me and the ways that I watched him build this program, that's when we started to have a little more success. "Coach Barnes will always have a special place, personally for me, in my heart, but should have a special place in everyone's heart at Sumter High because when he came in, Sumter High was not trending up, and he didn't just right the ship; he got us going in the right direction. I'm really thankful for what he invested into me and into Sumter." Relationships are crucial for Marlowe. He laid out a plan to meet with each player individually as they begin to mold the 2026 version of the Gamecocks. "We're a player-focused program. Every single thing we do is about the players," the SHS head coach said. "When you make decisions that way, it really just simplifies things. Whatever it takes for us to be the best team we can be. I think coaching is a little bit overrated, honestly. There's never been a coach who was considered a great coach who didn't have a lot of great players. I know there are great players here; now it's going to be about everybody uniting and working towards one common goal for this program. Our goal for this program will be, we'll have only one, and that'll be to win a state championship. "That will be our goal, but it won't be our focus. Our focus every day has got to be improving and making sure that we're taking steps every day to becoming a better version of ourselves." Marlowe is ready to hit the ground running at his alma mater. He accomplished just about everything a coach can check off a bucket list at South Florence, but it means a little bit more when you have the chance to achieve those goals back home. "It's different," Marlowe said of coaching at Sumter High. "I'm so proud of the things we accomplished at South Florence, so proud of my time there and the experience, but when you come back to the place that built you, it's just different. The fire and the passion and the energy that I've always had, this morning walking through the stadium, I felt it doubling inside of me." | |
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| Person ID | I283379 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 17 Feb 2026 | |
| Father | Andrew Philip MARLOWE, Sr. | |
| Mother | Lousie MOSELEY | |
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| Family ID | F190386 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Sarah Kathryn SPIGNER | |||||||
| Marriage | 15 Jun 2013 | Trinity United Methodist Church, Sumter, South Carolina  [2] |
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