Marvin Lindsey, Jr was born and has lived his entire life in Magnolia. He comes from a coaching family. His father, Marvin Lindsey Sr also coached in Magnolia. His son, Ben Lindsey, carries on the tradition at Paragould High School.

Marvin has worked for the Magnolia School District for 42 year. During this time, he coached football, basketball, track, and golf. For the last 19 years, he has been the Athletic Director for the district.

As athletic director, he was named the 5A Athletic Director of the Year and received the Arkansas Activities Association Citation Award for contributions to high school activity programs. During his tenure as the Athletic Director with Magnolia School District, they have won 15 state titles and 4 state runner-up titles. Marvin is dedicated to making Magnolia the best that it can be. He was instrumental in making campus improvements at the high school by the construction of an indoor practice facility for all sports, a new 24,000 seat basketball arena, a new track surface, renovation of the football stadium (including a new scoreboard), a new softball facility, resurface of the existing tennis courts, a new baseball team room and a new weight room for all sports. Improvements made to other campuses include a new middle school gym, new elementary gym, and renovation of the junior high gym. Marvin also started additional sports programs during his tenure such as boys and girls cross country, boys and girls swimming, and girls golf.

During his coaching career, Marvin was named National High School Coach of the Year by the National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Association in basketball, National Coach of the Year for District 6 (Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas) in basketball, Arkansas Activities Association Coach of the year in basketball, Arkansas Activities Association Coach of the year in golf Arkansas Democrat Coach of the Year in basketball, President of the Arkansas Activities High School Coaches Association, recipient of the Curt King Award, Arkansas Activities Association All-Star Coach, and 5-A South Conference Coach of the Year. He coached teams as a head coach and assistant coach that won three state championships, one overall state championship, two state runners-up’s, and several conference championships. Marvin was inducted into the Arkansas High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2018.

Marvin has been married to the love of his life, Sonja Foster Lindsey for 39 years. He has been blessed with two wonderful children, Miki Lindsey, MD who is in residency at UAMS and Ben Lindsey who is the head basketball coach at Paragould High School. Ben and his wife, Whitteni, have made him the proud grandfather of two.

Marvin has been a member of the First United Methodist Church in Magnolia his entire life. He has served as head usher since the eighties. He has also served his church as a member of the Administrative Board and Nominations Committee. He is active in his community by volunteering for Special Olympics, Boys and Girls Club, Magnolia Blossom Festival, and Relay for Life.