Chuck Martin (basketball)

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Chuck Martin

| image = Chuck Martin.jpg

| caption = Martin in November 2019

| current_title = Assistant coach

| current_team = Arkansas

| current_conference = SEC

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|6|28}}

| birth_place = San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Monmouth University

| coach_years1 = 1999–2000

| coach_team1 = Manhattan (assistant)

| overall_record = {{winning percentage|41|118|record=y}}

| coach_years2 = 2000–2001

| coach_team2 = UMass (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2001–2004

| coach_team3 = Drexel (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 2004–2006

| coach_team4 = St. John's (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 2006–2008

| coach_team5 = Memphis (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 2008–2013

| coach_team6 = Marist

| coach_years7 = 2014–2017

| coach_team7 = Indiana (assistant)

| coach_years8 = 2017–2021

| coach_team8 = South Carolina (assistant)

| coach_years9 = 2021–2022

| coach_team9 = South Carolina (associate)

| coach_years10 = 2022–2023

| coach_team10 = Oregon (assistant)

| coach_years11 = 2023–2024

| coach_team11 = Kentucky (assistant)

| coach_years12 = 2024–present

| coach_team12 = Arkansas (assistant)

}}

José Luis "Chuck" Martín is a Puerto Rican college basketball coach who is an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas.{{cite news |url= https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/baloncesto/nota/josechuckmartindosdecadasdetrayectoriaenelbaloncestodelancaa-2556389/ |title= José "Chuck" Martin: dos décadas de trayectoria en el baloncesto de la NCAA |author=Carlos Rosa Rosa |work=El Nuevo Día |language=es |date=2020-03-27 |access-date=2020-03-28 |url-access=subscription}} Martin was head coach at Marist College from 2008 to 2013.

Basketball career

As a basketball player, Martin played for the Capitanes de Arecibo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) for five seasons. He was coached by Raymond Dalmau, from whom he learned to be honest with his players, and his assistant Carlos Calcaño whom he credits as a source of inspirational quotes. Players like Eddie Casiano and Javier Antonio Colón impressed Martin as opponents.

Collegiate coaching career (1998–present)

=Marist (2008–2013)=

After going 41–118 in five seasons, Martin was fired from Marist.{{cite web|last=Borzello |first=Jeff |url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21877419/chuck-martin-out-as-head-coach-at-marist |title=Chuck Martin out as head coach at Marist |publisher=CBSSports.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-22}}

=South Carolina (2017–2022)=

Martin joined Frank Martin's staff at South Carolina.{{cite news|last1=Russell|first1=Eric|title=Former Indiana assistant Chuck Martin hired by Gamecocks|url=http://www.aikenstandard.com/sports/former-indiana-assistant-chuck-martin-hired-by-gamecocks/article_8ae74fbe-550f-11e7-b380-131ed1071db0.html|accessdate=June 19, 2017|work=Aiken Standard|date=June 19, 2017}} Martin was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2021-22 season.{{cite web|url=https://gamecocksonline.com/news/2021/06/16/mens-basketball-chuck-martin-named-associate-head-coach-steele-promoted/ |title=Chuck Martin Named Associate Head Coach, Steele Promoted to Assistant Coach |date=June 16, 2021 }}

= Oregon (2022–2023) =

Joined as an assistant head coach in March 2022.

= Kentucky (2023–2024) =

Joined as an assistant coach in July 2023.https://twitter.com/KentuckyMBB/status/1676987278013485056?s=20 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

= Arkansas (2024–present) =

Joined as an assistant coach in April 2024.

Head coaching record

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

|name=Marist

|startyear=2008

|conference=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

|endyear=2013

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2008–09

| name = Marist

| overall = 10–23

| conference = 4–14

| confstanding = T–9th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2009–10

| name = Marist

| overall = 1–29

| conference = 1–17

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2010–11

| name = Marist

| overall = 6–27

| conference = 3–15

| confstanding = T–9th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2011–12

| name = Marist

| overall = 14–17

| conference = 7–11

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2012–13

| name = Marist

| overall = 10–21

| conference = 6–12

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

|overall=41–117

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Personal life

Martin was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from where his family relocated to New York. His original nickname was in Spanish, "Che", which eventually became "Chuck" because the English speakers couldn't pronounce it properly. Likewise his actual last name, Martín, has an accent but its pronunciation became anglicized to "Martin". When presenting himself, he does so as José Luis Martín and identifies as Puerto Rican.

Martin is a 1993 graduate of Monmouth University with a bachelor's degree in communications. He and his wife, Lee, have three children.{{cite web | title = Player Bio: Chuck Martin | publisher = GoRedFoxes.com | date = May 21, 2010 | url = http://goredfoxes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/martin_chuck00.html | access-date = May 21, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111001084135/http://goredfoxes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/martin_chuck00.html | archive-date = October 1, 2011 | url-status = dead }} Martin retains links with the island to this day, taking his son to a tryout for the juvenile Puerto Rico national team in 2019. He has expressed his interest in joining the program, which he cites as a source of great pride.

Chuck Martin (basketball)

Basketball career

Collegiate coaching career (1998–present)

=Marist (2008–2013)=

=South Carolina (2017–2022)=

= Oregon (2022–2023) =

= Kentucky (2023–2024) =

= Arkansas (2024–present) =

Head coaching record

Personal life

References

See also