Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- mbasket@indiana.edu
- Phone:
- (812) 855-2238
VIDEO: Indiana Announced Martin as Assistant Coach | Press Conference Transcript
• Martin is in his third season as an assistant coach with the Hoosiers in 2016-17.
• He has helped Indiana to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in his first two seasons and seven wins over nationally ranked teams the last two seasons.
• The 2015-16 edition of the Hoosiers finished the year ranked No. 9 in the country in the USA Today Coaches Poll and 14th by the Associated Press and made its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in five seasons, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen for the third time in five seasons after the Hoosiers topped #10 Kentucky, 73-67, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Des Moines.
• The Hoosiers were 8-4 against Top 50 teams and were 17-0 at home in 2015-16, the first undefeated home season for IU since the 2006-07 campaign. The Hoosiers were third in the country in field goal percentage (50.2), fifth in 3-point field goal percentage (41.6), seventh in total three-point field goals (345), 11th in scoring (82.6), 12th in scoring margin (12.7), and 19th in assists (560). Their 345 3-point field goals also established a new school and Big Ten record while the 9.9 3-pointers made per game ranked 12th in the country and tops in the Big Ten. Additionally, the Hoosiers set a new Big Ten record with 178 made 3-point field goals in conference play.
• The team also saw Yogi Ferrell earn First Team All-Big Ten honors (2015, 2016) and All-District accolades (2015, 2016). Thomas Bryant garnered Big Ten All-Freshman team accolades and Troy Williams earned Third Team All-Big Ten distinction. In addition, the staff landed its fifth McDonalds All-American in the last six years in Thomas Bryant (2015).
• In 2014-15, IU was the least experienced team to participate in the NCAA Tournament Field, its third berth in the last four seasons. IU finished sixth in the country in three-point field goal percentage (40.6), eighth in the nation in 3-point field goals made per game and 17th in scoring (77.4). All three led the Big Ten.
• The Bronx, N.Y. native, spent the 2013-14 season as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder organization before coming to Indiana for the 2014-15 season.
• He brings more than 15 years of coaching experience on the NCAA Division I level, including five as a head coach at Marist College.
• While at Marist (2008-13), three of Martin’s recruits earned MAAC All-Rookie Team honors, including Chavaughn Lewis in 2011-12 after he scored a Marist freshman record 460 points. He also oversaw Devin Price’s development into a Third Team All-MAAC honoree in 2011-12.
• In his first season at Marist, the Red Foxes set a program record for fewest points allowed to a Division I opponent in a 57-35 win over Hartford, and also set a MAAC Tournament record for fewest points allowed in a 43-40 opening-round triumph over Iona.
• Before taking over the Red Foxes program, Martin was an assistant coach at Memphis from 2006-2008. During his time with the Tigers, he saw Memphis post a 71-6 record and was able to coach standouts Derrick Rose, Chris Douglas-Roberts and Joey Dorsey as the group made it to the 2008 NCAA Championship game.
• In addition, the Tigers became the first Conference USA squad to finish undefeated in the regular season and conference tournament in 2008.
• Prior to his time at Memphis, Martin was an assistant coach at St. John’s University from 2004-06. There, he played an integral role in helping upgrade the Red Storm’s talent base.
• In January of 2006 campaign, St. John’s recorded victories over two nationally-ranked opponents - then-undefeated Pittsburgh and Louisville - within a span of five days.
• Before heading to St. John’s, Martin spent three years at Drexel University. The Dragons reached the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament championship game in 2003, and earned postseason National Invitation Tournament berths in 2003 and 2004.
• Drexel compiled a record of 36-18 in regular-season Colonial games in Martin’s three years there. He helped develop current Wagner Head Coach Bashir Mason, who became the first player in Colonial history to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors as a freshman.
• Martin also coached for one season at the University of Massachusetts, which came in the 2000-01 season. That year, the Minutemen reached the Atlantic-10 Tournament championship game.
• He began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Manhattan College during the 1999-2000 season. Martin’s strong roots in New York City helped land All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference players Muggsy Green, Jared Johnson and 2004 NBA Draft selection Luis Flores.
• Before embarking on his college coaching career, Martin served as camp director of the Eastern Invitational Basketball Camp.
• He also worked as an assistant coach at national powers St. Raymond’s and LaSalle Academy in New York.
• Martin was an assistant at LaSalle from 1993-95, when he worked with future NBA players Ron Artest and Shamgod Wells.
• In his time at St. Raymond’s Martin tutored former NBA center Ernest Brown and All-America and Virginia standout Majestic Mapp. Martin, who played at St. Raymond’s for three years, was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 1998.
• Martin began his college playing career at Champlain Junior College in Vermont, where he captained a pair of NJCAA tournament teams. He played his final two seasons at Monmouth University, where he played point guard and averaged 7.1 points per game.
• Martin is a 1993 graduate of Monmouth with a bachelor’s degree in communications.
• He and his wife, Lee, have three children -- a daughter, Ashley-Monet, and two sons, Jordan and Justin.
