Chuck Martin (American football)

Charles Thomas Martin (born January 8, 1968) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Miami University and was previously the offensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame. Martin was the head coach at Grand Valley State University from 2004 to 2009, compiling a record of 74–7. His Grand Valley State Lakers won consecutive NCAA Division II Football Championships in 2005 and 2006 and were runners-up in 2009.

For the basketball coach, see Chuck Martin (basketball).
Chuck Martin
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMiami (OH)
ConferenceMAC
Record32–46
Biographical details
Born (1968-01-08) January 8, 1968
Park Forest, Illinois
Playing career
Football
1987–1989Millikin
Basketball
1986–1990Millikin
Position(s)Safety, placekicker (football)
Guard (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1993Mankato State (GA)
1994–1995Wittenberg (LB)
1996–1997Millikin (DC/DB)
1998–1999Eastern Michigan (LB)
2000–2002Grand Valley State (DB/OLB)
2003Grand Valley State (DC/DB)
2004–2009Grand Valley State
2010Notre Dame (DB/RC)
2011Notre Dame (S/RC)
2012–2013Notre Dame (OC/QB)
2014–presentMiami (OH)
Head coaching record
Overall106–53
Bowls0–2
Tournaments16–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAA Division II (2005–2006)
5 GLIAC (2005–2009)
2 MAC East Division (2016, 2019)
1 MAC (2019)
Awards
2× AFCA Division II Coach of the Year (2005–2006)
GLIAC Coach of the Year (2007)

Early life and education

Born and raised in Park Forest, Illinois in an Irish Catholic family, Martin graduated from Rich East High School in 1986.[1][2] Martin attended Millikin University, an NCAA Division III school, and played both football and basketball. On the football team, Martin earned All-American honors as a safety and all-conference honors as a placekicker.[1] Martin played at guard on the Millikin basketball team and averaged 9.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 4.2 assists as a senior.[3]

Coaching career

From 2005 to 2009, Martin's Lakers football team did not lose a regular season game, and only lost two post-season games at the end of the 2007 and 2008 seasons, setting a record for consecutive wins, 48, breaking the previous mark of 29 games also set by the Lakers spanning from 2000 to 2003 by then head coach, Brian Kelly.

From 2005 to 2007, the Lakers under Martin set an all-time NCAA Division II record with 40 consecutive wins, breaking a half-century old mark set by in-state and in-conference rival Hillsdale College.

Martin was the offensive coordinator at Notre Dame for the 2012 season, where the Fighting Irish finished the regular season with a 12–0 record and a berth in the BCS National Championship Game.

On December 3, 2013, it was announced that Martin would be leaving his position at Notre Dame to take over as the head coach at Miami University for the 2014 season.[4]

Head coaching record
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs AFCA#
Grand Valley State Lakers (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2004–2009)
2004 Grand Valley State 10–38–23rdL NCAA Division II Quarterfinal25
2005 Grand Valley State 13–09–01stW NCAA Division II Championship1
2006 Grand Valley State 15–010–01stW NCAA Division II Championship1
2007 Grand Valley State 12–19–01stL NCAA Division II Semifinal4
2008 Grand Valley State 11–110–01stL NCAA Division II Quarterfinal4
2009 Grand Valley State 13–29–11stL NCAA Division II Championship2
Grand Valley State: 74–755–3
Miami RedHawks (Mid-American Conference) (2014–present)
2014 Miami 2–102–66th (East)
2015 Miami 3–92–6T–5th (East)
2016 Miami 6–76–2T–1st (East)L St. Petersburg
2017 Miami 5–74–4T–3rd (East)
2018 Miami 6–66–2T–2nd (East)
2019 Miami 8–66–21st (East)L LendingTree
2020 Miami 2–12–1T–3rd (East)
Miami: 32–4628–23
Total:106–53
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "Chuck Martin Named Notre Dame Defensive Backs Coach". Notre Dame Athletics. January 5, 2010. Archived from the original on November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  2. "Ex-GVSU football coach Chuck Martin settling in at Notre Dame". Holland Sentinel. April 13, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  3. http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1990_424_Millikin%20University.pdf
  4. "Chuck Martin to coach RedHawks". ESPN.com.
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