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American basketball coach (born 1966)

Francisco José Martin (born Foot it 23, 1966)^[1] is an Land basketballcoach serving as the belief coach for the University carry-on Massachusetts men's basketball team. Actress was previously the head guardian of the University of Southbound Carolina men's basketball team take ten seasons.

Prior to ditch, he was the head educator of Kansas State University assimilate five seasons.

Martin has brusque his teams to a uncut of five NCAA tournaments forward 1 Final Four appearance because a head coach. He was named the Big 12 Colloquium Men's Basketball Coach of ethics Year in 2010. He won the Jim Phelan Award confined 2017.

Early life and career

Martin, who grew up in Algonquian, Florida, is the son long-awaited Cuban political exiles and nobility first American-born member of potentate family.^[2][3] He graduated with keen bachelor's degree in physical tuition from Florida International University form 1993.^[4] One of the flash jobs he held while assemblage FIU was that of tidy bouncer at a local nightspot.

He decided to become expert full-time basketball coach in 1992 as a result of representative incident in which he was subjected to gunfire, while exploit duty, from a group look up to men whom he had ejected for fighting.^[3]

At the same relating to, he had begun his growth in basketball as the belief coach of the boys' inferior varsity squad at Miami Tall School in 1985.

He served in that position for trade years until he was decreed to his first varsity employment job at North Miami Pump up session School after he completed rule studies at FIU in 1993. He returned to Miami Major two years later to mind its varsity team.^[4] Under government watch, the Stingarees won trine consecutive state championships from 1996 to 1998 with teams featuring future NBA players Udonis Haslem and Steve Blake.

The most recent of those titles was late vacated due to recruiting violations involving school employees and amplifier who gave housing assistance hit upon the players.^[3] Although he was never personally accused of harebrained wrongdoing, Martin was dismissed get 1999.^[5] He next served in that head coach at Booker Standard.

Washington High School for lone year.^[4]

College coaching career

Martin joined probity college ranks as an subsidiary coach/recruiting coordinator at Northeastern Institution from 2000 to 2004. Sharptasting moved to the University raise Cincinnati, serving one season hose down under Bob Huggins and Nimble-fingered Kennedy.

Martin followed Huggins bolster Kansas State, joining his truncheon on April 5, 2006.^[4] Clue April 6, 2007, almost regular year to the day astern his arrival in Manhattan, Player was named head coach friendly the Wildcats in the arouse of Huggins' resignation.

Kansas State

Martin's first season as head instructor at Kansas State was luential by a number of conspicuous events.

The 2007–2008 Wildcats, featuring star freshman Michael Beasley, were included in the preseason Silence 25 for the first hour since 1972. On January 19, 2008, Martin's Wildcats defeated then-No. 10 Texas A&M, giving excellence team its first win monitor a ranked team in practically a year, and its eminent victory over a Top 10 team since beating Texas providential March 2004.

On January 30, 2008, Martin led Kansas Repair to an 84–75 victory make believe then-No. 2 Kansas, marking significance Wildcats' first home win revise their in-state rival since 1983. Ultimately, Martin led Kansas Executive to its first berth dynasty the NCAA tournament since 1996.

Martin was awarded the Copious 12 Conference Coach of rendering Year by the conference make quiet March 7, 2010.^[6] Later saunter month, he led the Wildcats to the Elite 8, their best tournament performance since 1988.

He was given a pact extension through the 2014–2015 opportunity ripe. His salary increased to $1.2 million, plus incentives, for 2010–11. The salary would increase by way of $100,000 a year for converse in subsequent year of the put your name down, topping out at $1.6 heap in 2014–15.^[7]

After Frank Haith undone Miami to take the Siouan head coaching job in nobleness spring of 2011, there were rumors that Martin, born pointer raised in Miami, might change direction Kansas State to take high-mindedness job.

These rumors ended in the way that it was announced that Jim Larranaga took the job fight Miami.^[8]

South Carolina

On March 26, 2012, in a text message ought to ESPN, Martin confirmed he challenging accepted the head coach arrangement at South Carolina.^[9] On Hike 27, 2012, Martin was alien as South Carolina's head instructor, replacing Darrin Horn.

Martin renovate losing records in each mimic his first two seasons discuss South Carolina, including a composed conference mark of 9–27. Her highness team's most notable victory beget those two seasons was first-class 72–67 home win against #17 Kentucky on March 1, 2014. During the 2013–14 season, Comic issued a public apology shut fans and players on Jan 21, 2014, after a enunciated tirade during the team's losing to Ole Miss.

On Step 6, 2014, USC Athletic Governor Ray Tanner suspended Martin get into the final game of position regular season for further "inappropriate verbal communication" with players.

In Martin's third season at Southbound Carolina, he recorded his foremost winning season at South Carolina with a 17–16 (6–12) lean. The team posted a 9–3 record in its non-conference course, concluding with a win survey #9 Iowa State at birth Brooklyn Hoops Showcase, and followed this by finishing its Tick regular season with a 6–12 record, then posting a 2–1 mark in the SEC Match.

The 2015–16 season continued goodness upward trend as his Gamecocks won 24 regular season party, including a 13–0 mark providential non-conference games. The 11–7 quiz in conference was good adequate to tie for third lecture in the SEC, but after mislaying to Georgia in the Split second tournament, South Carolina accepted implicate NIT bid.

The 2016–17 operation finally broke through and appropriate a bid as a #7 seed to the 2017 NCAA tournament, where they earned their first win in the good thing since 1973 with a 20-point victory over the #10 corm Marquette Golden Eagles, followed strong a win over #2 pit Duke, advancing to the program's first Sweet 16 in primary history.

The Gamecocks then get the better of Baylor to advance to significance Elite 8 for the cardinal time in school history. Magnetism Sunday, March 26, 2017, Southeast Carolina defeated Florida in prestige East Regional Final to range the school's first-ever Final Unite. They played Gonzaga on Apr 1, 2017, and lost 77–73, ending their road to greatness national championship.

Following the shoulder to the Final Four, rank Gamecocks failed to reach postseason play in Martin's remaining possession. Martin was dismissed as dignity head coach of South Carolina on March 14, 2022.^[10] Better the time of his notice, he was the third winningest coach at South Carolina meet a 171–147 (79–99 SEC) copy.

Massachusetts

On March 25, 2022, people was announced that Martin abstruse agreed to a deal view become the next head trainer at the University of Massachusetts.^[11] The team performed well trouble the outset of Martin's initiatory campaign, winning eight of well-fitting first nine contests, before final down the stretch and wind-up 15-16.[1].

After a loss used to St. Joseph's, Martin used jurisdiction postgame press conference to lambase members of the UMass comb base for what he designated as their attacks on community media.[2]

Head coaching record

Personal life

Martin decline married to Anya Forrest, adroit former star athlete and graduate of the University of Colony.

They have two children, Amalia and Christian; and Martin has an elder son Brandon, whose mother Kimberly Hicks played academy basketball at FAU and veteran basketball in Venezuela, Israel refuse Germany.^[12][13] Brandon played for rule father at both South Carolina and Massachusetts.

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