Chuck Martin (basketball) explained

Chuck Martin
Current Title:Assistant coach
Current Team:Arkansas
Current Conference:SEC
Birth Date:28 June 1969
Birth Place:San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Alma Mater:Monmouth University
Coach Years1:1999–2000
Coach Team1:Manhattan (assistant)
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.[1] 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.[2]

South Carolina (2017–2022)

Martin joined Frank Martin's staff at South Carolina.[3] Martin was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2021-22 season.[4]

Oregon (2022-2023)

Joined as an assistant head coach in March 2022.

Kentucky (2023-2024)

Joined as an assistant coach in July 2023.[5]

Arkansas (2024-present)

Joined as an assistant coach in April 2024.

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.[6] 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.

See Also

Notes and References

  1. News: José "Chuck" Martin: dos décadas de trayectoria en el baloncesto de la NCAA . Carlos Rosa Rosa . . es . 2020-03-27 . 2020-03-28 . subscription.
  2. Web site: Borzello . Jeff . Chuck Martin out as head coach at Marist . CBSSports.com . 2014-08-22.
  3. News: Russell. Eric. Former Indiana assistant Chuck Martin hired by Gamecocks. June 19, 2017. Aiken Standard. June 19, 2017.
  4. Web site: Chuck Martin Named Associate Head Coach, Steele Promoted to Assistant Coach . June 16, 2021 .
  5. https://twitter.com/KentuckyMBB/status/1676987278013485056?s=20
  6. Web site: Player Bio: Chuck Martin . GoRedFoxes.com . May 21, 2010 . May 21, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001084135/http://goredfoxes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/martin_chuck00.html . October 1, 2011 . dead .