| Glenn "Abe" Martin | |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Burnt Prairie, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Springfield, Illinois, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1929–1931 |
| Player Team2: | Southern Illinois |
| Player Years3: | 1932 |
| Player Team3: | Chicago Cardinals |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1933–1935 |
| Coach Team2: | Fairfield HS (IL) |
| Coach Years3: | 1936 |
| Coach Team3: | Pontiac HS (IL) |
| Coach Years4: | 1937 |
| Coach Team4: | Princeton HS (IL) |
| Coach Years5: | 1938 |
| Coach Team5: | Southern Illinois (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1939–1949 |
| Coach Team6: | Southern Illinois |
| Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
| Coach Years8: | 1933–1936 |
| Coach Team8: | Fairfield HS (IL) |
| Coach Years9: | 1936–1937 |
| Coach Team9: | Pontiac HS (IL) |
| Coach Years10: | 1937–1938 |
| Coach Team10: | Princeton HS (IL) |
| Coach Years11: | 1943–1946 |
| Coach Team11: | Southern Illinois |
| Coach Sport12: | Baseball |
| Coach Years13: | 1947–1965 |
| Coach Team13: | Southern Illinois |
| Admin Years1: | 1945–1953 |
| Admin Team1: | Southern Illinois |
| Overall Record: | 31–42–5 (college football) 43–20 (college basketball) 281–156–2 (college baseball) |
| Tournament Record: | Basketball 7–1 (NAIA) |
| Championships: | Football 1 IIAC (1947) Basketball 1 NAIA (1946) |
Morris Glenn Martin (January 19, 1906 – April 17, 1997),[1] also known as Abe Martin, was an American football player, coach of football, basketball and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He was the fifth head football coach at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU), serving from 1939 to 1949 and compiling a record of 31–42–5.[2] Martin was the school's head basketball coach from 1943 to 1946, tallying a mark of 43–20, head baseball coach from 1947 to 1965, amassing a record of 281–156–2. He was also the athletic director from 1945 to 1953.
On April 30, 1972, Southern Illinois' baseball field was dedicated in honor of Martin, who retired from the athletic department in 1971.[3] The field was later renamed in honor of a different coach in 2014.
Martin began his coaching career in 1933 at Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Illinois.[4] He moved to Pontiac High School in Pontiac, Illinois in 1936 and then to Princeton High School in Princeton, Illinois a year later.[5] He was hired at Southern Illinois Normal University—now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale—as an assistant football coach in 1938. Martin succeeded William McAndrew as head football coach at Southern Illinois in 1939.[6]
Martin died on April 17, 1997, at a retirement home Springfield, Illinois.[7] [8]