Mike Martin | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | Brown |
Current Conference: | Ivy League |
Birth Date: | 4 July 1982 |
Birth Place: | Agawam, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 2000–2004 |
Player Team1: | Brown |
Player Years2: | 2004–2005 |
Player Team2: | Dart Killester |
Coach Years1: | 2005–2006 |
Coach Team1: | Brown (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 2006–2012 |
Coach Team2: | Penn (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2012–present |
Coach Team3: | Brown |
Tournament Record: | 1–1 (CBI) 0–1 (CIT) |
Awards: | Ivy League Coach of the Year (2019) |
Mike Martin (born July 4, 1982) is the college basketball head coach for the Brown University Bears and a former college basketball player. He was also assistant coach with the Penn Quakers before becoming head coach at Brown.
Martin was in the starting lineup all four years of college basketball at Brown University. He was a member of the most successful class in the Bears' 100-year basketball history (63-45 four-year record). He also helped the Class of 2004 to a school-record 39-17 Ivy League mark during that period—the third best by an Ivy League team since 1970. Martin ranks 10th in career assists at Brown University with 232.
He served as assistant coach for the Quakers for six years and his roles were to recruit and mentor players. He has recruited many players including Jack Eggleston, was an All-Ivy and All-Big 5 selection during his career, and Zack Rosen, the unanimous pick by the Ancient Eight coaches as the 2011-12 Ivy League Player of the Year.[1] Martin was hired as head coach at Brown on May 31, 2012.[2]
In February 2023, Martin won his 134th game with the Bears, making him the "winningest" coach in the history of the Brown Bears basketball program.[3]