Chuck Martin (basketball)

Chuck Martin
	Photographed November 2019
Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Arkansas
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	June 28, 1969 (age 55); San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Alma mater	Monmouth University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000	Manhattan (assistant)
2000–2001	UMass (assistant)
2001–2004	Drexel (assistant)
2004–2006	St. John's (assistant)
2006–2008	Memphis (assistant)
2008–2013	Marist
2014–2017	Indiana (assistant)
2017–2021	South Carolina (assistant)
2021–2022	South Carolina (associate)
2022–2023	Oregon (assistant)
2023–2024	Kentucky (assistant)
2024–present	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.^[1]

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.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Marist (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2008–2013)
2008–09	Marist	10–23	4–14	T–9th
2009–10	Marist	1–29	1–17	10th
2010–11	Marist	6–27	3–15	T–9th
2011–12	Marist	14–17	7–11	8th
2012–13	Marist	10–21	6–12	8th
Total:		41–117
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Carlos Rosa Rosa (March 27, 2020). "José "Chuck" Martin: dos décadas de trayectoria en el baloncesto de la NCAA". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved March 28, 2020.
^ Borzello, Jeff. "Chuck Martin out as head coach at Marist". CBSSports.com. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
^ Russell, Eric (June 19, 2017). "Former Indiana assistant Chuck Martin hired by Gamecocks". Aiken Standard. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
^ "Chuck Martin Named Associate Head Coach, Steele Promoted to Assistant Coach". June 16, 2021.
^ https://twitter.com/KentuckyMBB/status/1676987278013485056?s=20 ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Player Bio: Chuck Martin". GoRedFoxes.com. May 21, 2010. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2010.