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Who is Frank Martin?
Francisco Jose Martin known as Frank Martin is a popular American professional basketball coach. He is currently serving as the head coach for UMass men’s basketball. Previously, he was the head coach of the University of South Carolina men’s basketball team for ten seasons. Before that, Martin was the head coach of Kansas State University for five seasons.
Martin has guided his teams to a total of five NCAA Tournaments and 1 Final Four appearance as a head coach. In 2010, he was named the Big 12 Conference Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year. In 2017, Martin won the Jim Phelan Award.
Frank Martin career
Martin started his career in basketball as the head coach of the boy’s junior varsity team at Miami High School in 1985. He worked in the position for 8 years till he was chosen for his first varsity coaching job at North Miami High School in 1993 after completing his studies at FIU. Martin went back to Miami Senior to head its varsity squad two years later.
The Stingarees won three state championships in a row from 1996 to 1998 with teams featuring future NBA players Steve Blake and Udonis Haslem under his guidance. The last of those titles was later vacated because of recruiting violations involving school employees and boosters who gave housing assistance to the players. Martin was then dismissed in 1999, even though he was not personally accused of any wrongdoing. He then worked as head coach at Booker T. Washington High School for one year.
College coaching career
From 2000 to 2004, Martin joined the college ranks as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Northeastern University. He then moved to the University of Cincinnati, working one season each under Bob Huggins and Andy Kennedy. Later, he followed Huggins to Kansas State, joining his staff on April 5, 2006. Martin was named head coach of the Wildcats in the wake of Huggins’ resignation, almost one year to the day after his arrival in Manhattan on April 6, 2007.
Kansas State
His first season as head coach at Kansas State was marked by various noteworthy events. The 2007-2008 team featuring star freshman Michael Beasley was included in the preseason Top 25 for the first time since 1972. Martin’s team beat then-No.10 Texas A&M on January 19, 2008, giving the team its first victory against a ranked team in almost a year. This was also its first win against a Top 10 team since defeating Texas in March 2004. He then led Kansas State to an 84-75 win against then-No. 2 Kansas on January 30, 2008, marking the team’s first home win against their in-state rival since 1983. Ultimately, he guided Kansas State to its first berth in the NCAA Tournament since 1996.
On March 7, 2010, Frank was awarded the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year by the conference. He then guided the team to the Elite 8, their best tournament performance since 1988, later that month. Martin was later given a contract extension through the 2014-2015 season. His salary rose to $1.2 million, plus incentives for 2010-11. The salary would later rise by $100,000 a year for each following year of the contract, topping out at $1.6 in 2014-15. There were rumors that he, born and brought up in Miami, might leave Kansas State to take up the job at Miami after Frank Haith left for a head coaching job at Missouri in the spring of 2011. The rumors were dismissed after it was revealed that Jim Larranaga took the job at Miami.
How old is Frank Martin?
Francisco Jose Martin is aged 56 as of 2022, having been born on March 23, 1966, in Miami, Florida, U.S. He shares his birthday with famous people including Victoria Pedretti, Keri Russell, James Bradley, Joan Crawford, Akira Kurosawa, Roger Bannister, Rex Tillerson, Amanda Plummer, Catherine Keener, Kyrie Irving, among others.
Frank Martin Family
Who are Frank Martin’s parents?
Francisco Jose Martin was born to Cuban political exiles in Miami, Florida, as the first American-born member of his family. His mother is Lourdes Perez Martin, and no further information is known about his family since they came from Cuba.
Does Frank Martin have siblings?
It is known that Martin is the first American member of his family, but it is not clear how many members are there. He has siblings but has not shared any information about the family with the media.
Frank Martin Education
Martin attended Florida International University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1993.
Frank Martin Wife
Martin is no longer single as he married his beautiful wife, Anya Forest in 2006. She is a former star athlete and alumna of the University of Massachusetts. The couple has been happily married and has three children and resides in South Carolina.
Frank Martin Kids
Martin and his sweetheart, Forest have three children together in their marriage. They have two sons Brandon Martin and Christian Martin and a daughter Amalia Martin. Brandon presently plays on the Gamecocks men’s basketball team, having transferred in 2021 from USC Upstate.
Frank Martin Height
Martin has a well-built, muscular and athletic body adding up to an impressive height of 5 ft 8 in (1.76 m) and a moderate weight of 93 kg (205 lbs).
South Carolina
Martin confirmed that he had accepted a head coach job at South Carolina through a text message to ESPN on March 26, 2012. He was then introduced to the team on March 27, 2012, taking the place of Darrin Horn. In both of his first two seasons, he posted losing records; including a combined conference mark of 9-27. The team’s most notable win in those two seasons was a 72-67 home win over No. 17 Kentucky on March 1, 2014. Martin later issued a public apology to fans and players on January 21, 2014, following a verbal trade during the team’s defeat by Ole Miss in the 2013-14 season. USC Athletic Director Ray Tanner then suspended him for the last game of the regular season for further ”inappropriate verbal communication” with players on March 6, 2014.
In his third season at South Carolina, Martin recorded his first winning season at the team with a 17-16 (6-12) record. The team registered a 9-3 record in its non-conference season, ending with a victory against No. 9 Iowa State at the Brooklyn Hoops Showcase. It was followed by completing the team’s SEC regular season with a 6-12 record, then posting a 2-1 mark in the SEC Tournament. The team went o with the upward trend in the 2015-16 season and won 24 regular-season games, consisting of a 13-0 mark in non-conference games. Later, the 11-7 mark in the conference was good enough to tie for third in the SEC. However, after losing to Georgia in the SEC Tournament, the team accepted an NIT bid.
2016-2019
South Carolina finally broke through and received a bid as a No. 7 seed to the 2017 NCAA Tournament in the 2016-17 season. Here they received their first victory in the event since 1973 with a 20-point win against the No. 10 seed Marquette Golden Eagles. It was then followed by a victory against No. 2 seed Duke, proceeding to the program’s first Sweet 16 in school history. The Gamecocks then defeated Baylor to proceed to the Elite 8 for the first time in school history. The team beat Florida in the East Regional Final to attain the school’s first-ever Final Four on Sunday, March 26, 2017.
On April 1, 2017, they lost 77-73 to Gonzaga, ending their road to the national championship. After the run to the Final Four, the Gamecocks did not make it to the postseason play in the next two seasons. They posted middling records of 17-16 (7-11) in 2017-18 and 16-16 (11-7) in 2018-19.
2019-2022
The Gamecocks improved over the previous two seasons in the 2019-20 season, completing 18-13 (10-8), with wins against No. 9 Virginia and No. 10 Kentucky. Despite having 2 top-10 victories, the team suffered upset losses to Stetson and Boston University. They completed 6th in the SEC and were set to face 11th seed Arkansas prior to the tournament and all postseason activities were canceled because of the COVID-9 pandemic.
The team then improved over the previous season in the 2021-22 season, finishing 18-13 (9-9) with notable victories against Texas A&M and LSU. However, they remained middling with a 7th place finish in the SEC without any postseason bid. On March 14, 2022, Martin was then released as the head coach of South Carolina. By the time of his release, he was the third-winningest coach at South Carolina with a 171-147 (79-99 SEC) record.
UMass
It was revealed on March 25, 2022, that Martin had agreed to a contract to become the next head coach at UMass.
Frank Martin Net Worth
American professional basketball coach, Martin has been active from 1985 to the present. Currently, he is the new head coach at UMass after head coaching at South Carolina and Kansas State. He has been able to garn an accumulative net worth of approximately $2.5 million as of 2022.