Frank Martin

Head Coach
Seasons: 2022-23 -
Birthdate: March 23, 1966

Coaching - at UMass

Head Coach, 2022-23 -

Named the 23rd Head Coach in program history on March 25, 2022, succeeding Matt McCall.¹⁾²⁾ Originally signed to a 5-year deal, ending in 2027. Has since signed an extension thru the end of the 2028-29 season.³⁾
Holds a regular chat called "Just Being Frank" with Jay Burnham
Earned his 300th career victory against Richmond on 1/25/2023
Article 12/21/22: Frank Martin has UMass off to a great start, but it initially came at a cost of high stress and family turmoil (CBS Sports)
Article 11/22/22: Family first: Brandon Martin earned Frank Martin’s trust in UMass basketball program (Daily Hampshire Gazette)

Frank Martin roster photo 2022-23

Coaching - Elsewhere

South Carolina, 2012-22

171-147 overall record as the head coach in ten seasons with the Gamecocks, 79-99 in the powerful SEC.
2016-17: Final Four appearance, and their .667 (12-6) record in the SEC was their best since 1997-98. Honored with the Jim Phelan Award.
2015-16: NIT Second Round, and finished tied for third in the SEC, the Gamecocks' best conference finish since 2008-09.
Martin and SC went 2-0 against UMass: 2017 in Columbia, 2019 in Amherst.

Kansas State, 2007-12

117-54 overall record as the head coach in five seasons with the Wildcats, 50-32 in the Big 12.
Four NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT appearance. Advanced to at least the second round in each, with an NCAA Elite Eight appearance in 2010, when K-State fell to eventual national finalist Butler.
2009-10: Guided the Wildcats to a second-place finish in the Big 12, K-State’s highest since 1987-88 (Big 8). Honored as the Big 12 Coach of the Year.

Head Coaching record

Season	Team	Conf	W	L	Overall	W	L	Conf	Conf Stdg⁴⁾	Conf Teams	Post-season	SRS⁵⁾	SOS⁶⁾	PPG⁷⁾	Opp PPG⁸⁾	Off Rtg⁹⁾	Def Rtg¹⁰⁾
2007-08	KSU	Big 12	21	12	.636	10	6	.625	3	12	NCAA Rd of 32	20/328	26	78.0 (24)	68.9 (175)	N/A	N/A
2008-09	KSU	Big 12	22	12	.647	9	7	.563	4	12	NIT Second Rd	38/330	63	75.2 (53)	66.6 (142)	N/A	N/A
2009-10	KSU	Big 12	29	8	.784	11	5	.688	2	12	NCAA Elite Eight	5/344	1	79.7 (12)	69.8 (215)	110.5 (31)	96.8 (79)
2010-11	KSU	Big 12	23	11	.676	10	6	.625	4	12	NCAA Rd of 32	29/345	22	72.9 (67)	66.1 (115)	105.9 (94)	96.2 (56)
2011-12	KSU	Big 12	22	11	.667	10	8	.556	5	10	NCAA Rd of 32	22/344	26	71.0 (98)	64.1 (90)	104.8 (107)	94.6 (51)
Total	KSU	Big 12	117	54	.684	50	32	.610	3.6¹¹⁾
2012-13	SC	SEC	14	18	.438	4	14	.222	12	14	none	163/347	118	66.1 (211)	68.9 (232)	98.1 (232)	102.2 (229)
2013-14	SC	SEC	14	20	.412	5	13	.278	13	14	none	95/351	53	68.3 (249)	69.9 (170)	102.2 (242)	104.5 (192)
2014-15	SC	SEC	17	16	.515	6	12	.333	11	14	none	55/351	29	65.0 (235)	62.0 (57)	99.6 (247)	94.9 (42)
2015-16	SC	SEC	25	9	.735	11	7	.611	3	14	NIT Second Rd	51/351	73	76.0 (106)	69.3 (109)	105.6 (157)	96.3 (33)
2016-17	SC	SEC	26	11	.703	12	6	.667	4	14	NCAA Final Four	26/351	24	73.2 (179)	65.2 (32)	102.9 (199)	91.8 (4)
2017-18	SC	SEC	17	16	.515	7	11	.389	11	14	none	69/351	28	70.1 (265)	69.0 (89)	99.9 (287)	98.3 (54)
2018-19	SC	SEC	16	16	.500	11	7	.611	4	14	none	71/353	29	72.7 (166)	72.4 (204)	101.7 (224)	101.3 (158)
2019-20	SC	SEC	18	13	.581	10	8	.556	6	14	N/A	64/353	71	73.4 (109)	69.5 (184)	100.8 (195)	95.5 (78)
2020-21	SC	SEC	6	15	.286	4	12	.250	11	14	none	117/347	26	72.5 (138)	79.1 (329)	96.1 (282)	104.9 (279)
2021-22	SC	SEC	18	13	.581	9	9	.500	7	14	none	88/358	30	71.0 (173)	70.3 (210)	98.0 (281)	97.0 (88)
Total	SC	SEC	171	147	.538	79	99	.444	8.2¹²⁾
Total	Total		288	201	.589	129	131	.496

Kansas State (Assistant), 2006-07

Rejoined Bob Huggins. Martin has said that Huggins didn't fully accept the job until knowing that Martin would continue to work for him and join him there.¹³⁾
K-State improved to 23-12, up from 15-13 the year before. The Wildcats also went to the second round of the NIT, their first post-season play since 1999.

Cincinnati (Assistant), 2004-06

2005-06: Remained with Cincinnati after Huggins resigned and assistant Andy Kennedy was elevated to interim head coach.
2004-05: Served on Bob Huggins’ staff.

Northeastern (Assistant), 2000-04

2001-04: Served under Ron Everhart. Northeastern improved to 19-11 in the 2003-04 season. Martin recruited would-be NBA player J. J. Barea to the Huskies.¹⁴⁾¹⁵⁾ (Barea scored 24 against UMass in the 2004-05 season.)
2000-01: Served under Rudy Keeling. NU went 10-19 (8-10 America East.)
NU did not play UMass while Martin was on staff.

High School

1999-2000: Head Coach at Booker T. Washington in Miami
1995-98: Head Coach at Miami Senior. One of his players was Udonis Haslem. Martin crossed paths with another Florida high school coach, Tim Maloney, who went on work at UMass as Travis Ford's assistant from 2005-08.¹⁶⁾
1993-95: Head Coach at North Miami Senior
1985-93: Assistant Coach at Miami Senior

Personal

Full name is Francisco Jose Martin¹⁷⁾
Spanish heritage, family migrated to Cuba, but he was born in Florida¹⁸⁾
Graduated from Florida International in 1993
Wife Anya (nee Forrest) is a 1998 graduate of UMass, and was on our Track & Field team¹⁹⁾²⁰⁾
Father of three²¹⁾
Son Brandon played from 2018-21 at USC Upstate, and for his father in 2021-22 at South Carolina and 2022-23 for us
Daughter Amalia is a sophomore at Duquesne in 2024-25 and plays on their volleyball team²²⁾
Youngest son Christian will play at Wilbraham & Monson Academy in 2023-24 for Coach Mike Mannix (a UMass alum)²³⁾
High school classmate of Anthony Grant, and Grant is Brandon Martin's godfather²⁴⁾
Two bouts with COVID-19 triggered alopecia.²⁵⁾²⁶⁾
Had a near-death experience in 2006, recovered under circumstances that some thought were miraculous²⁷⁾
6' 5“ tall²⁸⁾