Frank Martin (basketball)
Martin in 2012
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | South Carolina |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 96–74 (.565) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 23, 1966 Miami, Florida |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985–1993 | Miami HS (asst.) |
| 1993–1995 | North Miami HS |
| 1995–1998 | Miami HS |
| 1999–2000 | Booker T. Washington HS |
| 2000–2004 | Northeastern (asst.) |
| 2004–2006 | Cincinnati (asst.) |
| 2006–2007 | Kansas State (asst.) |
| 2007–2012 | Kansas State |
| 2012–present | South Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 213–128 (.625) |
| Tournaments | 10–5 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Regional Championship - Final Four (2017) | |
| Awards | |
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Big 12 Coach of the Year (2010) Jim Phelan Award (2017) USBWA District VI Coach of the Year (2010) NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (2010) |
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Francisco Jose "Frank" Martin (born March 23, 1966) is an American basketball coach and the current head coach for the University of South Carolina men's basketball team. Martin was previously head coach at Kansas State University for five seasons. Prior to that, he was an assistant coach at the collegiate level and head basketball coach at three high schools in Miami. Martin has led his teams to a total of five NCAA Tournaments as head coach and was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year in 2010.
Martin, who grew up in Miami, Florida, is the son of Cuban political exiles and the first American-born member of his family. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education from Florida International University in 1993. One of the two jobs he held while attending FIU was that of a bouncer at a local nightclub. He decided to become a full-time basketball coach in 1992 as a result of an incident in which he was subjected to gunfire, while on duty, from a group of men whom he had ejected for fighting.
At the same time, he had begun his career in basketball as the head coach of the boys' junior varsity squad at Miami High School in 1985. He served in that position for eight years until he was appointed to his first varsity coaching job at North Miami High School after he completed his studies at FIU in 1993. He returned to Miami Senior two years later to head its varsity team. Under his watch, the Stingarees won three consecutive state championships from 1996 to 1998 with teams featuring future NBA players Udonis Haslem and Steve Blake. The last of those titles was later vacated due to recruiting violations involving school employees and boosters who gave housing assistance to the players. Although he was never personally accused of any wrongdoing, Martin was dismissed in 1999. He next served as head coach at Booker T. Washington High School for one year.
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