Will Martin be huge for recruiting?
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The NCAA increased the amount of coaches a team can have I believe, someone correct me if I’m wrong
NCAA has allowed for one additional coach who can do coaching on the court for practices and game planning but isn't allowed to go out and recruit. That is Welch. Martin is the replacement for Turner.
Also Cal and Martin went 71-6 at Memphis when they were together. Cal hired two guys that could make a huge impact.
I read the title and thought it was Frank Martin and almost got excited.
Recruiting is just about the only area where our program doesn't need any help.
Recruiting IS NOT the problem.
I would say prior to this recruiting class it had taken a step back. This is year is back to the types of classes we used to get. Martin will only help solidify that the recruiting classes continue on the same path.
That won't stop the "recruiting classes 4 duh win" NBA / Cow fans
So we shouldn’t want good recruiting classes? I’m confused? Lol Your comment was kind of out of the blue and almost seems like you’re seeking attention.
Holler for mommy upstairs. 🤘
Martin, who turned 54 years old last week, was on Calipari’s staff for two seasons at Memphis, including the 2007-08 campaign, which saw the Tigers — led by star freshman Derrick Rose — advance to the NCAA title game, where they were defeated by Kansas in overtime. After that season, Martin left Memphis to become the head coach at Marist. In his only stint as a head coach, he went 41-118 with a 21-69 record in MAAC play. (The Red Foxes have not advanced to the NCAA Tournament since 1987.) Martin was let go after five seasons. He then spent one season as a scout for the Oklahoma City Thunder before joining the Indiana staff under Tom Crean for three seasons. Martin then moved to South Carolina for five seasons under Frank Martin, who had been a recruiting adversary early in the two coaches’ careers. Not long after Chuck Martin was hired as a South Carolina assistant, Frank Martin noted that — even before the COVID-19 pandemic and the NCAA’s “free transfer” policy change — recruiting had become a much more difficult landscape for college coaches to maneuver. “Recruiting has just become very complicated, because you’ve gotta recruit your players even when they’re here for two or three years,” Frank Martin said in 2018. “You’ve gotta continue to recruit them. … But then recruiting the unknown, that’s getting complicated. Because you have to speak to so many people now to figure out who’s telling you the truth. Ninety-nine percent of the information you get is useless. But you’re always trying to find that one percent that really makes sense. And I think Chuck, that’s where his recruiting mind — I think he’s an aggressive recruiter, by trade. “And here’s the best part about Chuck: (he’s) very humble.” Chuck Martin spent last season as an assistant coach at Oregon. Earlier this year, Silver Waves Media named Martin as one of the 50 “most impactful” high-major assistant coaches in college basketball.
247Sports lists him as the primary recruiter for such prospects as 2023’s Kwame Evans Jr. (an Oregon signee and projected lottery pick in the 2024 NBA Draft), former Indiana players Thomas Bryant and OG Anunoby (both NBA Draft picks) and former South Carolina guard A.J. Lawson, who is also in the NBA. Martin will take the spot at Kentucky previously occupied by K.T. Turner, who left Lexington in March after one season to become the new head coach at UT Arlington. While UK has not yet revealed the exact structure of the 2023-24 coaching staff, Martin is expected to join Orlando Antigua and Chin Coleman as the Wildcats’ three assistants who will also be responsible for off-campus recruiting duties.
Martin’s ties to the UK coaching staff go well beyond Calipari. He began his college coaching career at Manhattan in 1999 before Flint hired him at UMass for the 2000-01 season. Flint retained Martin as an assistant coach when he made the move to Drexel University the following season, and they coached together there for three years before Martin joined the St. John’s coaching staff for two years.
His next stop was Memphis, and the Tigers accumulated a 71-6 record in his two seasons with the program, advancing to the Elite Eight in 2007 and the NCAA title game in 2008. “Chuck is a veteran in this profession who will be a great benefit to our team and staff,” Calipari said in a statement Thursday. “He has ties not only to me when we were on staff at Memphis together but also to several other members of our staff. Chuck is an established coach who will be our assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, looking to open new doors to make our successful recruiting even stronger.” When Martin and Derek Kellogg (UMass) left Memphis following the 2007-08 season for head coaching jobs, Antigua was one of the replacements Calipari hired for what would be his final Tigers’ staff before leaving for Kentucky the following year.
Antigua and Martin also attended the same high school — St. Raymond’s in Bronx, N.Y. — and are both members of the school’s hall of fame. “He’s wonderful. He’s a wonderful person,” Calipari told the Poughkeepsie Journal of Martin in the summer of 2008. “Everyone is going to really enjoy him.” Martin was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and grew up in the Bronx. He played basketball at Monmouth University and graduated from the school in 1993.
247Sports lists him as the primary recruiter for such prospects as 2023’s Kwame Evans Jr. (an Oregon signee and projected lottery pick in the 2024 NBA Draft), former Indiana players Thomas Bryant and OG Anunoby (both NBA Draft picks) and former South Carolina guard A.J. Lawson, who is also in the NBA. Martin will take the spot at Kentucky previously occupied by K.T. Turner, who left Lexington in March after one season to become the new head coach at UT Arlington. While UK has not yet revealed the exact structure of the 2023-24 coaching staff, Martin is expected to join Orlando Antigua and Chin Coleman as the Wildcats’ three assistants who will also be responsible for off-campus recruiting duties.
Martin’s ties to the UK coaching staff go well beyond Calipari. He began his college coaching career at Manhattan in 1999 before Flint hired him at UMass for the 2000-01 season. Flint retained Martin as an assistant coach when he made the move to Drexel University the following season, and they coached together there for three years before Martin joined the St. John’s coaching staff for two years.
His next stop was Memphis, and the Tigers accumulated a 71-6 record in his two seasons with the program, advancing to the Elite Eight in 2007 and the NCAA title game in 2008. “Chuck is a veteran in this profession who will be a great benefit to our team and staff,” Calipari said in a statement Thursday. “He has ties not only to me when we were on staff at Memphis together but also to several other members of our staff. Chuck is an established coach who will be our assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, looking to open new doors to make our successful recruiting even stronger.” When Martin and Derek Kellogg (UMass) left Memphis following the 2007-08 season for head coaching jobs, Antigua was one of the replacements Calipari hired for what would be his final Tigers’ staff before leaving for Kentucky the following year.
Antigua and Martin also attended the same high school — St. Raymond’s in Bronx, N.Y. — and are both members of the school’s hall of fame. “He’s wonderful. He’s a wonderful person,” Calipari told the Poughkeepsie Journal of Martin in the summer of 2008. “Everyone is going to really enjoy him.” Martin was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and grew up in the Bronx. He played basketball at Monmouth University and graduated from the school in 1993.
I don’t think UK needs anybody else to try to entice more OAD players. 1 or 2 of those types a year are enough. But more coaches means more eyes that can be looking for multi-year program building recruits. I don’t know how successful they end up being, but I like the idea behind recruits like Burks and Hart. Multi-year skilled guys who have a lot of upside but a relatively high floor also. A lot of those types are top 50/top 100 guys too. Regardless, it takes a lot of work and ability to identify and forecast who really has a chance to be among the best CBB players in a couple of years. So, the more the merrier.
They seem to already have the freshman recruiting for 2-3 freshmen needed each year somewhat under control. What they need is a good portal recruiter. That's where most of the available talent will be.
I thought we needed an offensive coordinator? Maybe that''s Welch ...
I don't respect anyone's opinion who resorts to things like Cow, CCC, Begok, etc. Articulate your complaints without resorting to ad hominems.
That poster has been nothing but negative since they've started posting. And yeah, now resorting to complaining we recruit too well?
Recruiting ain't the problem. We are #1 or #2 every year .....and look what that got us. It is the coaching that needs an overhaul.
If Frank Martin were here most of our team would be hiding in a corner somewhere. Thiero and Edwards might be the only 2 willing to venture onto the court
This could be the dumbest post of all time and that’s saying something. “We don’t want more than 1 or 2 OAD”, hahahahaha
As of July 1st all mens and women's college basketball programs can add two staffing positions.
The talent has been fine every year. It's the rest of the program that hasn't.
There wouldn't be any back talk. That's for sure. The dude scares me watching him through my TV.
This is a hire that doesn't excite me at all. Not saying he isn't a fine coach, but Cal just hiring another "yes" man does nothing to benefit the program.
I was thinking my fraternity brother and current college head coach Will Martin (former uk manager) was back at UK
One would hope this to be the case because the majority of the Coaches think he is washed up.
No it hasn’t. Other team’s leftovers.
1 first round pick in each of the last 3 seasons.
Reeves was probably our best offensive player last season and he’s a mid major talent.
That problem has been fixed.
Without Martin.
Name one that thinks that.
I know many coaches. High school, college and even a couple NBA head coaches and several NBA assistants.
To a man they sing the praises of Cal
They do laugh and make fun of posters like you.
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