Chuck Martin is an NCAA Mens Football coach for the University of Miami (OH). In his career, Chuck Martin has more than 20 years in college coaching experience, including 13 years as a head coach. He has twice been named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) National Coach of the Year, earning the honor in 2005 and 2006, and has coached in seven national championship games. In addition to his head coaching experience, Martin has served as a coordinator on both sides of the ball.
Of those seven national championship game appearances, he has been a part of four national championship wins, with two titles under his direction as head coach/offensive coordinator and one as a defensive coordinator. After taking over a team that had just gone 0-12, Miami was 4-26 in Martin's first 30 conference games. From there, the rest is history. Martin and the RedHawks are 23-8 in the MAC, best in the conference since 2016. The RedHawks won the 2019 MAC Championship with a 26-21 win over Central Michigan and advanced to the LendingTree Bowl, Miami’s third bowl eligible season in the last four years. From 2006-15, Miami was bowl eligible just twice.
Prior to joining Miami, Martin spent four seasons at Notre Dame, serving as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach (2012-13) and defensive backs/recruiting coordinator (2010-11). Prior to arriving in South Bend, Martin was head coach and offensive coordinator for Grand Valley State University from 2004-2009 and compiled a 74-7 (.914) record, including an impressive 16-4 record in the NCAA Division II Playoffs.
