Eric Marty is an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

coach and former quarterback who was most recently the

offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator (OC) is a Coach (sport), coach responsible for a gridiron football team's offense (American football), offense. Generally, the offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator represent the second ...

and

quarterbacks coach In American football, a position coach is a team official in charge of coaching a specific position group. Position coaches have more specialized duties than the head coach, associate and assistant coach, and the offensive and defensive coordina ...

for the

Michigan Panthers The Michigan Panthers were a professional American football team based in Metro Detroit. The Panthers competed in the United States Football League (USFL) as a member of the Western Conference and Central Division. The team played its home gam ...

of the United Football League (UFL). He played professionally in the

Austrian Football League The Austrian Football League (AFL) is a professional American football league in Austria. The league comprises six teams, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation. It plays by rules based on those of the U.S. National Collegiate Athl ...

and

Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL; the name is in English) is the top level American football league in Italy first established in 1978. The first recognized league champion was crowned in 1980. The annual final playoff game to determine the league c ...

. Marty played

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at Chapman from 2005 to 2008.

Football career

He played football and graduated from

Chapman University Chapman University is a private research university in Orange, California, United States. Encompassing eleven colleges, the university is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The school maintains its foundi ...

, and

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school. He still holds six school records including highest single game and season completion percentage, most career 300 yard passing games, and longest completion for a touchdown.

Professional career

After playing his final college season in 2008, Marty was signed by the Bolzano Giants of the

. The team finished the regular season in first and place and defeated the Lazio Marines in the 2009 Italian Super Bowl to win the Giant's first ever IFL Championship. Marty signed the following season in 2010 signed to play for the

Danube Dragons The Danube Dragons founded in 1985 (until 1999 as Klosterneuburg Mercenaries) are a 3-time AFL-champion American football club based in Vienna, Austria. History Under the name ''Klosterneuburg Mercenaries'' the Dragons were among the first Amer ...

of the

AFL. The team finished the AFL regular season in first place and defeated the

Tirol Raiders The Raiders Tirol (for the AFL-Teams SWARCO Raiders Tirol, formerly Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders) are an American football team based in Innsbruck, Austria. Founded in 1992, the Raiders since have become one of Austria's and Europe's most domina ...

in the Austrian Bowl. Marty was named the MVP of the game as Danube won its first AFL championship. In 2011, Marty signed with the Bologna Warriors of the Italian Football League as quarterback and

. The team finished the regular season undefeated but eventually lost to the Parma Panthers in the Italian Super Bowl marking the first season Marty did not win the championship. In 2012 Marty signed with the Catania Elephants. Once again his team finished the regular season in first place. Marty again lost in the Italian Super Bowl to the

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Coaching career

Oklahoma Panhandle State

Marty retired from international play to take a full-time coaching position at

Oklahoma Panhandle State University Oklahoma Panhandle State University (OPSU, informally Panhandle State or simply Panhandle) is a public college in Goodwell, Oklahoma. OPSU is a baccalaureate degree-granting institution. General governance of the institution is provided by the ...

as their wide receivers coach in Fall of 2012.

Moorpark College

After the season in March 2013 Marty accepted the offensive coordinator at position at

Moorpark College Moorpark College is a Public college, public community college in Moorpark, California. It was established in 1967 with enrollment of 2,500 students and enrolled 14,254 students in 2014. History The board of the Ventura County Community Col ...

. Marty's 2014 unit was ranked 14th in the state in total offense.

East Los Angeles College

In January 2015 Marty was offered and accepted the head football coaching position at

East Los Angeles College East Los Angeles College (ELAC) is a public community college in Monterey Park, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and the Los Angeles Community College District. With fourteen communiti ...

, but left after one season.

Reedley College

He then accepted the head coaching position at

Reedley College Reedley College (Reedley or RC) is a public community college in Reedley, California. It is a part of the California Community Colleges system within the State Center Community College District (SCCCD). It is accredited by the WASC Accrediti ...

, a junior college located in central California. Marty inherited a program on a two-year probation (recruiting limitations and a bowl ban) as mandated by the CCCAA. The program only had 10 players. Marty was able to steadily rebuild the program, going 1-9 and 4-6 on those two seasons while still on probation. In 2018, Marty's first year off of probation, Reedley went 10-0 in the regular season, won the

Golden Coast Conference The Golden Coast Conference (GCC) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States in which its members compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association National Collegiate (D-NC) division. The conference sponsors one sport, water p ...

and was invited to play in the NCFC American Division Championship game. The Tigers fell on a last minute touchdown in the bowl game, losing 42-41 to De Anza College. Marty was named 2018 Golden Coast Conference Coach of the Year. Additionally the Tigers had 10 first team all conference selections and the Golden Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year in QB Randall Johnson.

Grambling State

In 2021 Marty was hired as offensive coordinator at

Grambling State University Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana, United States. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African ...

Michigan Panthers

In 2022 he became the offensive coordinator for the

of the

United States Football League The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ...

(USFL). On March 15, 2023, Marty was brought back as the

and

for the Panthers for the 2023 season. On January 29, 2024, it was revealed that

Marcel Bellefeuille Marcel Bellefeuille (born March 19, 1966) is a Canadian football coach who is the head coach of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees and offensive coordinator for the Michigan Panthers. He originally began his coaching career with Ottawa in 1995 a ...

would become the new offensive coordinator.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Reedley College profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marty, Eric Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American football quarterbacks Chapman Panthers football players East Los Angeles Huskies football coaches Grambling State Tigers football coaches Michigan Panthers (2022) coaches Moorpark Raiders football coaches Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies football coaches Reedley Tigers football coaches High school football coaches in Washington (state) Players of American football from Snohomish County, Washington American expatriate sportspeople in Italy American expatriate sportspeople in Austria American expatriate players of American football Italian Football League players Austrian Football League players