Chuck Martin (basketball)
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José Luis "Chuck" Martín is a Puerto Rican
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coach who is an assistant coach at the
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. Martin was head coach at
Marist College Marist University is a private university in Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Marist was founded by the Marist Brothers, a Catholic Church, Catholic religious institute, in 1905 to prepare brothers for their ...
from 2008 to 2013.


Basketball career

As a basketball player, Martin played for the
Capitanes de Arecibo The Capitanes de Arecibo are a Puerto Rican professional basketball team based in Arecibo that competes in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) league. In 2010, the team also had the distinction to play in the Premier Basketball League (PBL) ...
of the
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(BSN) for five seasons. He was coached by
Raymond Dalmau Raymond Dalmau Pérez (born October 27, 1948) is a retired Puerto Rican professional basketball player and coach. Dalmau played in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), the top tier basketball league in the country, for 20 seasons with the Pir ...
, from whom he learned to be honest with his players, and his assistant Carlos Calcaño whom he credits as a source of inspirational quotes. Players like Eddie Casiano and Javier Antonio Colón impressed Martin as opponents.


Collegiate coaching career (1998–present)


Marist (2008–2013)

After going 41–118 in five seasons, Martin was fired from Marist.


South Carolina (2017–2022)

Martin joined Frank Martin's staff at South Carolina. Martin was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2021-22 season.


Oregon (2022–2023)

Joined as an assistant head coach in March 2022.


Kentucky (2023–2024)

Joined as an assistant coach in July 2023.


Arkansas (2024–present)

Joined as an assistant coach in April 2024.


Head coaching record


Personal life

Martin was born in
San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ...
, from where his family relocated to New York. His original nickname was in Spanish, "Che", which eventually became "Chuck" because the English speakers couldn't pronounce it properly. Likewise his actual last name, Martín, has an accent but its pronunciation became anglicized to "Martin". When presenting himself, he does so as José Luis Martín and identifies as Puerto Rican. Martin is a 1993 graduate of
Monmouth University Monmouth University is a private university in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956 and Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its university charter, c ...
with a bachelor's degree in communications. He and his wife, Lee, have three children. Martin retains links with the island to this day, taking his son to a tryout for the juvenile Puerto Rico national team in 2019. He has expressed his interest in joining the program, which he cites as a source of great pride.


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See also


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