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Tina Martin
American college basketball coach (born 1964)
Tina Martin (born May 16, 1964)[1] is an American former college basketball coach. From 1996 to 2017, she was the head women's basketball coach at the University of Delaware. She helped make Delaware a women's basketball power, with eleven 20-win seasons including four regular-season CAA championships. Her teams also made four NCAA Tournament appearances, in addition to five WNIT appearances. She served as an assistant coach at Seton Hall University and at UNC Wilmington where she became interim head coach on February 13, 2022 and continued to serve as head coach for the 2022–23 season.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1964-05-16) May 16, 1964 (age 60) Williamsport, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1982–1986 | Lock Haven |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1986–1987 | Lock Haven (grad. asst.) |
| 1987–1996 | Seton Hall (asst.) |
| 1996–2017 | Delaware |
| 2017–2022 | UNC Wilmington (asst.) |
| 2022–2023 | UNC Wilmington (interim HC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 413–268 (.606) |
| Tournaments | NCAA Division I: 3–4 (.429) WNIT: 0–7 (.000) |
Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Martin played college basketball at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania from 1982 to 1986, earning two NCAA Division II All-American honors and scoring a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference record 2,157 career points.[2]
Martin began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Lock Haven for the 1986–87 season before joining Phyllis Mangina's staff at Seton Hall as an assistant coach in 1987.[2][1] At Seton Hall, Martin helped a losing program make back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 1994 and 1995 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The 1993–94 Seton Hall team went 27–5 and made the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament and remains the most successful team in program history.[3]
On May 14, 1996, the University of Delaware hired Martin as head coach for Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball. Martin went 408–238 in 21 seasons as head coach, with four NCAA Tournament appearances (2001, 2007, 2012, and 2013) and seven Women's National Invitation Tournament appearances (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, and 2014).[3] The 2012–13 Delaware team was the most successful in her tenure, as the team finished 32–4 with both CAA regular season and tournament titles and the program's first-ever appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16.[3] Elena Delle Donne, leading scorer of that team, was the second overall pick in the 2013 WNBA draft.
Martin retired from Delaware on April 28, 2017.[4] In June 2017, Martin joined the staff at UNC Wilmington as an assistant coach and was made interim head coach in February 2022.[5] She remained head coach for the 2022–23 season and was replaced after the season concluded by Nicole Woods.[6]
Source:[3]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (America East Conference) (1996–2001) | |||||||||
| 1996–97 | Delaware | 9–19 | 6–12 | 7th | |||||
| 1997–98 | Delaware | 6–21 | 3–15 | 10th | |||||
| 1998–99 | Delaware | 16–11 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
| 1999–2000 | Delaware | 21–8 | 13–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2000–01 | Delaware | 26–5 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
| Delaware (America East): | 78–64 (.549) | 49–41 (.544) | |||||||
| Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Colonial Athletic Association) (2001–2017) | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | Delaware | 23–7 | 15–3 | 2nd | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2002–03 | Delaware | 22–9 | 15–3 | T–1st | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2003–04 | Delaware | 19–10 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Delaware | 25–6 | 16–2 | 1st | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2005–06 | Delaware | 22–8 | 13–5 | 3rd | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2006–07 | Delaware | 26–6 | 16–2 | T–2nd | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2007–08 | Delaware | 7–24 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Delaware | 15–15 | 7–11 | 9th | |||||
| 2009–10 | Delaware | 21–12 | 11–7 | 5th | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2010–11 | Delaware | 20–14 | 10–8 | T–5th | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2011–12 | Delaware | 31–2 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Delaware | 32–4 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2013–14 | Delaware | 20–11 | 10–6 | 2nd | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2014–15 | Delaware | 15–17 | 8–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Delaware | 16–15 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Delaware | 16–14 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
| Delaware (CAA): | 330–174 (.655) | 193–93 (.675) | |||||||
| 2021-22 | UNC Wilmington | 0–5 | 0–4 | 10th | |||||
| 2022–23 | UNC Wilmington | 5–25 | 2–16 | 13th | |||||
| UNC Wilmington (CAA): | 5–30 (.143) | 2–20 (.091) | |||||||
| Total: | 413–268(.606) | ||||||||
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- University of Delaware 2012-13 Women's Basketball Media Guide, University of Delaware, 2012, p. 10
- "Head Coach Tina Martin". University of Delaware. August 15, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-11-19. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- "Tina Martin, Head Coach". BlueHens.com. University of Delaware. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- Greene, Don Voltz, Sean. "University of Delaware women's basketball coach retires". WDEL 101.7FM. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Martin Continues As Interim Head Coach". UNC Wilmington Athletics. 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2024-04-07.