Chuck Martin
Chuck Martin went 76–77 as a head coach, 2014–2026, at Miami (OH). Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 3–3); by them his record is 75–77. Share
- Record
- 76–77 career
- Seasons
- 13
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jan 8, 1968
- Best season
- 2023 11–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Miami (OH) | 2–10 | |||
| 2015 | Miami (OH) | 3–9 | |||
| 2016 | Miami (OH) | 6–7 | St. Petersburg Bowl L | ||
| 2017 | Miami (OH) | 5–7 | |||
| 2018 | Miami (OH) | 6–6 | |||
| 2019 | Miami (OH) | 8–6 | LendingTree Bowl L | ||
| 2020 | Miami (OH) | 2–1 | |||
| 2021 | Miami (OH) | 7–6 | Frisco Football Classic W | ||
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | 6–7 | Bahamas Bowl L | ||
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | 11–3 | Cure Bowl L | ||
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | 9–5 | Arizona Bowl W | ||
| 2025 | Miami (OH) | 7–7 | Arizona Bowl L | ||
| 2026 | Miami (OH) | 4–3 (Wikipedia: 3–3) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Graham NicholsonConsensus All‑American, 2023
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 8 | 1–7 | 13% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 33 | 14–19 | 42% |
| Conference games | 94 | 59–35 | 63% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 7 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 59 | 24–35 | 41% |
| At home | 67 | 43–24 | 64% |
| On the road | 73 | 29–44 | 40% |
| At neutral sites | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 79 | 56–23 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 74 | 20–54 | 27% |
His own 153 games on file, 2014–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Neu 2016–2024 | 8–1 | Ball State | 9 | |
| Chris Creighton 2015–2025 | 4–2 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | |
| Lance Leipold 2015–2020 | 3–3 | Buffalo | 6 | |
| Frank Solich 2014–2019 | 2–4 | Ohio | 6 | |
| Luke Fickell 2017–2025 | 0–6 | Cincinnati, Wisconsin | 6 | |
| Scot Loeffler 2019–2024 | 4–1 | Bowling Green | 5 | |
| Terry Bowden 2014–2018 | 2–3 | Akron | 5 | |
| Tim Albin 2021–2024 | 2–3 | Ohio | 5 | |
| Jason Candle 2023–2026 | 2–3 | Toledo, UConn | 5 | |
| Thomas Hammock 2019–2025 | 4–0 | Northern Illinois | 4 |
Chuck Martin’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Akronseries | 12 | 9–3 |
| Ohioseries | 12 | 4–8 |
| Buffaloseries | 11 | 6–5 |
| Cincinnatiseries | 11 | 1–10 |
| Ball Stateseries | 10 | 9–1 |
| Kent Stateseries | 10 | 7–3 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 9 | 6–3 |
| Western Michiganseries | 8 | 2–6 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Eric KoehlerWartburg
- John HauserOhio
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Koehler | Miami (OH), 2014–20: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2021–22: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Wartburg | |
| John Hauser | Miami (OH), 2014–15: defensive backs coach; 2016–21: co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach | Ohio |
Other assistants under him (7)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| George Barnett | Miami (OH), 2014–20: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Matt Pawlowski | Miami (OH), 2014–15: defensive coordinator; 2016–17: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Taylor Housewright | Miami (OH), 2014: graduate assistant | |
| Tyler Walker | Miami (OH), 2014–15: graduate assistant | |
| Spence Nowinsky | Miami (OH), 2018–21: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Bill Brechin | Miami (OH), 2022–26: defensive coordinator | |
| Pat Welsh | Miami (OH), 2023–25: offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Miami (OH) | head coachbonuses up to $548,162; $51,643 in bonuses paid; buyout $609,350 | $522,300 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Miami (OH) | head coachbonuses up to $498,081; $6,750 in bonuses paid | $472,300 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Miami (OH) | head coachbonuses up to $482,493; $20,250 in bonuses paid | $450,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Miami (OH) | head coachbonuses up to $462,243 | $450,000 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Martin’s teams went for it on 18% of fourth downs and on 31% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 27.5 seconds a play, 2014–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 12 g | 23 of 100 23% | 33% | 62% | 24.8 | −0.01 | |
| 2015 12 g | 17 of 112 15% | 22% | 50% | 25.3 | −0.14 | |
| 2016 13 g | 15 of 93 16% | 19% | 48% | 29.2 | 0.00 | |
| 2017 12 g | 18 of 96 19% | 30% | 50% | 26.4 | −0.03 | |
| 2018 12 g | 28 of 108 26% | 46% | 49% | 26.5 | +0.06 | |
| 2019 14 g | 18 of 124 15% | 24% | 43% | 26.3 | −0.11 | |
| 2020 2 g | 2 of 15 13% | 20% | 49% | 28.1 | +0.07 | |
| 2021 11 g | 20 of 86 23% | 35% | 52% | 25.8 | +0.09 | |
| 2022 9 g | 17 of 87 20% | 40% | 47% | 28.3 | −0.07 | |
| 2023 14 g | 13 of 100 13% | 29% | 41% | 30.2 | −0.05 | |
| 2024 13 g | 10 of 92 11% | 15% | 54% | 28.9 | +0.01 | |
| 2025 14 g | 26 of 112 23% | 40% | 47% | 27.8 | −0.03 | |
| 2026 7 g | 7 of 51 14% | 35% | 48% | 31.0 | +0.09 | |
| All 145 g | 214 of 1176 18% | 31% | 49% | 27.5 | −0.02 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.