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South Carolina fires Martin after 10 seasons as men’s coach
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South Carolina has fired coach Frank Martin after 10 seasons with only one look within the NCAA Match.
Athletic director Ray Tanner introduced the transfer Monday, saying the change got here after a “thorough analysis of our males’s basketball program.”
Martin accomplished his tenth season with a gap sport loss to Mississippi State within the Southeastern Convention Match. The Gamecocks completed the 12 months at 18-13, the seventh .500 or higher season prior to now eight for Martin’s golf equipment.
Tanner stated in a press release the expectation is for the Gamecocks is “to compete for Southeastern Convention and nationwide championships.”
He stated he plans to rent a coach with a profitable historical past and the “vitality, ardour and dedication to excellence.”
South Carolina head coach Frank Martin directs his gamers in opposition to Mississippi State through the first half of an NCAA males’s faculty basketball sport on the Southeastern Convention event in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, March 10, 2022.
(AP Picture/Chris O’Meara)
Martin had the third-longest males’s basketball teaching tenure in South Carolina historical past with solely Frank McGuire’s 16 seasons (1964-80) and Frank Johnson’s 14 seasons (1940-43, 1946-58) within the place longer.
Martin didn’t instantly reply to messages from The Related Press.
Martin leaves with a 171-147 mark at South Carolina, together with a 79-99 file within the common season.
His biggest season got here in 2017 when he led the Gamecocks to the Remaining 4. It seemed as if the staff was poised to proceed that rise, however has not been again to the NCAA Match since.
Martin’s future with the staff was unsure final spring after a 6-14 season. Nonetheless, he and the varsity agreed to a two-year contract extension in 2021 the place he didn’t obtain a elevate.
Martin has been criticized by some for his sideline shouting and fiery, scowling demeanor. In his second season at South Carolina, he was suspended a sport for shouting profanities at one among his gamers.