Tina Martin

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 2022-2023 season.

For the American television host, see Tina Martin (television host).
Tina Martin
Biographical details
Born (1964-05-16) May 16, 1964
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1982–1986Lock Haven
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1987Lock Haven (grad. asst.)
1987–1996Seton Hall (asst.)
1996–2017Delaware
2017–2022UNC Wilmington (asst.)
2022–2023UNC Wilmington (interim HC)
Head coaching record
Overall413–268 (.606)
TournamentsNCAA Division I: 3–4 (.429)
WNIT: 0–7 (.000)

Early life and education

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]

Coaching career

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 2022-2023 season and was replaced after the season concluded by Nicole Woods. [6]

Head coaching record

Source:[3]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (America East Conference) (1996–2001)
1996–97 Delaware 9–196–127th
1997–98 Delaware 6–213–1510th
1998–99 Delaware 16–1110–85th
1999–2000 Delaware 21–813–53rd
2000–01 Delaware 26–517–11stNCAA first round
Delaware (America East): 78–64 (.549)49–41 (.544)
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Colonial Athletic Association) (2001–2017)
2001–02 Delaware 23–715–32ndWNIT first round
2002–03 Delaware 22–915–3T–1stWNIT first round
2003–04 Delaware 19–1010–84th
2004–05 Delaware 25–616–21stWNIT first round
2005–06 Delaware 22–813–53rdWNIT first round
2006–07 Delaware 26–616–2T–2ndNCAA first round
2007–08 Delaware 7–246–129th
2008–09 Delaware 15–157–119th
2009–10 Delaware 21–1211–75thWNIT first round
2010–11 Delaware 20–1410–8T–5thWNIT first round
2011–12 Delaware 31–218–01stNCAA second round
2012–13 Delaware 32–418–01stNCAA Sweet 16
2013–14 Delaware 20–1110–62ndWNIT First Round
2014–15 Delaware 15–178–107th
2015–16 Delaware 16–1510–85th
2016–17 Delaware 16–1410–84th
Delaware (CAA): 330–174 (.655)193–93 (.675)
2021-22 UNC Wilmington 0–50–410th
2022–23 UNC Wilmington 5–252–1613th
UNC Wilmington (CAA): 5–30 (.143)2–20 (.091)
Total:413–268(.606)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. University of Delaware 2012-13 Women's Basketball Media Guide, University of Delaware, 2012, p. 10
  2. "Head Coach Tina Martin". University of Delaware. August 15, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-11-19. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  3. "Tina Martin, Head Coach". BlueHens.com. University of Delaware. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  4. 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)
  5. "Tina Martin - Women's Basketball Coach".
  6. https://uncwsports.com/news/2022/4/7/womens-basketball-martin-continues-as-interim-head-coach.aspx
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