Monmouth ‘93 Chuck Martin
Assistant Coach – Recruiting Coordinator
Monmouth ‘93
1st Year at Arkansas
Chuck Martin, who brings more than 20 years of collegiate coaching experience, was named assistant coach and recruiting coordinator to the Razorback staff on May 1, 2024.
Most recently, Martin served on Kentucky’s staff as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the 2023-24 season. With the Wildcats, Martin provided strategies to help advance the program while offering additional counsel on all aspects of the program including recruiting, scouting, player development and special projects as assigned by the head coach. As recruiting coordinator, he managed official and unofficial visits and was responsible for all recruiting strategies for the program. His work paid off as Kentucky’s recruiting Class of 2024 was ranked #2 in the nation.
Prior to Kentucky, Martin served as an assistant coach on Dana Altman’s staff at Oregon (2022-23), where he worked with first team All-Pac-12 pick N’Faly Dante and recruited the likes of McDonlad’s All-American Kwame Evans Jr., and Jermaine Couisnard. For his efforts, he was named one of the 50 most impactful high major assistants.
Martin spent five seasons (2017-22) on staff at South Carolina, serving as assistant coach for four seasons and his final season as associate head coach. With the Gamecocks, Martin helped develop 2018 Southeastern Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year and first team All-SEC selection Chris Silva, who played for the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals, along with 2019 SEC Sixth Man of the Year Hassani Gravett, A.J. Lawson (Dallas Mavericks) and Justin Minaya (Portland Trailblazers).
From 2014-17, Martin was an assistant coach at Indiana, where he helped the Hoosiers to two NCAA Tournament berths and a Big Ten championship in 2016, featuring the likes of future NBA pros Thomas Bryant and Ogugua “OG” Anunoby
Martin spent a year (2013-14) as a scout with the Oklahoma City Thunder after he was head coach at Marist from 2008-13.
Martin first worked with Coach Calipari as assistant coach at Memphis from 2006-08. While at Memphis, the Tigers went 71-6, reaching the 2008 NCAA Championship game and having three players, including first overall pick Derrick Rose, selected in the 2008 NBA Draft.
Martin also had prior stops as an assistant coach at St. John’s (2004-06), Drexel (2001-04), UMass (2000-01) and Manhattan (1999-2000). At both Drexel and UMass, Martin served under current Kentucky associate to the head coach James “Bruiser” Flint.
Martin, who grew up in Bronx, N.Y., graduated from Monmouth with a bachelor’s degree in communications.
He and his wife, Lee, are the parents of daughter Ashley-Monet and sons Jordan and Justin.
MARTIN FILE
Born: June 28, 1969, in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hometown: Bronx, N.Y. (St. Raymond’s HS)
Collegiate Playing Career: Champlain Junior College (1989-91); Monmouth (1991-93)
Alma Mater: Monmouth ‘93 (Communications)
Family: Wife, Lee. Children: Ashley-Monet, Jordan and Justin
COACHING CAREER
1999–00 Manhattan College (Assistant Coach)
2000–01 UMass (Assistant Coach)
2001–04 Drexel (Assistant Coach)
2004–06 St. John’s (Assistant Coach)
2006–08 Memphis (Assistant Coach)
2008–13 Marist (Head Coach)
2013-14 Oklahoma City Thunder (Scout)
2014–17 Indiana (Assistant Coach)
2017–21 South Carolina (Assistant Coach)
2021–22 South Carolina (Associate Head Coach)
2022–23 Oregon (Assistant Coach)
2023–24 Kentucky (Assistant Coach)
2024–pres. Arkansas (Assistant Coach)
