Tony Martin (Basketball Coach)

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Coach Tony Martin is set to begin his 19th year coaching basketball and his second season as Varsity Head Coach at The John Carroll School. Previously, as head coach at Archbishop Spalding, he took the Cavaliers program from obscurity to national prominence in just three years. He also coached four years each at Baltimore Catholic League powerhouses Mount St. Joseph and Cardinal Gibbons. At Mount St. Joseph, Coach Martin served as the right-hand man to Pat Clatchey, laying the foundation that helped MSJ become a nationally ranked program in 2005-06. At Cardinal Gibbons, Coach Martin cut his teeth under the legendary Ray Mullis, the all-time winningest coach in the Baltimore Metro area with 621 wins. Coach Martin's own winning percentage over 12 years as a head coach in high school at all levels (Varsity, JV and FS) is over .700, including 7 league and 8 tournament championships. In addition, Coach Martin has been named Baltimore Metro and Anne Arundel County Coach of the Year by the Baltimore Sun. During the past two decades, he has been involved in numerous camps, summer leagues, and All-Star games, including nationally renowned Nike All-America and Five-Star Basketball Camp and been on staff with the Capital City Classic All-Star Game. Thirty-seven former players associated with Coach Martin have gone on to continue their education and basketball careers in college, including the placement of student-athletes in the ACC and Big East. Coach Martin has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland - College Park. He and his wife Nancy have two children, Jordan and Anna.