Phil Martelli

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Phil Martelli
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Saint Joseph's
Playing career
1972–1976 Widener
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–1978
1978–1985
1985–1995
1995–present		 Widener (asst.)
Bishop Kenrick HS
Saint Joseph's (asst.)
Saint Joseph's
Head coaching record
Overall 338–237
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
A-10 Tournament Championship (1997)
A-10 Regular Season Championship (1997, 2001, 2004, 2005)
Awards
AP National Coach of the Year (2004)
Naismith College Coach of the Year (2004)
Henry Iba Award (2004)
A-10 Coach of the Year (1997, 2001, 2004, 2005)

Phil Martelli (born August 31, 1954) is an American college basketball coach and current coach of the Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team. He has led Saint Joseph's to five NCAA Tournaments and five NITs in 16 seasons.

Playing career

Martelli was a point guard for Widener University. As point guard, he was part of the Division III NCAA Tournament teams in 1974-75 and 1975–76, and set the school's single season and career assist marks.

Career at Saint Joseph's

Martelli began his career on Hawk Hill with SJU's 1985-86 NCAA Tournament team. In his decade as an assistant, he was part of the Hawks' NIT teams in 1992-93 and 1994-95. After 10 years as an assistant under Jim Boyle and John Griffin, Martelli was named the 14th coach in school history on July 20, 1995, and just the third non-alumnus to coach the school.

In his first season as head coach (1995–96) his team reached the final game of the NIT Tournament. In his second year, under the floor generalship of Junior point guard Rashid Bey, and help from Arthur "Yah" Davis and Dmitri Domani, Martelli's Hawks captured the Atlantic 10 crown and made it into the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA tournament. They would not duplicate that success until landing future Naismith College Player of the Year Jameer Nelson and current NBA players Delonte West and Dwayne Jones. With Nelson as point guard, Martelli led the 2003-04 Hawks to a 27-0 regular season. The Hawks lost to Xavier in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, and reached the Elite Eight, ultimately losing to Oklahoma State to finish with a record of 30-2. That year, Martelli was named Naismith College Coach of the Year. In 2004-05, Martelli led the Hawks back to the final game of the NIT, where they lost to South Carolina. In 2005-06, the Hawks returned to the NIT, eventually losing to Hofstra University. In 2008, Martelli led Saint Joseph's to its first NCAA Tournament since 2004 with a team led by Pat Calathes and Ahmad Nivins.

Martelli also surpassed Hawk legend Dr. Jack Ramsay for second among SJU coaches in wins 2008. He is fourth among SJU coaches with a winning percentage of .633. Martelli has won the most postseason games of any Hawk coach and his teams have averaged 23 wins over the course of the last eight seasons.

In 2007, Phil Martelli's first book Don't Call Me Coach: A Lesson Plan For Life was published. Students at SJU often say "In Martelli We Trust" about their beloved basketball coach. Martelli has a weekly show during the basketball season called "Hawk Talk" which discusses the standing of the university and the basketball team.

In October 2008, Martelli signed a contract extension that will keep him at St. Joe's through the 2015-16 season.[1]

In December 2011, Martelli was referenced in an article on SI.com in which former player Todd O'Brien details his side of a story about his former coach holding a grudge. O'Brien has applied for a graduate student waiver, where he is allowed to transfer to pursue a post graduate degree in a field not offered by their original institution, but SJU will not release him to play. The NCAA denied O'Brien's appeal and SJU is legally unable to comment on the details of the case.[2] Martelli refuses to honor O'Briens request and is keeping him in his contract for undisclosed reasons. Martelli has been universally characterized by most reporters as being unreasonable about this for holding a grudge against O'Brien.[3]

With a win against Morgan State in 2011, Martelli became the all-time winningest coach in Saint Joseph's history with his 310th victory.

Martelli has also lost more games than any coach in Saint Joseph's history, eclipsing Bill Ferguson's 208 losses in 25 seasons. Martelli has lost 241 games in 18+ seasons at Saint Joseph's as of December 8, 2013.[4]

In December 2013, several alumni launched a Petition to fire Phil Martelli due to what many consider to be several seasons of mediocre play and a failure to meet expectation.[5] The website contains a letter to Phil Martelli applauding his achievements and his representation of the university, but imploring him to resign. [6]

Coaching tree

Numerous assistants of Martelli have gone on to become coaches at other programs.

Players drafted under Martelli

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Saint Joseph's Hawks (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1995–present)
1995–1996 Saint Joseph's 19–13 9–7 3rd NIT Finals
1996–1997 Saint Joseph's 26–7 13–3 1st NCAA Sweet 16
1997–1998 Saint Joseph's 11–17 3–13 5th (East)
1998–1999 Saint Joseph's 12–18 5–11 5th (East)
1999–2000 Saint Joseph's 13–16 7–9 4th (East)
2000–2001 Saint Joseph's 26–7 14–2 1st NCAA 2nd Round
2001–2002 Saint Joseph's 19–12 12–4 1st (East) NIT 2nd Round
2002–2003 Saint Joseph's 23–7 12–4 1st (East) NCAA 1st Round
2003–2004 Saint Joseph's 30–2 16–0 1st NCAA Elite 8
2004–2005 Saint Joseph's 24–12 14–2 1st NIT Finals
2005–2006 Saint Joseph's 19–14 9–7 5th NIT 2nd Round
2006–2007 Saint Joseph's 18–14 9–7 6th
2007–2008 Saint Joseph's 21–13 9–7 5th NCAA 1st Round
2008–2009 Saint Joseph's 17–15 9–7 5th
2009–2010 Saint Joseph's 11–20 5–11 T–11th
2010–2011 Saint Joseph's 11–22 4–12 12th
2011–2012 Saint Joseph's 20–14 9–7 5th NIT 1st Round
2012–2013 Saint Joseph's 18–14 8–8 T–8th NIT 1st Round
Saint Joseph's: 338–237 (.588) 167–120 (.582)
Total: 338–237 (.588)

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

Career highlights

References

  1. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3647272
  2. ↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/12/19/todd.obrien/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t12_a2
  3. ↑ http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/7479960/todd-obrien-last-waiver-appeal-denied
  4. ↑ http://www.sjuhawks.com/fls/31200/pdf/mbasketball/2013-14/MediaGuide/Section1Coaches.pdf?SPSID=750595&SPID=127360&DB_OEM_ID=31200,
  5. ↑ http://www.philmustgo.com
  6. ↑ http://www.philmustgo.com/dear-phil/

External links

  • John Dever (1909–1910)
  • Edward Bennis (1910–1911)
  • John Donahue (1911–1919)
  • John Lavin (1919–1926)
  • Tom Temple (1926–1928)
  • Bill Ferguson (1928–1953)
  • John McMenamin (1953–1955)
  • Jack Ramsay (1955–1966)
  • Jack McKinney (1966–1974)
  • Harry Booth (1974–1978)
  • Jim Lynam (1978–1981)
  • Jim Boyle (1981–1990)
  • John Griffin (1990–1995)
  • Phil Martelli (1995–)
Current men's basketball head coaches of the Atlantic 10 Conference
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