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CUONZO MARTIN: CAREER BREAKDOWN
At the 2011 Final Four in Houston, Martin received the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award, presented annually to the top minority head coach in Division I men’s basketball. Martin also was a finalist for the 2011 Hugh Durham “MidMajor” Coach of the Year Award, and the USA Basketball Junior National Team Committee handpicked Martin to join Matt Painter and Brad Stevens on the United States men’s coaching staff at the 2011 FISU World University Games in Shenzhen, China.
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“(Coach Martin) is a great person and a great motivator,” said former World University Games participant Robbie Hummel, who was recruited to Purdue by Martin. “He demands a high level of effort and performance. That’s something you want in a coach. He treats you great, but on the court he expects a lot from you.” In Knoxville, it took very little time for the Tennessee team Martin inherited to appreciate the impressiveness of his coaching style and the staff he assembled. “I think the coaching staff is really a great group of guys; they are pretty much amazing,” PLAYING EXPERIENCE former Freshman All-America forward and cur 1992-95 Purdue rent Orlando Magic star Tobias Harris said after 1995-96 Vancouver Grizzlies/Grand Rapids Hoops taking part in only a handful of individual work 1996-97 Milwaukee Bucks/Grand Rapids Hoops/ outs with Martin and his assistants. Felize Scandone (Italy) It’s easy to see how Martin grew proficient at developing great players. His mentor, Purdue legPLAYING HONORS end Gene Keady, was a six-time National Coach Named one of “100 Legends of the IHSA Boys of the Year and is the second-winningest coach Basketball Tournament” in 2007 in Big Ten history. And in Martin’s case, the apple 1995 First-team All-Big Ten didn’t fall far from the tree. 1995 Dick Vitale All-Defensive Team “I don’t like to put labels on any of my players,” 1995 NBA Draft Pick (57th overall, Atlanta Hawks) Keady said. “But in 50 years of coaching, he’s the best leader I ever had.” COACHING EXPERIENCE Martin was a standout player for the Boil 1999-2000 West Lafayette HS Asst. Coach 2000-07 Purdue Asst. Coach ermakers as a collegian, scoring 1,666 points in 2007-08 Purdue Assoc. Head Coach 127 career games. Purdue posted a 90-37 record 2008-11 Missouri State Head Coach during his four-year career, including a combined 2011- Tennessee Head Coach 54-12 mark in his last two seasons. He made 45.9 percent of his 3-point attempts (179-for-390) over his junior and senior seasons and was an 80 COACHING HONORS percent free-throw shooter. 2010 BCA National Coach of the Week (March 31, 2010) During Martin’s senior year (1994-95), he aver 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year aged 18.4 points per game while leading Purdue 2011 Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year to the second of three consecutive Big Ten cham 2011 Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year finalist pionships, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors. 2012 SEC co-Coach of the Year (Blue Ribbon) 2013 Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year finalist Broadcaster Dick Vitale also named Martin to his All-Defensive Team in 1995. After his first two years at Purdue, Martin was POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE 0-for-7 from 3-point range. But by the time his at Purdue (as a player) career was over, he was the school’s all-time 1992 NIT (quarterfinals) leader with 179 3-pointers made. 1993 NCAA Tournament (first round) Martin also set the Purdue school record for 1994 NCAA Tournament (Elite Eight) 3-pointers made in a game, draining eight treys 1995 NCAA Tournament (second round) in an NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen contest at Purdue against Kansas on March 24, 1994 – a game 2001 NIT (quarterfinals) hosted at Tennessee’s Thompson-Boling Arena. 2003 NCAA Tournament (second round) The Boilermakers won that game to advance to 2004 NIT (first round) the Elite Eight, and Martin’s record has yet to be 2007 NCAA Tournament (second round) topped (he also holds the Purdue record for con 2008 NCAA Tournament (second round) secutive games played, with 127). at Missouri State The Atlanta Hawks made Martin the 57th over 2010 CIT (champions) all pick in the 1995 NBA Draft, and he played pro 2011 NIT (second round) fessional basketball for four years, including NBA at Tennessee stints with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Vancou 2012 NIT (second round) ver Grizzlies. He also was the team captain and 2013 NIT (first round) leading scorer with the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Hoops of the Continental Basketball Association CHAMPIONSHIPS for three seasons and was the leading scorer for at Lincoln High School (as a player) Felize Scandone in Avellino, Italy, in 1997. 1988 IHSA Class AA State Champions In November of that year, Martin was diag 1989 IHSA Class AA State Champions nosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and re at Purdue (as a player) turned to the United States for treatment of a 1994 Big 10 Regular-Season Champions malignant tumor between his heart and lungs. 1995 Big 10 Regular-Season Champions He received his last treatment on April 20, 1998, at Missouri State and is now in full remission. 2010 CIT Champions After triumphing against cancer – as he did 2011 MVC Regular-Season Champions with every obstacle previously placed in his path
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