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Chuck Martin
Head Coach
Grand Valley State head coach Chuck Martin is set to embark on his
fourth year as the leader of the winningest DII football program in the
country. All Martin has done his first three years is lead the Lakers to two
NCAA DII Football National Championships, 38 total wins and the
nation’s longest active winning streak at 28 games. He has been named the
American Football Coaches Association DII Coach of the Year each of the
past two years. Martin, who was an assistant coach at GVSU for three
years prior to becoming the sixth head coach in Laker football history, was
named to the head coaching post on December 31, 2003 by GVSU
Director of Athletics Tim Selgo.
Under Martin, 20 players have earned various all-america honors.
Defensive lineman Mike McFadden was honored twice as the Gene
Upshaw Award winner (2005 and 2006) as the top interior linemen in DII
football. Quarterback Cullen Finnerty finished second in the voting for the
2006 Harlon Hill Award, which goes annually to the DII Player of the Year.
The Lakers have had three straight GLIAC Defensive Lineman of Year
honorees under Martin, two straight GLIAC Offensive Lineman of Year
award winners, a GLIAC Offensive Back of the Year, a GLIAC Defensive
Back of the Year and the GLIAC Player of the Year. Fifty three players
have earned All-GLIAC plaudits, including 25 first-team selections under
Martin. Grand Valley State has also been ranked number one in the AFCA
Coaches Poll for 31 of the 41 weeks the poll has been released during
Martin’s tenure.
A promoter of the full college experience, Martin and his Laker football
squad are active contributors to community charitable organizations.
The football team has been active in donating time to Love Inc., Goodwill,
The Salvation Army, local Grand Rapids hospitals and soup kitchens,
Habitat For Humanity and Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in Kiln, Miss.
Martin and 36 members of the Laker football team spent a week in Kiln,
Miss. at Camp Coastal Outpost helping clean up the surrounding areas and
build houses.
On the gridiron, few have been as successful as Martin in the first three
years of their head coaching career. Martin is 38-3 (.926) overall with a 10-
1 playoff record, two National Championships and two GLIAC titles.
Martin guided Grand Valley State to its second straight perfect season in
2006, concluding the season with the programs fourth NCAA DII National
Championship in the last five years. The Lakers swept through the 2006
regular season in dominating fashion, outscoring its GLIAC foes by an
average score of 37.1-14.6. Grand Valley State then rambled through a
playoff run that included wins over two North Central Conference schools
(South Dakota and North Dakota) in regional action, a win over a Gulf
South Conference team (Delta State) in the semifinals, followed by a victory
over the MIAA’s Northwest Missouri State in the title game. An
incredible 21 players earned All-GLIAC plaudits, including nine firstteamers.
Seven individuals earned all-american honors, including consensus
first-teamers in QB Cullen Finnerty, OT Brandon Barnes, DL Mike
McFadden, LB Anthony Adams and CB Brandon Carr.
The 2005 Laker squad held 11-of-13 opponents to 17 points or less,
including seven that scored 10 points or fewer in their title run.
Conversely, the Laker offense broke the 30-point mark eight times and
outscored their opponents 434-159. Eighteen Lakers earned All-GLIAC
plaudits, including nine that earned All-GLIAC First-Team honors. Eight
2007 Laker Football Media Guide
Chuck Martin
The Chuck Martin File
Degree: Millikin, 1990, Accounting
Master’s Degree: Mankato State, 1993, Phys Ed.
Family: wife, Dulcie, son, Max, daughter, Emma
Coaching:
2004 - Head Coach
Grand Valley State
2000 - 2004 Assistant Coach
Defensive Backs
Grand Valley State
1998 - 2000 Assistant Coach
Defensive Backs
Eastern Michigan
1996 - 1998 Assistant Coach
Defensive Coordinator
Millikin
1993 - 1996 Assistant Coach
Linebackers
Wittenberg
1992 - 93 Graduate Assistant
Mankato State