Brown Head Coach Mike Martin Takes Assistant Job at Michigan
Martin won 171 games at Brown and becomes the first staff hire for Mike Boynton Jr. as Michigan fills openings after coaching turnover.
- On Monday, the University of Michigan announced that longtime Brown head coach Mike Martin joined the staff as an assistant coach, bringing him to Ann Arbor after his 14-year tenure.
- Martin compiled 171 victories at Brown, the most in the school's 120-year history, and earned Ivy League Coach of the Year honors in 2019 after guiding the program to its first 20-win season.
- Michigan faced three assistant vacancies after former coach Dusty May departed for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks with assistants Drew Williamson and Mody Maor, prompting Michigan Men's Basketball Head Coach Mike Boynton Jr. to rebuild his staff.
- Coach Boynton praised Martin as an "outstanding coach" and "exceptional teacher" who "truly invests in his players," saying the values align with Michigan's building culture.
- Brown will conduct a national search for a new head coach, while assistant coach Tyson Wheeler, a former star for the University of Rhode Island, serves as interim head coach.
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Brown head coach Mike Martin takes assistant job at Michigan - Regional Media News
Brown head coach Mike Martin stepped down on Monday to take an assistant coaching job at Michigan. Brown thanked Martin for "a distinguished 14-year coaching career" in a statement on social media. Michigan also confirmed the move in a news release. The national champion Wolverines' staff had an opening after Mike Boynton Jr. was promoted to head coach in the wake of the Dallas Mavericks hiring Dusty May to the same position. "I'm incredibly gra…
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Brown head coach Mike Martin takes assistant job at Michigan
Mike Martin joins Boynton’s Michigan staff as assistant coach
When he officially took over the job last Friday, new Michigan men’s basketball coach Mike Boynton Jr. already had two assistant coaching spots to fill. On Monday, Boynton checked the first off his list. It was announced Monday afternoon that Mike Martin has joined the Wolverines as an assistant coach. Martin had been the head coach at Brown for the past 13 seasons. His coaching career started as an assistant with the Bears, then moved to Penn i…
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