FRIEND DAY
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
First Church of the Nazarene
1983 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32308
Guest Speaker Bio
Mike Martin, Sr. (born February 12, 1944) is the head baseball coach of the Florida State Seminoles baseball team. Martin is the third all-time
winningest coach in NCAA Division I college baseball history, and second in all-time winning percentage. Heading into the post-season of the 2012
season, Martin had compiled a record of 1,721 wins, 592 losses and four ties over 33 seasons of collegiate coaching.
Martin, a native of Gastonia, NC, began his collegiate playing career at Wingate Junior College where he was a Junior College All-American. He
then transferred to Florida State, where he played from 1965 to 1966 and graduated in 1966. During his years as the center fielder at Florida State,
Martin hit .354, and earned all-District honors in his senior season and played in the 1965 College World Series. After his college career was over,
Martin played professional baseball in the New York Mets and Detroit Tigers minor league organizations for three seasons before beginning his
career in coaching.
Martin began his career in coaching at the junior high school level. His first stint as a college coach, surprisingly, came in a different sport,
basketball, when Martin became the head basketball coach at Tallahassee Community College.
It was in 1975, when Woody Woodward took over the head coaching job at Florida State, that Martin would be reunited with his alma mater. Martin
served as an assistant coach under Woodward for four seasons, and then for another season under Dick Howser. Howser would get his chance to
manage the New York Yankees and Martin stepped into the head coaching role at Florida State in 1980.
Though Martin's teams have yet to win a national title, his tenure at Florida State is marked with many honors and feats. Only one team in college
baseball, the University of Miami, has been to more consecutive NCAA Tournaments than Florida State, who have, as of the 2012 season, made 33
straight postseason appearances. Martin's Seminoles have won five Atlantic Coast Conference championships and have appeared in 15 College
World Series.
Martin's players, which include many college and professional standouts such as Deion Sanders, J. D. Drew, Doug Mientkiewicz, Stephen Drew,
Paul Wilson, Lincoln R. "Link" Jarrett, and Buster Posey, have excelled as well. More than 70 of Martin's players have been named All-Americans,
five have been named national player of the year, four have won the Golden Spikes Award, considered to be the most prestigious individual award in
amateur baseball, and one has won the Dick Howser Trophy, considered to be the equivalent of the Heisman Trophy for baseball. Martin has won the
ACC Coach of the Year award seven times (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2012).
Dedicated in 2005, Florida State's baseball team plays on Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium.
Head Coaching Record
Mike Martin, 1986
Season
Current Position
Head Coach
Title
Florida State
Team
University
ACC
Conference
404-165 (.710)
Record
Born
Biographical Details
February 12, 1944
(age 70)
Playing Career
Florida State
1965-1966
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Florida State
1980-Present
Head Coaching Record
1770-611-4 (.743)
Overall
Tournaments 135 - 77 (.637)
Accomplishments and Honors
Championships
5 ACC (1995) (1997) (2002) (2004)
(2010)
11 Metro (1980) (1981) (1983-1991)
Awards
7 ACC Coach of the Year (1996)
(1998) (1999) (2001) (2007) (2009)
(2012)
6 Metro Conference Coach of the
Year
College Baseball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2007
2014
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Florida State (Metro Conference) (1980–1991)
Postseason
Florida State
51-12
5-2
College World Series
Florida State
56-23
9-4
NCAA Regional
Florida State
56-17-1
9-6
NCAA Regional
Florida State
55-18-1
10-4
NCAA Regional
Florida State
55-29
15-3
NCAA Regional
Florida State
59-23
17-6
NCAA Regional
Florida State
61-13
13-3
College World Series
Florida State
55-18
14-3
College World Series
Florida State
50-18-1
11-6
NCAA Regional
Florida State
54-18
14-4
College World Series
Florida State
57-15
17-4
NCAA Regional
Florida State
57-14
17-4
College World Series
Florida State (Metro):
666-218-3 151-49
Florida State (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1992–Present)
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Florida State
49-21
16-7
2nd
College World Series
Florida State
46-19
14-9
3rd
NCAA Regional
Florida State
53-22
14-9
4th
College World Series
Florida State
53-16
16-7
2nd
College World Series
Florida State
52-17
19-5
1st
College World Series
Florida State
50-17
18-6
2nd
NCAA Regional
Florida State
53-20
18-4
1st
College World Series
Florida State
57-14
22-2
1st
College World Series
Florida State
53-19
15-9
3rd
College World Series
Florida State
47-19
20-4
1st
NCAA Super Regional
Florida State
60-14
18-6
1st
NCAA Super Regional
Florida State
54-13-1
19-5
1st
NCAA Super Regional
Florida State
45-23
16-8
3rd
NCAA Super Regional
Florida State
53-20
19-11
4th
NCAA Super Regional
Florida State
44-21
16-13
6th (T-2nd Atlantic)
NCAA Regional
Florida State
45-13
21-6
1st (1st Atlantic)
NCAA Regional
Florida State
54-14
24-6
2nd (1st Atlantic)
College World Series
Florida State
45-18
19-9
1st (1st Atlantic)
NCAA Super Regional
Florida State
48-20
18-12
5th (T-1st Atlantic)
College World Series
Florida State
46-19
19-11
5th (1st Atlantic)
NCAA Super Regional
Florida State
50-17
24-6
1st (1st Atlantic)
College World Series
Florida State
47-17
20-10
3rd (1st Atlantic)
NCAA Super Regional
43-17
21-9
3rd (1st Atlantic)
NCAA Regional
Florida State
Florida State (ACC):
Total:
National champion
Conference regular season champion
Division regular season champion
Conference tournament champion
1147-410-1 404-165
1813-628-4
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
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