Chuck Martin
Followed Don Treadwell. Chuck Martin raised Miami (OH) from Regional Program IV to Regional Program I.
In his own words
Awaiting signal — no quotes collected from this staff yet this cycle.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
5–15 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Luke Fickell.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
10th-best Miami (OH) tenure of 14 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on offense and outperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Don Treadwell (2011–2013).
| Season | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||||||
| Record | 2–10 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–6 | 2–1 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 11–3 | 9–5 | 7–7 | 0–0 | |
| Postseason | — | — | L bowl | — | — | L bowl | — | W CFP | L bowl | L bowl | W bowl | L bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #124 | #74 | #93 | #94 | #128 | #89 | #89 | #87 | #77 | #104 | #82 | #83 | #105 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||||||||
| Pass rate | 56.7 | 46.6 | 42.5 | 46.7 | 46.0 | 38.7 | 45.9 | 48.6 | 41.1 | 36.9 | 49.4 | 42.8 | 46.4 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||||||||
| OC | Eric Koehler / George Barnett | Eric Koehler / George Barnett | Eric Koehler / George Barnett | Eric Koehler / George Barnett | Eric Koehler / George Barnett | Eric Koehler / George Barnett | Eric Koehler / George Barnett | Eric Koehler | Eric Koehler | Pat Welsh | Pat Welsh | Pat Welsh | Gus Ragland | |
| DC | Matt Pawlowski | Matt Pawlowski | John Hauser / Matt Pawlowski | John Hauser / Matt Pawlowski | Spence Nowinsky / John Hauser | Spence Nowinsky / John Hauser | Spence Nowinsky / John Hauser | Spence Nowinsky / John Hauser | Bill Brechin | Bill Brechin | Bill Brechin | Bill Brechin | Bill Brechin | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||||||||
| Offense | 47 | 11 | 52 | 30 | 40 | 21 | 41 | 70 | 26 | 24 | 48 | 23 | 58 | |
| Defense | 39 | 61 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 57 | 71 | 51 | 42 | 91 | 62 | 70 | 16 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 62.3 | 46.4 | 44.8 | 47.6 | 47.9 | 41.8 | 57.4 | 52.6 | 41.9 | 35.4 | 49.5 | 45.6 | 56.2 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 54.3 | 45.5 | 51.0 | 53.3 | 46.3 | 30.8 | 47.6 | 45.1 | 43.9 | 38.8 | 58.6 | 37.1 | — | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 47.2 | 32.3 | 32.4 | 35.1 | 44.7 | 20.3 | — | 29.7 | 26.1 | 22.2 | 14.0 | 30.8 | — | |
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
Recruits younger transfers than most — more of a development bet.
5 NFL Draft picks: Quinten Rollins (2015), Sam Sloman (2020), Tommy Doyle (2021), Dominique Robinson (2022), Jackson Kuwatch (2026)
1 player-season honored (All-America / national award): Graham Nicholson (2023)