Kentucky releases contract details for new men’s basketball assistant Chuck Martin
By Keith Farner
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Chuck Martin’s contract is now official and signed by all parties, according to Kentucky, which released the details of the 2-year deal. Martin’s addition to the UK staff is a reunion in multiple ways.
The new men’s basketball assistant Martin is at UK on a 2-year deal through the 2024-25 season, with a $350,000 salary for this season and a $375,000 salary for next season, per Ben Roberts.
Martin brings more than 20 years of collegiate coaching experience to the Wildcats’ staff, most recently serving as an assistant this past season on Dana Altman’s staff at Oregon.
From 2014-17, Martin was an assistant at Indiana, where he helped the Hoosiers to 2 NCAA Tournament selections and a B1G championship in 2016. Martin previously spent a year as a scout with the Oklahoma City Thunder after he was head coach at Marist from 2008-13 and an assistant on John Calipari’s staff at Memphis from 2006-08.
Martin also had prior stops as an assistant coach at St. John’s (2004-06), Drexel (2001-04), UMass (2000-01) and Manhattan (1999-2000). At both Drexel and UMass, Martin served under current Kentucky associate to the head coach James “Bruiser” Flint.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
