Mike Martin
Baseball Coach, Baseball Player
1944 –
Who is Mike Martin?
Mike Martin, Sr. 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, himself a graduate of Florida State in 1966, 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 1965-1966. 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.
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- Born
- Feb 12, 1944
- Also known as
- Mike Martin, Sr.
- Profession
- Education
- Florida State University
- Lived in
- Florida
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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