By popular demand, I give you today’s POAPS – Frank Martin. The fifty year-old is in his fifth season as the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks. Martin, a native of Miami, FL (not Ohio, to be clear), the child of Cuban exiles, and an alum of the estimable Florida International University. He had a two decade career as a high school coach in Florida (more on this later) before assistant stints at Northeastern, Cincinnati, and Kansas State. Martin ultimately took the helm at K-State in 2007 for five seasons, followed by his lateral-ish move to South Carolina in 2012 (more on THAT later as well).
Profile of a Possible Savior: Frank Martin
