Erik Martin

[Lobot]

Per Blue and Gold news out of WV, Erik is the new head coach at South Carolina St.

[bearcatbret]

The announcement of Martin as the new UC coach 16 months ago was premature. I am glad that he is getting his chance at head coach.

[GoBearcats31]

Congrats to Erik!

https://twitter.com/coachemartinwvu/status/1546607562577018886?s=21&t=t4JHpGfe2ldWG1zATA3VDQ

[GoBearcats31]

From UC:

[bearcatjd]

Awesome & long overdue!!

[Geaux Juan]

An update on HC Erik Martin's season at South Carolina State - the Bulldogs won their last two games to improve to 2-7 in the MEAC and 5-20 overall.

They were 15-16/7-8 last season, so this year is not an improvement; let's hope EM's second season will be much brighter.

[GoBearcats31]

An update on HC Erik Martin's season at South Carolina State - the Bulldogs won their last two games to improve to 2-7 in the MEAC and 5-20 overall.

They were 15-16/7-8 last season, so this year is not an improvement; let's hope EM's second season will be much brighter.

I believe EM4 was hired very late -- in mid-July. So he was already so far behind in terms of recruiting, namely all the kids who went into the portal in March/April. Hopefully he'll have a better set up next season with a full offseason and a more fair shot in the recruiting cycle.

[Geaux Juan]

I checked in on SCSU today, and their schedule showed them playing at Morgan State. MSU was doing a self-broadcast of the game; when I tuned in it was halftime (40-40) so, with no commercials, I got to enjoy their band playing several songs. SCSU outscored MSU 32-21 to win 72-61 and improve their record to 13-16 / 8-4. They are currently on a 4 game winning streak.

[GoBearcats31]

Erik Martin at South Carolina State:
- Year 1: 5-26
- Year 2: 14-18
- Year 3: 18-12 ... tied for first place in the MEAC (2 seed in MEAC tourney, which begins next Wednesday)