Erik Martin

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: South Carolina State Bulldogs
Current conference: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)
South Carolina State record: 19-44 (.302)
Overall record: 19-44 (.302)

Erik Martin
Born May 26, 1971
Hometown: West Covina, California
Alma Mater: University of Cincinnati (BA, 1993)
Was an all-state basketball player at Whittier Christian HS in La Habra, CA and then started his collegiate career playing for Moe Iba at TCU
- Spent one year at Santa Ana CC (CA) and then transferred, along with teammate and future NBA player Corie Blount, to Cincinnati
- Played two seasons for head coach Bob Huggins, reaching the NCAA Final Four as a junior and the Elite Eight as a senior
After graduating from UC in 1993, Martin spent the next nine years playing professionally in the CBA and abroad in Asia
Started his coaching career in 2003 as an assistant coach at Jacobs Center HS back in Cincinnati
- Next spent two seasons working at Cincinnati State CC (OH) as an assistant under Andre Tate
Hired by his former coach, Bob Huggins, in 2006 to be an assistant at Kansas State and then followed Huggins to WVU the following year
- Worked under Huggins for a total of 16 seasons, during which time Martin was part of ten NCAA Tournament appearances including the Mountaineers’ trip to the Final Four in 2010
In July 2022, Martin was hired to be the head coach at South Carolina State in the MEAC