Marty Fletcher

Marty Fletcher (born March 6, 1951)

Teams coached: VMI Keydets, Southwestern Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, Denver Pioneers, UCCS Mountain Lions
VMI record: 37-75 (.330)
Southwestern Louisiana record: 176-146 (.547)
Denver record^: 33-77 (.300)
UCCS record^: 5-22 (.185)
Overall record^: 251-320 (.440)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  2  (1992, 1994)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• Sun Belt Regular Season Champion:  1  (1992)
• Sun Belt Tournament Champion:  2  (1992, 1994)

Awards:

• Sun Belt Coach of the Year:  1  (1992)
• SoCon Coach of the Year:  1  (1985)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

Marty Fletcher Facts

• Martin P. Fletcher
• Born March 6, 1951
• Hometown: Washington, D.C.
• Alma Mater: University of Maryland (BA, 1973)
• Graduated from DeMatha Catholic HS (MD) and played several years for legendary head coach Morgan Wootten before he was cut from the team before his senior year; came back during his undergrad years to help Wootten coaching the JV and later varsity squads
  • Coached at DeMatha throughout his four years at Maryland plus another three seasons after graduation (1969-76)
• Moved up to the college ranks in 1976, spending two years as an assistant under Dan Raskin at Niagara
• Spent four years at NC State, two each under Norm Sloan and Jim Valvano, where he was part of two NCAA Tournament teams
• Hired as the head coach at VMI in 1982 and led the Keydets for four seasons; turned the program around from just 2 wins in his first season to a 16-14 record in his third, for which he was named 1985 SoCon COY
• Left for Southwestern Louisiana in 1986 and coached the Ragin’ Cajuns for eleven seasons, going 176-146 overall
  • Won a Sun Belt title – and was Sun Belt COY – in 1992 and went to two NCAA Tournaments via Sun Belt Tournament titles
  • Resigned in 1997 following a second sub-.500 season in the previous three years
• Became the head coach at Denver in 1997, then a Division II program about to move up to Division I
  • Was just 33-77 in four seasons but helped transition the program to the next level, joining the Sun Belt in 1999
• Left Denver in 2001 and became the head women’s coach at D-II Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS)
  • Coached the women’s team for three seasons (37-45 overall) and for the 2003-04 he also coached the men’s team, a rare instance of double duty; was just 5-22 with the men’s team
• Later worked for the Mountain West Conference as the Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials

Marty Fletcher Coaching Tree

• Joe Cantafio (Furman, VMI)
• Robert Lee (Louisiana-Lafayette)
• David Patrick (Sacramento State, UC Riverside)

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the Division I and Division II levels (men’s basketball only)