Phil Martelli
Phil Martelli (born August 31, 1954)
Teams coached: Saint Joseph’s Hawks, Michigan Wolverines
Saint Joseph’s record: 444-328 (.575)
Michigan record: 5-5 (.500)
Overall record: 449-333 (.575)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2016)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (1997, 2004)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1996, 2005)
- NIT Appearances: 6 (1996, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013)
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 6 (1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 3 (1997, 2014, 2016)
Awards:
- AP Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
- Naismith Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
- NABC Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
- Henry Iba Award: 1 (2004)
- Jim Phelan Award: 1 (2004)
- Gene Bartow Award: 1 (2016)
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 4 (1997, 2001, 2004, 2005)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-2024 | Michigan (asst) |
| 2023 | Michigan (interim HC) |
| 1995-2019 | Saint Joseph’s |
| 1985-1995 | Saint Joseph’s (asst) |
| 1977-1978 | Widener (asst) |
Phil Martelli Facts
- Philip Martelli, Sr.
- Born August 31, 1954
- Alma Mater: Widener University (BA, 1976)
- Played point guard for four seasons at Div III Widener and got his first coaching job as an assistant at the school in 1977
- Was the head coach at Bishop Kenrick HS in Norristown, PA for seven seasons
- Spent ten years as an assistant at Saint Joe’s under Jim Boyle & John Griffin before taking over as head coach in 1995
- Has been to seven NCAA Tournaments and six NITs during his tenure at SJU
- Was twice the NIT Runner-up (1996 & 2005) and has twice been to the Sweet Sixteen (1997 & 2004); the 2004 squad, led by National POY Jameer Nelson, won 30 games and made it to the Elite Eight
- Fired in March 2019 after 24 seasons as head coach (34 seasons in total at SJU)
- Spent five seasons as an assistant coach on Juwan Howard‘s staff at Michigan
- In 2023, Martelli served as interim head coach (5-5) of the Wolverines while Howard recovered from an offseason heart surgery
Phil Martelli Coaching Tree
- Matt Brady (James Madison, Marist)
- Mike Farrelly (Hofstra)
- John Gallagher (Manhattan, Hartford)
- Phil Martelli Jr. (Bryant)
- Doug Overton (Lincoln PA, Springfield Armor)
- Mike Rice Jr. (Rutgers, Robert Morris)
- Monté Ross (North Carolina A&T, Delaware)
