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SCSU Mourns Passing of Noel Martin
11/26/2024 8:53:00 AM | Football, General
All-time winningest coach in SCSU Football history led Huskies to 1989 NCC championship
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State University community is mourning the loss of former football coach Noel Martin, who passed away last week. Martin is the all-time winningest coach in SCSU Football history and was inducted into the SCSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.
In 16 seasons with the SCSU football program (1983-98), Martin set a school record for most wins as a football coach with 91. He led the Huskies as they moved into the always rugged North Central Conference, which was widely recognized as the nation's top NCAA Division II football conference during the 1980s and 1990s. The Huskies posted a 91-81 overall record during the Martin era, and he guided the Huskies to records at or above the .500 mark 10 times during his career.
The Huskies won the NCC championship in 1989 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA DII playoffs that season. He coached Harlon Hill Award finalists Harry Jackson (1989) and Randy Martin (1995 and 1996) along with numerous All-American (16) and All-Conference (43) players during his tenure at SCSU. A number of Martin's players at SCSU went on to play professional football, including long-time NFL quarterback Todd Bouman.
An ambassador of the game and University, Martin was also instrumental in setting up international exchange programs with teams and associations in France and Japan.
Martin was a two-time all-state football standout at Clay Center High School and a three-year letterwinner who earned Big 8 academic scholar recognition at Nebraska. He made history by scoring the first points in Nebraska's first sold-out game in 1962, a tradition that has now reached 400 sellouts. Martin coached in the prep ranks for more than a decade (1963-74) before joining the college ranks at University Nebraska Omaha (1974-83), where he served as the defensive coordinator, offensive coordinator, assistant wrestling coach and assistant professor.
A celebration of his life will be held December 6, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Becker, Minn.
In 16 seasons with the SCSU football program (1983-98), Martin set a school record for most wins as a football coach with 91. He led the Huskies as they moved into the always rugged North Central Conference, which was widely recognized as the nation's top NCAA Division II football conference during the 1980s and 1990s. The Huskies posted a 91-81 overall record during the Martin era, and he guided the Huskies to records at or above the .500 mark 10 times during his career.
The Huskies won the NCC championship in 1989 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA DII playoffs that season. He coached Harlon Hill Award finalists Harry Jackson (1989) and Randy Martin (1995 and 1996) along with numerous All-American (16) and All-Conference (43) players during his tenure at SCSU. A number of Martin's players at SCSU went on to play professional football, including long-time NFL quarterback Todd Bouman.
An ambassador of the game and University, Martin was also instrumental in setting up international exchange programs with teams and associations in France and Japan.
Martin was a two-time all-state football standout at Clay Center High School and a three-year letterwinner who earned Big 8 academic scholar recognition at Nebraska. He made history by scoring the first points in Nebraska's first sold-out game in 1962, a tradition that has now reached 400 sellouts. Martin coached in the prep ranks for more than a decade (1963-74) before joining the college ranks at University Nebraska Omaha (1974-83), where he served as the defensive coordinator, offensive coordinator, assistant wrestling coach and assistant professor.
A celebration of his life will be held December 6, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Becker, Minn.
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