Jay Martin (soccer coach)

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Jay Martin is the head soccer coach at Ohio Wesleyan University and is the career wins leader in college soccer. [1]

Martin has won two NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championships - one in 1998 and one in 2011. [2] He has also won more than two dozen conference titles. [3] En route to the 2011 title, he tied the record in the national semifinals and broke the record in winning the championship. [4]

He has also served as athletic director and lacrosse coach at Ohio Wesleyan. [5]

Martin is set to retire following the 2024 season. He will stay at Ohio Wesleyan as a full professor in the department of health and human kinetics. [6]

References

  1. America's Most Winning College Coach: Jay Martin - GoalNation
  2. Lasting relationships, legendary coach help Ohio Wesleyan defy the odds | Sports News for College Students | USA TODAY College
  3. Ohio Wesleyan U.: Soccer Coach Jay Martin Offers Recruiting Advice – Locker Room Talk – Top College Coaches – College Coach Rankings
  4. For Ohio Wesleyan soccer team, 'we wuz robbed' is pregame - San Antonio Express-News
  5. College soccer: Ohio Wesleyan coach just out to 'make it fun' - Sports - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH
  6. "Jay Martin, NCAA All-Time Wins Leader, to Retire as Men's Soccer Coach". BattlingBishops.com. Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops . Retrieved August 7, 2024.