| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 14, 1932 LaCrosse, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | March 8, 2008 (aged 75) |
| Playing career | |
| 1951–1952 | Ottawa (KS) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1956–1959 | Yates Center HS (KS) |
| 1960–1963 | Olathe HS (KS) |
| 1964–1967 | Rose Poly |
| 1968–1971 | Washington University |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1978–1981 | West Virginia |
| 1981–1985 | MVC (commissioner) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 24–43–3 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Prairie (1965) 1 CAC (1970) | |
Richard D. Martin (July 14, 1932 – March 8, 2008) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Rose Polytechnic Institute—now known as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology—in Terre Haute, Indiana from 1964 to 1967 and Washington University in St. Louis from 1968 to 1971, compiling a career college football coaching record of 24–43–3. [1] Martin was the athletic director at West Virginia University from 1978 to 1981 and the commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) from 1981 to 1985. [2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Poly Engineers (Prairie College Conference)(1964–1967) | |||||||||
| 1964 | Rose Poly | 2–6 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1965 | Rose Poly | 5–3 | 1–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1966 | Rose Poly | 3–4–1 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1967 | Rose Poly | 1–6–2 | 0–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| Rose Poly: | 11–19–3 | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| Washington University Bears (College Athletic Conference)(1968–1971) | |||||||||
| 1968 | Washington University | 2–8 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1969 | Washington University | 2–7 | 1–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1970 | Washington University | 5–4 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1971 | Washington University | 4–5 | 1–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Washington University: | 13–24 | 5–11 | |||||||
| Total: | 24–43–3 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
| International | |
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| National | |
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