Craig Martin
Craig Martin
Title: Head Coach
Phone: 508-565-1918
Email: cmartin9@stonehill.edu
Year: Fourth Season
College: Southern New Hampshire University '07

Craig Martin was named the 13th head coach in program history on June 14, 2019 and is currently in his fifth season. 

In 2021, Martin led Stonehill to a 22-10 record and 10-3 conference record. It is just the eighth time in program history the Skyhawks won 20 or more matches and its first since winning 21 matches in 2014, which also marks its last ten-win NE10 season. Stonehill also earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament following another NE10 Semifinal appearance and earned Stonehill's first-ever NCAA Tournament win with a 3-0 victory against Jefferson College. 

Martin led the 2019 team to a 17-10 overall record and 9-4 in Conference play making it to the NE10 Semifinal round for the second time in three years. Sophia Poveda '21 was named to the NE10 All-Conference first team after a great year of leading the Skyhawks with her 2.88 kills per set and ranking seventh in the NE10. Rachel Dunlavy '20 led the way with her 4.52 digs per set and sat seventh in the NE10, as she reached a career total 1,181 digs to sit seventh in program history. She was also named to the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District I first team for the second time in her career and was named Stonehill's first NE10 Elite 24 Award winner for the highest GPA in the volleyball tournament final four. 

Martin, a 2007 graduate of Southern New Hampshire University, where he was a member of the men’s volleyball club, will bring a range of knowledge as he has worked with NCAA Division I and III programs around New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He takes over as the 13th head coach in the Stonehill volleyball program’s 40-year history, after Kathleen Colpoys recently took over as head coach at her alma mater, College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Massachusetts after four years in Easton.

“We are excited to welcome Craig Martin to the Stonehill athletic family as our new head volleyball coach,” said O’Keefe. “Coach Martin possesses tremendous coaching experience as both a head coach and assistant at the collegiate level, and his sincere commitment to developing student-athletes both on and off the court will undoubtedly benefit our program. He is a true teacher of all facets of the game, and we are eager to have Coach Martin arrive in Easton to begin mentoring our student-athletes as the program prepares to reach new heights.”

Martin comes to Stonehill after spending the 2018 season as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Martin assisted head coach Resa Provanzano with training middle hitters and all blockers, as well as scouting and match preparation, practice planning and implementation, community and alumni engagement and student-athlete welfare.

 

Prior to working with the River Hawks, Martin spent seven years as the head coach of the men’s and women’s volleyball programs at Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts, also serving as the intramural director. He led the women’s program to 78 wins and three Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament appearances in his time.

During his time as an undergraduate at Southern New Hampshire University, Martin assisted the men’s and women’s volleyball programs at Rivier University from 2005 to 2011. At Rivier, Martin assisted the team to six GNAC championships - four with the men and two with the women. 

 

  Overall   NE10 
Year W L Pct.   W L Pct.  
2019 17

10

.630   9 4 .692 NE10 Semifinals 
2020 2

1

.667   0 0 .000 COVID-19 Pandemic year
2021 22

10

.687   10 3 .769 NE10 Semifinals
NCAA Tournament
NE10 Coach of the Year
NE10         19 7 .731  
          NEC      
2022 3 27 .100   1 13 .071  
Totals 44 48 .478   20 20

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