Concordia University Chicago Athletics

           
As the head coach of CUC women's basketball, she has led the team to two NACC Tournament appearances. Since taking over in 2018, Martin has coached seven NACC All-Conference honorees and one D3hoops.com Team of the Week member, Katherine Benes. She was only one of two Cougars in program history to ever be selected for D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Benes was also the No. 1 points per game player in the country for a number of weeks in the 2022-23 season. In the 2022-23 season, Martin also helped coach Alisyn MacGregor to break a 30-year old record for single-game rebounds with 30 against Dominican in 2023 and the career rebound record against Alverno in 2025.

Martin was a standout student-athlete at Johnsburg High School, McHenry Community College and North Park University. At Johnsburg, she was a two-time all-conference and all-area player while leading the team to two conference titles. She help lead the McHenry team to a pair of Skyway Conference titles before transferring to North Park, where she was a part of the last Vikings' team to make the CCIW (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) Tournament. In all three places, Martin made her mark as a student, regularly making dean's lists and conference all-academic teams. She graduated cum laude from North Park in 2006 with a BA in communications (media studies).
           
A coaching career followed graduation, beginning with one year as an assistant coach at Judson University. Martin then took an assistant's job at Regina Dominican High School for two seasons under Illinois Basketball Coaches' Association Hall of Fame coach Jim Russo. In 2010, Regina Dominican advanced to the Class 3A championship game of the Sweet 16 before, ironically, falling to Johnsburg,
           
Martin's coaching career also includes five years with the AAU's Illinois Lady Thunder, based in River Forest, from 2009 to 2013. In 2012, Martin returned to North Park as head assistant coach for Amanda Crockett, where she remained until taking the CUC position.
           
Along with the responsibilities of the women's basketball program, Martin is looking forward to being part of Concordia-Chicago's commitment to servant leadership and making an impact in the community. Martin's background is very similar, having participated in several projects with groups such as Special Olympics. In 2015, she and members of the North Park team traveled to the Dominican Republic for a missions trip that included community service projects during the day and basketball clinics for over 100 youths in the evening. "It's wonderful when your faith and career tied together can impact lives," says Martin.
 

Year	Record	Conference	Finish
Total	52-107	44-70
2018-19	8-17	8-12 NACC	Ninth Place
2019-20	9-16	8-12 NACC	Ninth Place
2020-21	3-8	3-4 NACC	Fourth Place (South) - NACC First Round
2021-22	7-16	6-11 NACC	Ninth Place - NACC First Round
2022-23	12-13	10-8 NACC	Seventh Place
2023-24	8-17	5-11 NACC	Tenth Place
2024-25	5-20	4-12 NACC	Twelfth Place