Mike Martin National Coach of the Year

For the 1st time ever, Mike Martin is Baseball America's National Coach of the Year. This announcement was made on June 29th, but due to a 15 hour drive, I am just getting to it now. I am a big supporter of #11 so this is great news as far as I am concerned.

Martin led the Seminoles to 50 wins for the 24th time!
He led them to a 15th trip to Omaha!

Perhaps this was Martin's best coaching job though because they weren't predicted to win the conference. They began the season ranked 20th by BA and finished in the top 5. These guys were ranked #1 for a large portion of the season, and played their hearts out for #11. They didn't lose in the Regionals or Super Regionals, and the only team they lost to in the CWS (Arizona) won the whole thing without a loss. FSU pushed AZ to extras in the opening game.

Martin becomes the 2nd ACC coach to win this award. The only other one to do it, is North Carolina's Mike Fox (2008).

This guy is a legend and a class act. I will say it all day long. Anyone that thinks he should be ousted due to no national titles is very ill-advised. Martin does what is right, and in the wake of all the scandals in college sports, what more can you ask for. He even suspended a starter during the CWS rather than try to postpone the suspension like some things.

"There is never a wrong time to do the right thing." -Mike Martin

Well, Baseball America, nice job doing the right thing.

Congrats to #11!

-Noland