Entering his third season at Boston College, Martel has built an impressive resume and has proven himself as one of the top up and coming coaches in the country. In his role with the Eagles, Martel works with the setters, outside hitters and serve receive offense. Martel also serves as the recruiting co-coordinator and has helped the Eagles bring in a top 30 recruiting class in 2008 and a top 50 recruiting class in 2009. In his duties with the Eagles, Martel also handles opponent scouting, game preparation, tape exchange and travel coordination. For the past two years, he has also been the assistant director of the Eagles' summer volleyball camp programs. Heavily involved in developing the Eagles' community service and outreach programs, Martel runs the Eagles' "DIG PINK" campaign which, over the last two years, has raised over $3,500.00 for breast cancer awareness. He has also coordinated team trips to the Franciscan Hospital and has served as the liaison between local high school and club teams to foster interest in the Eagles program. Prior to joining the Boston College staff, Martel was the head coach at Boston University where he guided the Terriers to one of the best finishes in the program's history and a national ranking as high as 29th. During Martel's time at the helm of BU's program, the Terriers achieved a 29-9 record and placed two players on all-tournament teams. Before his tenure at Boston University, Martel was an assistant at Suffolk University where he served as the offensive coordinator and recruiting co-coordinator and helped rebuild the program bringing in six players four different states. While at Suffolk, Martel also coached the 2007 Boys' High School scholastic team to a state tournament championship in the Bay State Games. Throughout his career, Martel has been heavily involved with club volleyball having coached SMASH Volleyball Club's 15's and 18's teams to multiple tournament victories over the course of 2006 and 2007, including a first place finish at the East Coast Championships and Long Island Big Apple tournaments. He also coached for the North Shore Junior's Volleyball Club where he led their top 18's team to the best finish in club history and for Peninsula Juniors Volleyball Club where he led their top 18's team to many tournament victories and a ranking as high as 35th in Northern California. Prior to his move back to Massachusetts, Martel was the head coach at Serra High School in San Mateo, California where he led their men's volleyball program to a state tournament appearance in 2006 and coached three players to all-conference recognition. Martel started his coaching career at North Andover High School where he helped the Knights reach three state tournament appearances in 2002, 2003 and 2004. During his career, Martel has coached 12 players to all-conference teams. This past year, Martel was invited to work with the USA Olympic Development High Performance program where he served as a court coach and helped evaluate and train athletes in the USA Olympic team pipeline. Martel has directed and worked many camps and clinics, received his Increased Mastery and Professional Application of Coaching Theory Certification (IMPACT) and is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. A graduate of Merrimack College, Martel received his degree in Communication and Business. He currently lives in Newton. |
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