Martin P. "Marty" Fletcher (born March 6, 1951) is an American retired

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coach. Coaching for over twenty seasons from the early 1980s to 2004, Fletcher led three different Division I schools while winning two conference regular season and tournament championships while collecting over 250 total wins.Marty Fletcher - Coaching Record. SportsReference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
/ref> During the 2003–04 season, Fletcher was the only coach in Division I or Division II to be the head coach for a school's men's ''and'' women's teams. That year, he took over the

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(UCCS) men's team for one season while also spending his third year in charge of the women's team. He is a 1973 graduate of the

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Coaching career

Fletcher first became a head coach in 1982 for the

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following the departure of his predecessor Charlie Schmaus. Schmaus had led the Keydets to a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1977 and a 26–4 record, their best in school history.2013-14 VMI Basketball Fact Book
/ref> The team was led by future VMI Hall of Famer and

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player

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. Despite the initial success, however, by the time Fletcher took over, the Keydets were coming off a 1–25 season and had only won five times in the past two years. In their first season under their new head coach, VMI continued to struggle with a 2–25 record, but showed significant improvement the following year and achieved a winning record by 1985 at 16–14. Fletcher then left the school the next season, leaving VMI with a .330 winning percentage. Fletcher's most endured period of success came at the

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, now known as

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. As the Ragin' Cajuns head coach for eleven years, he led the school to a regular season and tournament championship in 1992 in their inaugural

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season, as well as another tournament title in 1994. Seven of Fletcher's eleven years at

produced winning seasons. Fletcher then left for the

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, who were a Division II school at the time of his arrival. He assisted the program in its transition to Division I and the Sun Belt, but could not produce a winning season at Denver. He left the school following the conclusion of the 2000–01 season."Denver Head Men's Basketball Coach to Leave University". DenverPioneers.com. March 9, 2001.
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Head coaching record

Note: These are for his college men's teams only. His time as UCCS's women's coach is not included in these records.

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