South Carolina was never supposed to get this far, and neither was Frank Martin

March 27, 2017 By Jim Muir Leave a Comment

South Carolina coach Frank Martin is a South Carolina legend, and fastly becoming a household name nationwide. (USA Today photo.)

South Carolina coach Frank Martin is a South Carolina legend, and fastly becoming a household name nationwide. (USA Today photo.)

NEW YORK, NY (Matt Norlander-CBS sports. Please click on link to read the full story and accompanying videos. Here is an excerpt) Too often, we attach Cinderella sports stories to teams, not people. Ironic, given the origin story of the metaphor at hand. Francisco Jose Martin, a child of Cuban exiles, now a man at 51 years of age and having accomplished the implausible by bringing the University of South Carolina to its first Final Four, is a tale never before seen in college basketball. A coach mostly known for his scowl and howl has a story miles deeper than the outward persona that overtakes him every time he steps onto the sideline. “We all have our paths, there is no A B to C, but Frank’s story is a pretty fascinating one,” Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said. “He wasn’t a great athlete, didn’t have a ready-made path or a family member or whatever in the profession. His path was one of grinding and working.”

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