Martin, now in his second year as Notre Dame's offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach, handled the
play-calling duties throughout the spring and is expected to maintain that role in the fall.
photo by Joe Raymond
A New Calling Card?
Offensive coordinator Chuck Martin's growing role
was among this spring's topics
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By Lou Somogyi
aybe the most-talked about
news item this spring regarding Notre Dame's offense is
head coach Brian Kelly turning play-calling duties over to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
Chuck Martin.
It might also be the most overrated
subject of the Fighting Irish spring.
Kelly and Martin first combined
forces at Grand Valley State in 2000.
Shortly thereafter the Lakers went
from a proverbially solid and yearly
8‑3, 7‑4 program to a Division II dynasty with a 115-9 mark and four national titles from 2001-09.
After apprenticing several years under Kelly, who moved to Division I
in 2004, Martin was 74-7 (.914) as the
head coach at Grand Valley while
