Bio

Dan Martin is in his 3rd season as the College’s head men's and women's soccer coach.  Coach Martin is MAC's first soccer coach and helped start the program in 2020.  Dan has a career record of 8-13-3 leading the men's team and 10-10-0 record leading the women's team.  During MAC's second season with soccer in 2021-2022, Coach Martin led the men's team to a 2nd place finish in Region 16 and led the women's team to a MCCAC Conference Championship. 

Martin has most recently been the associate head coach for the men’s and women’s soccer teams at State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Mo. Before that, he coached at the high school level as the assistant coach at Notre Dame High School and as the head coach at Cape Central High School, both in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Martin also has experience coaching club soccer for Sporting Missouri Valley in Lee’s Summit, Mo., and United Soccer Club of Southeast Missouri in Jackson, Mo.

 “I am extremely excited to be named the first-ever Head Coach at Mineral Area College, this is truly an honor,” said Martin, “Starting a collegiate soccer program from the ground up will be a difficult task but one I embrace. I look forward to this challenge and can’t wait to get started!”

Martin played NCAA Division I soccer at the University of Louisville in 2002 and 2003 following two years at State Fair Community College. He also played for a year in the U18 Scottish Premier League with Motherwell Football Club in Motherwell, Scotland. Martin spent four years on the soccer team at Christian Brothers College High School and eight years in the Tony Glavin Soccer Club, both in St. Louis, Mo. 

“We’re excited to be adding Coach Martin to our staff,” said MAC Athletic Director Jim Gerwitz, “He is familiar with soccer programs from St. Louis to Southeast Missouri, which will help us attract regional talent to the MAC teams. I have confidence that this new program will have a strong start under Martin’s leadership.”

MAC announced the addition of the soccer program during the 2019-202 academic year in response to the growing popularity of the sport in the region and as part of a strategy to increase both enrollment and access to higher education. The soccer teams will both compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) at the Division II level.  

Martin has a Bachelor of Arts in Sport Administration from the University of Louisville and an Associate of Arts from State Fair Community College.

Martin and his wife Diana have a 3-year-old daughter, Mia.  

Career Record:

                              Men's Team    Women's Team

2020-2021 Record:  0-9-3            1-8-0

2021-2022 Record:  8-4-2            9-2

For more information about the MAC soccer program, contact Dan Martin at 

573-587-0355 or dpmartin@mineralarea.edu