Chris MacMartin joined the UW-Whitewater Men’s basketball program in the summer of 2023 after spending the last two years as an assistant coach at the University of Dubuque. Over the last two seasons, he helped the Spartans go 40-14 overall and 26-6 in American Rivers Conference play. In MacMartin’s first season at UD, the Spartans won both the ARC regular season and conference tournament championship while making a NCAA Division III tournament appearance.
MacMartin arrived at UD after seven years on staff at Northern Illinois University. He served as an assistant coach at NIU in 2020-21, following one season as the Director of Player Development and Operations with the Huskies. MacMartin moved into a full-time role following two years as NIU’s video coordinator/graduate assistant from 2017 to 2019. He joined the NIU basketball program in 2014 as a student manager, working for the Huskies for three years as an undergraduate.
During MacMartin’s time at NIU, the Huskies posted three seasons which rank among the top-seven for single-season wins at NIU, earning 21 victories in 2015-16 (tied for second-best), 18 wins in 2019-20 (sixth-best) and 17 wins in 2018-19 (tied for seventh-best). NIU captured a share of the MAC West Division title in the 2019-2020 season. That year, the Huskies earned a first-round tournament bye for the first time since 2006. As a graduate assistant, MacMartin helped the Huskies to a 17-win season in 2018-19, while reaching the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2003.
A native of Rockton, Ill., MacMartin earned his bachelor’s degree in Community Leadership and Civil Engagement from NIU in 2017 and his master’s degree in Adult and Higher Education in 2019.
