death_date coach_years overall_record coach_team coach_sport cfbdwid sport birth_date article_title name
17 april 1997 1939 -- 1949 1943 -- 1946 1947 -- 1965 31 -- 20 -lrb- basketball -rrb- 281 -- 156 -- 2 -- -lrb- baseball -rrb- 42 -- 5 -lrb- football -rrb- 43 southern illinois southern illinois southern illinois football basketball baseball 2783 football , basketball , baseball 19 january 1906 glenn martin -lrb- coach -rrb-
 glenn martin
glenn martin -lrb- coach -rrb-

glenn `` abe '' martin -lrb- january 19 , 1906 -- april 17 , 1997 -rrb- was an american football , basketball and baseball coach .
he was the fifth head football coach for the southern illinois salukis -lrb- siu -rrb- in carbondale , illinois , a position he held for ten seasons from 1939 to 1949 .
his overall coaching record at siu was 31 wins , 42 losses and 5 ties .
this ranks him fourth at siu in terms of total wins and tenth in terms of winning percentage .
on april 30 , 1972 , southern illinois ' baseball field was dedicated in honor of martin , who retired from the athletic department in 1971 .
martin was the saluki baseball coach from 1946 to 1964 .
