Frank Martin lines up next gig: March Madness TV analyst
Two days after South Carolina fired head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin, the 55-year-old lined up a new gig — on television.
Though Martin’s coaching future is up in the air following his dismissal, Turner Sports and CBS signed Martin as a studio analyst for TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV during March Madness.
Martin will serve as an analyst on Thursday and Friday. Martin’s mentor and former Kansas State colleague Bob Huggins will be in studio Saturday and Sunday. Huggins has coached for West Virginia since 2007.
In his 15 years of coaching Martin compiled a 288-201 record with South Carolina (2012-2022; 171-147) and Kansas State (2007-12; 117-54). This won’t be the first time Martin has served as a studio analyst. He did the same in 2012 and 2018.
Why is Frank Martin bald?
If you’re seeing Frank Martin on your television during March Madness and wondering what happened to his well-groomed silver hair, Martin shaved his head before last season due to complications from COVID-19.
Martin — who is now vaccinated — tested positive two separate times for COVID-19, and he said doctors told him the virus weakened his immune system and triggered a latent case of alopecia. Martin has been a good sport about the change and isn’t afraid to poke fun at himself.
“If it is stress, and eventually (my hair) comes back, then we’ll get the gel out again,” Martin said when he shaved it.
This story was originally published March 16, 2022 at 1:45 PM with the headline "Frank Martin lines up next gig: March Madness TV analyst."
