Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics

After assuming the duties as head coach in 1991, Greg Marten brought national acclaim to the baseball program leading the Lions to two NCAA Regional appearances. Marten's career record of 352-302 speaks volumes of what he has accomplished at Southeastern. He is the winningest coach in Lions' baseball history and trails only Southeastern legend Pat Kenelly, who coached for 14 seasons from 1951 to 1964, in tenure.  

For seven of his 12 years, Marten, a two-time Trans America Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, guided Southeastern to winning campaigns including five seasons with 30 or more wins.  

Two major Division I college All-Americans, Jeff Williams in 1996 and most recently Macky Waguespack in 1999, have blossomed under Marten's tutelage and his teams have produced 27 all-conference selections and picked up two conference championships.  

After a successful coaching stint in the Louisiana High School ranks, Marten returned to Southeastern as a graduate assistant in 1987 under former head coach John Stephenson and was elevated to a full-time assistant position the following year. In his three years as an assistant coach (1988-90), the Lions compiled a solid record of 85-59.  

When Stephenson resigned after six seasons to take a coaching position with the Chicago White Sox prior to the 1991 season, the Southeastern administration did not have to go very far to find a successor and quickly tabbed Marten as the school's 13th head baseball coach on Feb. 26, 1991.  

After a 25-20 record as an independent in his first season, Marten guided the Lions to two NCAA Regional appearances in the next three years as members of the TAAC (now the Atlantic Sun Conference). His 1992 Southeastern club set a school record for wins (38), won its first conference championship in 16 years and earned its first-ever berth in the Regional opener against second-seeded and 10th-ranked Hawaii, senior Kirk Bullinger tossed a seven-hitter and led the Lions to an 8-0 upset win which sent Southeastern into a winner's bracket contest against Pepperdine. The Lions lost to the eventual national champions, 8-5, and were finally eliminated by Hawaii. 

The Lions, though, were not done in 1993 as they tied the school record for wins and won the TAAC West Division title. Southeastern was quickly eliminated from the conference tournament and failed to receive an at-large bid in the regionals. In 1994, Southeastern finished second in the West Division to Mercer, but that did stop the Lions from capturing their second TAAC crown and NCAA Regional berth. The Lions were sent to the South I Regional at LSU where the Lions dropped games to the nationally-ranked Tigers and to UNC-Greensboro.
 
Marten, a member of the Southeastern Hall of Fame, played for the Lions from 1972-75, helping lead his team to the Division II College World Series as a senior captain. That team finished 25-13, winning the NCAA South Regional, and ranked third in the final national poll.

He parlayed his success on the field into a successful coaching career at nearby Ponchatoula High, going 160-51 in 11 years, leading the Green Wave to the state playoffs seven times, and reaching the state finals once. He was named the State Class 3A Coach of the Year in 1980 and was selected as district Coach of the Year four times.