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Chad Martinovich

Named Head

Football Coach

After nine years leading the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology football program to unprecedented
success, Chad Martinovich will take over as the new
head football coach at the University of Rochester.
We are thrilled to have Chad join our staff ,” said George
VanderZwaag. “His experience uniquely qualifi es him for the
challenges and opportunities in this position. We couldn’t be
more optimistic about the future of Rochester football. With
his leadership, we are well positioned to develop a program
that attracts the most outstanding students and talented
players from around the country.”
“It’s exciting to return to New York, where my playing and most
of my coaching roots are,” Martinovich said. “I look forward
to getting to know the students on our team and helping
them improve on a daily basis. The University of Rochester
is an institution that strives for excellence in everything.
With Rochester’s tremendous academic reputation and the
commitment to excellence in athletics, I believe we can recruit
talented young men from around the country who will work
to be champions on and off the fi eld.”
Martinovich served as the head coach at MIT for nine seasons
(2009–17). During that time, he steadily built the MIT program
into a successful unit. MIT won the New England Football
Conference (NEFC) Championship in 2014 and earned its fi rst
NCAA Division III playoff berth.
Following the 2014 season, he was named NEFC Coach of the
Year, New England Football Writers College Division Coach of
the Year, ECAC Coach of the Year, and the American Football
Coaches Association Region I Division III Coach of the Year.
In the 2017 season, he directed MIT to success on both the
gridiron and in the classroom. MIT was 7-3 overall, 5-2 in the
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference. The
Engineers were tied for third in the nation in fewest sacks
allowed (fi ve), while averaging 26.8 points and almost 400
yards of total off ense per game.
During his tenure at Cambridge, MIT football players have
earned 17 CoSIDA Academic All-America awards, including
seven selections to the First Team and the MIT quarterback
was named the 2017 CoSIDA Division III Football Academic
All-American of the Year. He has coached two All-Americans,
16 All-Region players, four All-New England performers, and
63 All-Conference players.

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