Dennis Martel

Dennis Martel

• School University of Maine, Illinois State University

• Born ~1959

Biographical Information

Dennis Martel coached college baseball for over 35 years.

Martel was an assistant coach at Illinois Wesleyan University in 1986-1987 and became head coach in 1988. In 2001, he guided them to a school-record 37 wins and an appearance in the 2001 Division III College World Series. Through 2008, he had gone 540-331 as head coach at Illinois Wesleyan, setting a school record for wins. Despite going 27-20 in 2010, the school made the 2010 Division III College World Series and went on to take their first national title. Martel retired after the 2024 season with a 915-617-3 record.

He also was head basketball coach at Bangor Community College for 4 years and director of basketball operations at Illinois Wesleyan.

Source: Illinois Wesleyan bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1988	Illinois Wesleyan University	21-15	9-3
1989	Illinois Wesleyan University	25-20	8-4	Division III Regionals
1990	Illinois Wesleyan University	21-17	8-4
1991	Illinois Wesleyan University	17-23	6-4
1992	Illinois Wesleyan University	20-18	9-3
1993	Illinois Wesleyan University	18-16	6-7
1994	Illinois Wesleyan University	25-12	14-4
1995	Illinois Wesleyan University	24-17	13-5
1996	Illinois Wesleyan University	24-12	10-8
1997	Illinois Wesleyan University	26-16	12-6
1998	Illinois Wesleyan University	31-13	13-7
1999	Illinois Wesleyan University	18-21	10-8
2000	Illinois Wesleyan University	29-16-2	14-7
2001	Illinois Wesleyan University	37-15-1	15-6	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2002	Illinois Wesleyan University	25-15	17-4
2003	Illinois Wesleyan University	24-15	11-10
2004	Illinois Wesleyan University	28-19	16-5	Division III Regionals
2005	Illinois Wesleyan University	34-13	18-3	Division III Regionals
2006	Illinois Wesleyan University	28-14	14-7
2007	Illinois Wesleyan University	32-13	20-1	Division III Regionals
2008	Illinois Wesleyan University	33-11	18-3	Division III Regionals
2009	Illinois Wesleyan University	24-16	14-7
2010	Illinois Wesleyan University	31-21	12-9	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2011	Illinois Wesleyan University	28-18	15-6	Division III Regionals
2012	Illinois Wesleyan University	31-17	12-9	Division III Regionals
2013	Illinois Wesleyan University	32-11	18-3	Division III Regionals
2014	Illinois Wesleyan University	24-20	14-7	Division III Regionals
2015	Illinois Wesleyan University	27-16	12-8
2016	Illinois Wesleyan University	24-19	13-8
2017	Illinois Wesleyan University	21-20	13-11
2018	Illinois Wesleyan University	22-17	11-13
2019	Illinois Wesleyan University	24-19	14-10
2020	Illinois Wesleyan University	7-3	0-0
2021	Illinois Wesleyan University	17-25	12-20
2022	Illinois Wesleyan University	16-21	7-11
2023	Illinois Wesleyan University	22-23	9-9
2024	Illinois Wesleyan University	23-16	12-8