Jun 10, 2026 · 47 min · 10 segments
When soccer coach Scott Martin contracted a rare illness that took his hands and parts of his feet, it took the way he coached the game as well as his confidence. What followed was years of…
Stacy RaineHost
Why do you love it? Why did you become a coach? Tell me how that evolution began.
Um, so I grew up in, in the 1970s and then, uh, stretching then into the '80s and, and, and such in my playing career.
So, you know, it's sink or swim at 16 playing with men in their 20s and 30s and stuff, so.
Pelé came over, Beckenbauer, uh, Johan Cruyff, George Best came over, so it was to glom on and watch some of these guys play and, uh, and aspire to that.
But playing in the club system back at that time, there was no feeder program to get up to the professionals, so we really had a dead end, but the best was to go on the college route.
So I ended up doing that to stretch out my career and then to continue playing after college as well.
So pulling it in, I guess, uh, to talk about the game itself, to me, it's artistic.
Why do you love it? Why did you become a coach? Tell me how that evolution began.
Um, so I grew up in, in the 1970s and then, uh, stretching then into the '80s and, and, and such in my playing career.
So, you know, it's sink or swim at 16 playing with men in their 20s and 30s and stuff, so.
Pelé came over, Beckenbauer, uh, Johan Cruyff, George Best came over, so it was to glom on and watch some of these guys play and, uh, and aspire to that.
But playing in the club system back at that time, there was no feeder program to get up to the professionals, so we really had a dead end, but the best was to go on the college route.
So I ended up doing that to stretch out my career and then to continue playing after college as well.
So pulling it in, I guess, uh, to talk about the game itself, to me, it's artistic.
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