When Phil Martelli arrived at the Philadelphia Legacies Portrait & Community Awards ceremony Sept. 7, he was greeted by a banner that read “Welcome Home Phil.”
After spending five years in Ann...
On Sept. 18, Siloam Wellness Center, a non-profit institution that promotes mental, physical and spiritual well-being for people living with HIV/AIDS in the Philadelphia area, presented an event titled...
Phil Martelli is living alone for the first time in his life.
Martelli’s new condo is a 15 minute drive from the Crisler Center, the site of the basketball arena at the University of Michigan, where...
Billy Lange, former Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach, was named head coach for the St. Joe’s men’s basketball team on March 28.
Jill Bodensteiner, J.D., director of athletics, told The Hawk that...
For the first time in 24 years, there will be a new head coach on the St. Joe’s sideline in Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena.
Phil Martelli’s firing is a wound still fresh among a large contingent of...
After the news broke on March 19 that Phil Martelli would not return as men’s basketball head coach at St. Joe’s, attention quickly shifted to those he impacted the most: his players.
Like many others...
In all honesty, Phil Martelli didn’t see it coming.
Martelli had received a text from Director of Athletics Jill Bodensteiner, J.D., the morning of March 18, asking him to join her for a 1:30 p.m. meeting...
Ousting Martelli is indicative of larger problem
When it was decided that the 2018-2019 season would mark the end of Phil Martelli’s 24-year tenure as the university’s head men’s basketball coach,...
After 24 seasons and more than three decades with the Hawks, St. Joe’s announced that Phil Martelli is out as men’s basketball head coach.
Director of Athletics Jill Bodensteiner, J.D., informed Martelli...
Michael Jordan returned to the NBA, Bill Clinton was still in office, Amazon sold its first book, eBay made its debut on the internet, and Phil Martelli began his tenure as head coach for the St. Joe’s...
One constant, unassuming figure has lended his support to the St. Joe’s men’s basketball program over the past 24 years.
That figure was Phil Martelli Sr., the father of Head Coach Phil Martelli....
Sam Britt '20 and Nick Karpinski '21 co-wrote this story
A week after Phil “Pops” Martelli Sr., the father of men’s basketball Head Coach Phil Martelli, died on Feb. 6, St. Joe’s men’s basketball...
