Homer Chester "Moose" Martin (June 22, 1898 â July 17, 1950) was an American college sports athletes and coach. He played football, basketball, and baseball at West Virginia University. Martin was the head football coach at the New River State SchoolâÂÂnow known as West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyâÂÂin Montgomery, West Virginia for four seasons, from 1923 until 1926, compiling a record of 15âÂÂ9âÂÂ5.
Martin was born on June 22, 1898, at Porter's Creek in Clay County, West Virginia. He attended Charleston High School in Charleston, West Virginia. Martin won letter fours at West Virginia in football and three times in both basketball and baseball. He suffered a stroke on July 5, 1950, at his home in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. He died 12 days later, on July 17, at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis, Ohio.