Richard D. Martin (July 14, 1932 â March 8, 2008) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Rose Polytechnic InstituteâÂÂnow known as Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyâÂÂin Terre Haute, Indiana from 1964 to 1967 and Washington University in St. Louis from 1968 to 1971, compiling a career college football coaching record of 24âÂÂ43âÂÂ3. Martin was the athletic director at West Virginia University from 1978 to 1981 and the commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) from 1981 to 1985.