Hall of Fame
Marty Sherman was a successful multi-sport coach for over three decades and a respected contributor to various NYSPHSAA and Section 2 committees for over four decades. He was most successful over a 33-year period as the varsity wrestling head coach at Corinth High School in Section 2 where he amassed 304 career wins and was named Section 2 Coach of the Year twice. Additionally, Sherman had success coaching 12 years of varsity baseball, football and track. As the baseball head coach at Corinth, where he also served as Athletic Director and a physical education teacher, his teams won six league championships and one section championship. Marty has been the NYSPHSAA wrestling state coordinator since 2008 and has served on various wrestling committees including 10 years as the Section 2 Wrestling Coordinator and 15 years as a member of the National Wrestling Coaches Association. As State Coordinator, he has overseen the individual state tournament and the dual meet state tournament, which he was instrumental in helping establish in 2019. Additionally, Sherman helped initiate vast improvements in the current weight certification process and has guided the wrestling state committee to many other beneficial changes for the safety and equity of wrestlers in New York State. Marty has been inducted into several Halls of Fame including the New York State Wrestling Hall of Fame, Upstate New York Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, NYSPHSAA Section 2 Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the Saratoga Springs High School Hall of Fame. A 1961 graduate of Saratoga Springs High School in Section 2, he continued to Ithaca College where he graduated in 1966 with a bachelor’s degree.