Mansfield ISD announced Wednesday that Mansfield Timberview girls basketball coach Kit Kyle Martin is retiring after winning nearly 800 games in her career.
Martin finished with a career record of 783-219 and was 373-70 as Timberview’s coach from 2012 to 2024. She led Timberview to three state runner-up finishes — in 2017, 2018 and 2024.
It is with mixed emotions that we announce the retirement of Kit Kyle-Martin, Head Girls B-Ball Coach and Ath. Coordinator, after 12 yrs of dedicated service in @mansfieldisd & 33 yrs in public education. Kit has been an invaluable asset to our district! @ladywolfbball 🩷🏀 pic.twitter.com/3AwcrGnjYx
— MISD Athletics Dept. (@MISDathletics) May 22, 2024
Timberview had won 37 games in a row, was ranked No. 1 in the state and was No. 12 in the nation before it lost 60-51 to Frisco Liberty in this year’s Class 5A state championship game. That was the last of five state tournament appearances that Martin made in her career.
Martin also coached at Flower Mound Marcus, where she was 341-137 in 14 years, and for two seasons at Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill. She worked as an assistant coach for Hall of Fame coach Gary Blair at Arkansas and was a graduate assistant for Blair at Stephen F. Austin.
Martin was named the Wilson Sporting Goods/WBCA High School National Coach of the Year in 2019 and won 19 district championships and reached the regional tournament 11 times. She spent 33 years in public education.
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