Martin Ingelsby

Biography

Martin Ingelsby enters his tenth season as the University of Delaware’s men’s basketball head coach in 2025-26. During the summer of 2022, Ingelsby signed an extension that will keep him in Newark through the 2028-29 season. This was his second extension since signing his original contract in 2016. Ingelsby and co. returned Delaware basketball to a place it has only been six times in program history with the CAA Championship title and NCAA Tournament First Round appearance in 2022. It marked the Blue Hens’ first conference crown since the 2014 season. In his time in Newark, Ingelsby and his staff have recruited and coached 17 Blue Hens to the pros, including Delaware’s first-ever NBA player, Nate Darling. Also under his leadership, the Blue Hens have garnered five conference Rookie/Freshman of the Year awards, 26 All-Conference honors, and six All-District nods. In the program's first season in Conference USA, Ingelsby produced the CUSA 2025-26 Freshman of the Year in Christian Bliss, marking his fifth Rookie/Freshman of the Year in his nine eligible seasons. In the 2024-25 season, Ingelsby led the Hens to the conference championship game, while becoming the first team in CAA history to win four games in the conference tournament. UD was also the lowest seed to advance to the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals in tournament history. Delaware became only the second double-digit seed to reach the semis, joining the 2002 Hofstra Pride. Inglesby left the conference tied for th