Head Coach Marty Hoffmann

Marty Hoffmann enters his seventh season as the head coach of the Cougar football program in 2024. Prior to being named the head coach on Dec. 1, 2017, he served as co-head coach with Matthew Johnson for the 2017 season and was a member on staff as the defensive and strength/conditioning coordinator.

The 2023 season was a historic one for Minnesota Morris football as the team won the UMAC and finished the season with a 7-4 (5-0 UMAC) record. With a victory over Northwestern in the regular season finale, the Cougars claimed the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III playoffs and gave the team its first postseason bid since 1981.

In 2021, the Cougars had their best season since 2016 as they compiled a 5-5 overall record and went 4-2 in UMAC play. Minnesota Morris then matched that record in 2022, vying for a conference title deep into the season behind the play of 13 All-UMAC selections.

During Coach Hoffmann’s first season at Minnesota Morris, the Cougars went 3-7 overall and 3-5 in conference play, which included a thrilling 21-13 win over Greenville to close out the 2018 campaign.

In 2016, Coach Hoffmann’s defense ranked in the top 25 in NCAA Division III in multiple categories including turnovers, third-down efficiency, red zone defense, interceptions, and defensive touchdowns. Chandler Erickson set a Minnesota Morris single-season record with seven interceptions.

Prior to UMN Morris, Hoffmann was the special teams and co-defensive coordinator for Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Hoffmann helped the Dragons field some of the top kick and punt return teams in the NSIC in 2012. The Dragons ranked second in the league in punt return average (13.9) and had four blocked punts, including two returned for touchdowns. MSUM was also sixth in kick return average (20.3).

Before arriving at Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Hoffmann spent three years at Carleton College where he worked as the special teams coordinator along with coaching the secondary unit. Hoffman also assisted in the strength and conditioning aspects of the program. In 2008, he helped the Knights reach seven wins for the first time since 1992.

Prior to Carleton, Hoffmann was a graduate assistant at South Dakota State, where helped coach the Jackrabbits secondary and worked with the special teams as a position coach. While at SDSU, he helped the Jackrabbits to their first conference championship in 63 years.

Hoffmann joined the SDSU staff in June 2006 after working for a year as a defensive secondary coach at his alma mater, UMN Morris, where he also was a four-year starter as a student-athlete.

A two-time First Team All-UMAC selection, he was a linebacker and defensive back at Morris, Hoffmann was named the UMAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2004, along with the team’s Most Valuable Player after setting the record for most tackles in a season.

Hoffmann is a member of the American (AFCA) and Minnesota (MFCA) Football Coaches Associations.

Hoffmann earned a Bachelor of Arts in sports management, along with a coaching endorsement from Minnesota Morris in 2005. In 2008, he graduated from South Dakota State with a Master’s of Science in health, P.E. and recreation with an emphasis in sports administration in 2008.

Hoffmann currently resides in Morris with his wife, Lacey, and three children, Brady, Quentin, and Alaina.