“Carlin brings a wealth of experience and a well-respected track record to Florida,” Golden said. “We are thrilled to add his expertise as a basketball spirit, developer, relationship builder and recruiter to our staff. He sets a great example for all of us as a family man, and he will be a tremendous mentor for our student-athletes off the field in addition to helping us collectively and individually to become the best on the field.”

“I am delighted to join my good friend and former colleague Todd Golden in a national championship program like Florida’s,” Hartman said. “The success of the program has been well documented, beginning over 30 years ago with Coach Kruger, whom I had the pleasure of working for. For Todd to ask me and my family to join him is an honor, and I can’t wait to get started in Gainesville.”

Hartman helped UNLV to an 18-win season in 2021-22, including double-digit conference wins. The Rebels have boasted a pair of All-Mountain West performers this season as Bryce Hamilton earned first-team honors and Royce Hamm Jr. received honorable mention, while Donovan Williams was named MWC Sixth Man of the Year.

At Oklahoma, the Sooners have made NCAA Tournament appearances in each of Hartman’s last four seasons at Norman. As a recruiter, Hartman played a crucial role in bringing the top recruiting class of the Kruger era to OU. The 2019 class was ranked the highest in the Big 12 and 13th in the nation by Rivals. Hartman was recognized by Stadium as one of the top three assistant coaches in the Big 12, based on a 2020 league coaching survey. Silver Waves Media also named him one of the top 50 assistant coaches most influential in the country.

In 2019, Hartman was one of 31 assistant coaches across the country to receive an invitation to the second annual Collegiate Coaching Consortium, which brings together aspiring basketball coaches and Division I athletic directors from the NCAA to participate in a multi-day academy.

Hartman was the lead scout for a slew of Sooner players, including eventual NBA draft picks, and focused on developing the team’s big man position group, including winners. All-Big 12 Kristian Doolittle, Brady Manek and Khadeem Lattin. Lattin became the Sooners’ all-time leader in blocked shots.

Hartman has also been active in important social justice initiatives. He is a member of the Coaches Coalition for Progress, and he helped form the Black Assistant Coaches Alliance in the Big 12. CCFP’s mission is to bring change to inner cities and BACA was formed in response to ongoing social unrest across the country. with the goal of creating effective platforms to create better opportunities through transparency, economic and financial literacy programs, and civic engagement initiatives for all student-athletes and coaches.

Hartman made his coaching debut as an assistant at Rice in 1996 following his professional basketball career. He served in three separate stints with the Owls, returning for two seasons as director of operations from 2002 to 2004 and as associate head coach from 2014 to 2016.

Prior to his return to Rice, Hartman worked as Columbia’s associate head coach for four seasons. In 2013-14, he helped lead the program to its most wins (21) since 1968. From 2012-14, Hartman served as the Ivy League representative on the Association’s Assistant Coaches Committee national basketball coaches.

Prior to his appointment at Columbia, Hartman served one season as an assistant coach at James Madison and Centenary in 2009-10 and 2008-09, respectively.

From 2005 to 2008, Hartman worked as an assistant coach and was the lead scout at Richmond for three seasons where he signed three of the top scorers in the program’s history, including future NBA draft pick Justin Harper.

Hartman mentored three future NBA talents at Rice from 2002 to 2004 as chief operating officer, including Owls leading scorer and rebounder Mike Harris, as well as All-America winner and 2007 NBA draft pick Morris Almond. and All-WAC winner Mike Wilk. The Owls won 41 games in those two seasons, including a 23-13 league record.

Additionally, Hartman spent one season each at McNeese State and Louisiana as an assistant coach.

Hartman earned a communications degree with a concentration in broadcast journalism from Tulane in 1994. He was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 2020 along with his teammates from the 1992 Green Wave team, which was the first in Tulane history to reach the NCAA Tournament and win an NCAA Tournament game.

He finished his Tulane career ranked 10th in scoring (1,180 points), third on the program’s career field goal percentage list (52.8%), and seventh in career steals (146). In 2011, Hartman was named to Tulane’s 1990s All-Decade Team as part of Green Wave’s celebration of 100 years of basketball. After college, the Rapid City Thrillers selected Hartman in the third round of the 1994 CBA draft.

Hartman and his wife, Christine, have four children – Sydney, Kailyn, Tess and Joseph.

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