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Report: Villanova investigating assistant basketball coach's resume

Villanova University is investigating newly hired assistant men's basketball coach Doug Martin for what they say are discrepancies in his resume, reports ESPN.com.

According to a statement issued by Villanova when Martin was hired, the resume said he "played collegiate basketball at UW-Green Bay for coach Dick Bennett from 1991-95."

However Green Bay has no records of Martin ever playing there. He is not listed on the all-time roster and Andrew Gavin, Green Bay's director of athletic communications, said via email: "I do not have a record of a Doug Martin playing here and looked through our stats from each of those years as well."

Martin's name doesn't appear on any rosters or in any statistics from the 1990-91 through 1994-95 seasons, according to the school.

Jeff Nordgaard, who played for UW-Green Bay from 1992 to 1996, said he did not recall anyone by that name playing for the team.

"I didn't play with anyone by that name," Nordgaard said. "So unless he changed his name..."