Gamecocks take on personality of coach

South Carolina coach Frank Martin reacts to a play during the first half an NCAA college basketball game against Kentucky Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina defeated Kentucky 81-78. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)He’s the reason South Carolina beat Kentucky, and the reason the Gamecocks always have a chance.

He’s a difference-maker even though his face turns such an angry red in most games, you’d think his head would explode.

Frank Martin is as hard-nosed of a coach as there is in college basketball.

He is absolutely fearless, but why wouldn’t he be?

The son of Cuban exiles, Martin grew up in Miami and worked his way through college first as a bouncer, but he gave that up when…