Demetrice Martin

Demetrice Martin
Sport(s) Football
Current position
Title Cornerbacks coach
Team Arizona Wildcats
Conference Pac-12
Biographical details
Born (1973-02-28) February 28, 1973
Los Angeles, California
Alma mater Michigan State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000 Monrovia HS
2001 John Muir HS
2001–2002 Pasadena City College
2003–2005 Mt. SAC
2006–2007 USC (GA)
2008–2011 Washington (CB)
2011–2017 UCLA (DB)
2018–present Arizona (CB)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships

Demetrice A. Martin (born February 28, 1973) is an American football coach, currently the cornerbacks coach for the Arizona Wildcats.

High school career

Martin prepped at Muir High School in Pasadena, California and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in baseball, but elected to play football.

College career

Martin played college football at Michigan State University where he was a four-year letterman (1992–95). He began as a wide receiver, then switched to cornerback; he was all-conference in 1994.

Pro career

Martin played on the practice squad of the St. Louis Rams in the National Football League (1996), in NFL Europe for the Scottish Claymores (1997) and the Arena Football League's Texas Terror (1998–99).

Coaching career

Martin began his coaching career as a high school coach in 1999 at Monrovia for two years and then at his alma mater Muir in 2001. He then coached at the junior college level for five years; two at Pasadena City College (2001–02) and three at Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) in Walnut (2003–05). He was a graduate secondary assistant coach at USC (2006–07),[1]

In December 2008, he was hired by new head coach Steve Sarkisian of the Washington Huskies to coach the secondary in Seattle.[2] After three seasons with the Huskies, Martin returned to the L.A. area when he was hired by new UCLA Bruins head coach Jim Mora in December 2011 to be the defensive backs coach.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Player Bio: Demetrice Martin :: Football
  2. ↑ Gary Klein, Rey Maualuga tabbed as USC's MVP, Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2008, Accessed December 18, 2008.
  3. ↑ Seattle Times - Huskies lose cornerbacks coach Demetrice Martin to UCLA - Husky blog - 2011-12-14
  4. ↑ http://www.fsninsider.com/Internal/Sarks%20Staff.aspx
  5. ↑ http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121608aac.html
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