Demetrice Martin

Demetrice Martin

Current position
Title	Cornerbacks coach
Team	Michigan State
Conference	Big Ten
Biographical details
Born	(1973-02-28) February 28, 1973 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Playing career
1992–1995	Michigan State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000	Monrovia HS
2001	John Muir HS
2001–2002	Pasadena City College (DB)
2003–2005	Mt. SAC (DB)
2006–2007	USC (GA)
2009–2011	Washington (CB)
2012–2017	UCLA (DB)
2018–2019	Arizona (CB)
2020–2021	Colorado (CB)
2022–2023	Oregon (CB/PGC)
2024–present	Michigan State (CB)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Pac-12 South Division Champions (2012)
Awards
Second-team All-Big Ten (1994)

Demetrice A. Martin (born February 28, 1973) is an American football coach who is currently the cornerbacks coach and passing game coordinator at Michigan State University. He previously served as the cornerbacks coach at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2020 to 2021 and at the University of Oregon from 2022 to 2023.

Martin played college football at Michigan State University as a wide receiver and cornerback from 1992 to 1995. Prior to his tenure at Oregon, he held various assistant coaching positions at Monrovia High School in Monrovia, California, John Muir High School in Pasadena, California, Pasadena City College, Mt. San Antonio College, the University of Southern California (USC), the University of Washington, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Arizona and the University of Colorado Boulder.

Playing career

High school

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

College

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.

Professional

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

Early 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),

Washington

In December 2008, Martin was hired as the cornerbacks coach at the University of Washington under head coach Steve Sarkisian.

UCLA

In December 2011, Martin joined the University of California, Los Angeles as their cornerbacks coach under head coach Jim Mora. He was let go after the 2017 season.

Arizona

Martin worked as the cornerbacks coach for Arizona in 2018 and 2019.

Colorado

Martin spent 2020 and 2021 as the cornerbacks coach for Colorado.

Oregon

It was announced that he would join Oregon for the 2022 as the team’s pass game coordinator and cornerbacks coach.

External links

• Washington profile
• USC profile Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
• AFL stats
• Accepts new position at Washington