Jason Martin is entering his third season with Miami as an assistant coach for the track and field program, and his first as the horizontal jumps and sprints coach.
Martin joined the Hurricanes after spending one season as an assistant at The University of Akron specializing in the jumps group, where he assisted the women’s team to two conference team titles, including one women’s conference-recording triple jump of 13.53m, three school records, 13 All-MAC conference performers, six conference championships, and five all-time program history marks.
Before Akron, Martin spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Barton Community College primarily working with jumpers. Under his direction, Martin aided the Cougar men’s outdoor team to its ninth NJCAA National Championship and Barton’s 58th NJCAA National title. While at Barton, Martin produced two National Field Athletes of the Year, including a Central Region Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year and nine individual national championships. In the 2020 indoor season, Martin led the Cougar men to a third-straight runner-up indoor finish and a fourth-place finish on the women’s side.
Before his two seasons at Barton Community College, Martin spent one year as the assistant track and cross-country coach at Highland Community College. At Highland, Martin assisted with sprints and jumps. During the 2019 season, he coached 10 All-Americans, 17 National Qualifiers, and set two school records.
At his alma mater, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Martin oversaw the sprinters and jumpers for two seasons. During the 2017 season at UMKC, the men’s and women’s outdoor teams won conference titles, 18 athletes earned all-conference honors, four school records were set, and Martin had a pair of NCAA Division I Regional qualifiers. During the 2018 season at UMKC, Martin coached a school record 13 all-conference athletes, and a duo of regional qualifying performances.
Martin began his coaching career at Coffeyville. While at Coffeyville coaching the jumps, he had one NJCAA national champion in the women’s long jump, six All-Americans, 27 national qualifiers, 23 all-region athletes, and five school records.
As an athlete, Martin began his collegiate career at Coffeyville Community College competing in the KJCCC, before competing in sprints and jumps at the Division I level at the UMKC. During his 2013-14 indoor season, Martin picked up all-conference honors in the 60m, 200m and triple jump. Martin also had all-conference honors during the 2013-2014 outdoor season in the triple jump and 4x100m relay. In his final season of eligibility, Martin claimed all-conference honors in the triple jump in the indoor and outdoor seasons. He also earned conference honors in the 4x100m relay in his final outdoor season. Martin earned his bachelor’s in history in 2015 and a master’s degree in sports administration in 2018 from UMKC.
