Willie Martinez (American football)

Willie Martinez

Current position
Title	Cornerbacks coach
Team	Tennessee
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Alma mater	Miami (FL)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1986	Miami (FL) (GA)
1988	Bethune-Cookman (WR)
1992–1993	Grand Valley State (DC/secondary)
1994	Central Michigan (secondary)
1995–1996	UCF (DC/secondary)
1997	Eastern Michigan (secondary)
1998–1999	Central Michigan (secondary)
2000	Central Michigan (AHC/secondary)
2001–2004	Georgia (secondary)
2005–2009	Georgia (DC/secondary)
2010–2011	Oklahoma (secondary)
2012	Auburn (secondary)
2013–2016	Tennessee (AHC/secondary)
2017	Cincinnati (secondary)
2018–2020	UCF (AHC/secondary)
2021–present	Tennessee (Cornerbacks)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
National (1983)

Willie Martinez is an American football coach who is currently the cornerbacks coach for the University of Tennessee. Previously served as the assistant head coach and secondary coach for the University of Central Florida (UCF).

Coaching career

Martinez served as the defensive backs coach for the Oklahoma Sooners football team from 2010 to January 2012, when he resigned. On February 13, 2012, Martinez was hired to coach defensive backs for Auburn University. The move reunited him with Auburn's Defensive Coordinator Brian VanGorder. The two had coached together for several years at Central Florida, Central Michigan, and the University of Georgia. In December 2012, Martinez joined Butch Jones's staff at Tennessee until January 2017, then in 2020 when Tennessee fired their Head Coach Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee hired Josh Heupel and Heupel then hired Martinez to his staff.

External links

• UCF profile