Tee Martin

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Tee Martin
Tee Martin visits Kentucky National Guard.jpg
Martin visits the Kentucky Army National Guard in 2010
Baltimore Ravens
Position: Quarterbacks coach
Personal information
Born: (1978-07-25) July 25, 1978 (age 45)
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school: Williamson (Mobile)
College: Tennessee
NFL draft: 2000  / Round: 5 / Pick: 163
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
  • Morehouse (2006)
    Passing game coordinator
  • North Cobb HS (2007)
    Passing game coordinator & quarterbacks coach
  • North Atlanta HS (2008)
    Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
  • New Mexico (2009)
    Quarterbacks coach
  • Kentucky (2010)
    Wide receivers coach
  • Kentucky (2011)
    Passing game coordinator & wide receivers coach
  • USC (2012–2013)
    Wide receivers coach
  • USC (2014–2015)
    Passing game coordinator & wide receivers coach
  • USC (2016–2018)
    Offensive coordinator & wide receivers coach
  • Tennessee (2019–2020)
    Assistant head coach & wide receivers coach
  • Baltimore Ravens (2021–2022)
    Wide receivers coach
  • Baltimore Ravens (2023–present)
    Quarterbacks coach
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Career NFL statistics
Completion %:37.5
TD–INT:0–1
Passing yards:69
Passer rating:25.3
Rushing yards:36
Career CFL statistics
Completion %:42.1
TD–INT:1–4
Passing yards:458
Passer rating:43.2
Rushing yards:64
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR  ·  CFL.ca (archive)

Tamaurice Nigel "Tee" Martin (born July 25, 1978) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee, University of Southern California, University of Kentucky, University of New Mexico, North Atlanta HS, North Cobb HS and Morehouse College.

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Martin played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers, leading their 1998 team to a national championship, and he was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. During his six seasons of playing in the NFL and the Canadian Football League (CFL), Martin played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Rhein Fire, Philadelphia Eagles, Oakland Raiders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Early years

Martin attended and played high school football at Williamson High School. [1]

Playing career

College

While at the University of Tennessee, Martin played college football under head coach Phillip Fulmer from 1996 to 1999. Martin was a backup to Peyton Manning during his freshman and sophomore years at the University of Tennessee. [2] During his junior season, Martin led the 1998 Tennessee Volunteers football team to a 13–0 record and a Fiesta Bowl victory over Florida State, winning the school its first NCAA Division I-A national football championship since 1951. [3] [4] He was teammates with running back Jamal Lewis in his early years at Tennessee and wide receiver Peerless Price, who each went on to play in the NFL. [5]

In the 1998 season, Martin broke the NCAA record for consecutive completions. [3] Against South Carolina, Martin completed his first 23 passes. Combined with a completion on his last pass the previous week against Alabama, Martin's string of 24 consecutive completions and 95.8% completion percentage set new records. Martin broke the Southeastern Conference record of Ole Miss' Kent Austin, which was 20 consecutive. He broke the NCAA record for completions over multiple games with 23 consecutive over two games, which was shared by Southern Cal's Rob Johnson and Maryland's Scott Milanovich. In addition, he broke the one-game record of 22 straight completions set by Iowa's Chuck Long in 1984. Lastly, his 95.8% completion percentage broke the previous best single-game completion percentage of 92.6% set by UCLA's Rick Neuheisel in 1983. [6]

In 1999, Martin led the Vols to their second consecutive BCS bowl, a 31–21 loss to #3 Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl. [7] During Martin's two years as a starter at Tennessee, the Vols were 11–1 over six major conference foes, (2–0 vs. Alabama, 2–0 vs. Auburn, 2–0 vs. Georgia, 2–0 vs. Vanderbilt, 2-0 vs. Kentucky, and 1–1 vs. Florida).

Collegiate statistics

YearSchoolConfPosGCmpAttPctYdsY/AAY/ATDIntRate
1996 Tennessee SECQB112450.0246.06.000100.4
1997 Tennessee SECQB461250.0877.35.211121.7
1998 Tennessee SECQB1215326757.32,1648.18.5196144.4
1999 Tennessee SECQB1116530554.12,3177.67.1129125.0
Career Tennessee32658855.44,5927.87.73216133.6

Professional

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split Vertical jump Wonderlic
6 ft 1+5⁄8 in
(1.87 m)		227 lb
(103 kg)		30+3⁄4 in
(0.78 m)		10+1⁄4 in
(0.26 m)		4.61 s1.62 s2.67 s34.5 in
(0.88 m)		11
All values from NFL Combine [8]

Martin was drafted in the fifth round with the 163rd overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. [9] [10] Martin spent one season in the NFL Europe league. [3] During the 2002 season, he helped lead the Rhein Fire to a league best 7–3 record. The Fire lost in the World Bowl, falling 20–26 to the Berlin Thunder. [11] In 2004, Martin was released as a member of the Oakland Raiders after four NFL seasons. Martin finished his playing career as the 3rd string quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2004 and 2005.

Coaching career

Morehouse College

Martin began his coaching career as the passing game coordinator at Morehouse College in 2006. [12]

North Cobb HS

In 2007, Martin joined North Cobb High School as their passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach. [13]

North Atlanta HS

In 2008, Martin joined North Atlanta High School as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

New Mexico

In 2009, Martin was hired by the University of New Mexico as their quarterbacks coach under head coach Mike Locksley. [14]

Kentucky

In 2010, Martin joined as the wide receivers coach at the University of Kentucky under head coach Joker Phillips. [15] In 2010, Martin was given an additional role as passing game coordinator. [16]

USC

In February 2012, Martin was hired as the wide receivers coach at the University of Southern California under head coach Lane Kiffin. He had been linked with jobs at both Alabama and Oregon previously. News of his hiring at USC was broken by a tweet by quarterback Matt Barkley. [17] Martin replaced Ted Gilmore who left to take a job at the Oakland Raiders. [18] On December 18, 2015, Martin was promoted to offensive coordinator for the Trojans under head coach Clay Helton. [19] On December 27, 2018, after a 5–7 season, Martin became a casualty of a staff shakeup and was fired from the position. [20]

Tennessee

On January 15, 2019, Martin joined the University of Tennessee, his alma mater, as their assistant head coach and wide receivers coach under head coach Jeremy Pruitt. [21]

Baltimore Ravens

On February 6, 2021, Martin was hired by the Baltimore Ravens as their wide receivers coach under head coach John Harbaugh, replacing David Culley, who departed to become the head coach of the Houston Texans. [22]

On February 22, 2023, Martin was made quarterbacks coach, replacing James Urban. [23]

Personal life

Martin was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. He is married to his wife, Toya Rodriguez, a recording artist known professionally as Toya. [3] His oldest child, Amari Rodgers, played as a wide receiver for the Houston Texans. Amari is a Clemson University alumnus, where he recorded over 1,000 receiving yards during his senior season. [24] Martin's middle child, Kaden, is a highly recruited football and baseball prospect who is committed to the University of Miami as a baseball player but will also walk onto the football team. Martin's youngest son, Cannon, was born in 2012.

Martin owns Playmakers Sports, a company specializing in sports event planning, quarterback training, and skills development [25] and is a college football expert on Comcast Sports Southeast program Talkin' Football. [15] He is a quarterback coach for the Nike Elite 11 Quarterback Camps, Nike Football Training Camps, and has trained many high school and Division 1 quarterbacks. [26] In 2008, Martin created the "Dual Threat" Quarterback Camp and Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. [27]

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  2. ↑ Dufresne, Chris (January 3, 1999). "The Tee in Tennessee". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved August 22, 2018.
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  12. ↑ "UK names Tee Martin as new WR coach". kentucky.rivals.com. February 9, 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
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  14. ↑ "New Mexico Fits Martin to a Tee". Albuquerque Journal. March 22, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  15. 1 2 "Tee Martin Joins UK Football Staff". Kentucky Wildcats Athletics. February 9, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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  18. ↑ McKinney, Eric (February 7, 2012). "Ted Gilmore leaves USC Trojans for Oakland Raiders job". ESPN.com . Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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