Tee Martin

American football player and coach (born 1978)

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. 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.

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

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. 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. 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. In the 1998 season, Martin broke the NCAA record for consecutive completions. In 1999, Martin led the Vols to their second consecutive BCS bowl, a 31–21 loss to #3 Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl. 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).

Year School Conf Pos G Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate 1996 Tennessee SEC QB 11 2 4 50.0 24 6.0 6.0 0 0 100.4 1997 Tennessee SEC QB 4 6 12 50.0 87 7.3 5.2 1 1 121.7 1998 Tennessee SEC QB 12 153 267 57.3 2,164 8.1 8.5 19 6 144.4 1999 Tennessee SEC QB 11 165 305 54.1 2,317 7.6 7.1 12 9 125.0 Career Tennessee 326 588 55.4 4,592 7.8 7.7 32 16 133.6

Martin was drafted in the fifth round with the 163rd overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Martin spent one season in the NFL Europe league. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. Martin replaced Ted Gilmore who left to take a job at the Oakland Raiders. On December 18, 2015, Martin was promoted to offensive coordinator for the Trojans under head coach Clay Helton. On December 27, 2018, after a 5–7 season, Martin became a casualty of a staff shakeup and was fired from the position.

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.

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

Martin was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. He is married to his wife, Toya Rodriguez, a recording artist known professionally as Toya. 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 and is a college football expert on Comcast Sports Southeast program Talkin' Football. In 2008, Martin created the "Dual Threat" Quarterback Camp and Academy in Atlanta, Georgia.