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Kam Martin
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- Running Backs Coach
Kam Martin, who has coached a 1,000-yard rusher every year as a position coach, was named Florida State's running backs coach on Jan. 2, 2026.
Martin joined Florida State after one season as the running backs coach at Tulsa, two years as the running backs coach at UCF and one year coaching running backs at Incarnate Word. In those four seasons, he has overseen the development of four 1,000-yard rushers and a combined 31 individual 100-yard rushing games.
In 2025 at Tulsa, he developed Dominic Richardson into one of the American Athletic Conference’s premier running backs. Richardson hit the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the first time in his career, finishing the year with 1,065 yards and an average of 5.02 yards per carry that ranked third in the conference among players with at least 200 rushing attempts. Richardson posted four 100-yard games, highlighted by a career-high 203 yards in a win at Army that made him only the fifth Golden Hurricane player to reach 200 yards in a game over the last 30 years.
Martin spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons as running backs coach at UCF when current Florida State offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn was the Knights’ head coach. Martin coached RJ Harvey, who was selected in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft, to first-team All-Big 12 honors in 2024 and back-to-back years as a Doak Walker Award semifinalist, the first rusher in UCF history to twice be a semifinalist for the award presented to the nation’s best running back. Harvey rushed for 1,416 yards in his first season under Martin, at the time the third-highest single-season total in UCF history, before topping that with 1,577 yards in 2024 to put his name in second on the program’s single-season list.
Harvey had a phenomenal 2024 season, totaling 1,577 yards on the ground with nine 100-yard rushing games, including a stretch of six consecutive games hitting the century mark, and 22 rushing touchdowns. His average of 6.80 yards per rush was the highest in the Big 12 and seventh nationally, while his rushing yards total was second in the conference and sixth in the country. Harvey’s conference-leading rushing touchdowns total and average of 158.17 all-purpose yards per game both ranked fourth in the nation. Harvey tied UCF’s single-game school record with four touchdowns scored in the win over Sam Houston. As a team, UCF led the Big 12 and ranked fifth in the country with an average of 248.1 rushing yards per game and ranked 14th in the country with 447.8 yards of total offense per game.
In 2023, Martin helped UCF make a successful transition into the Power 4 level as a new member of the Big 12 Conference. That year, Martin directed Harvey to his first 1,000-yard season as the primary back on an offense that ranked fourth in the country in rushing and eighth in total offense. Individually, Harvey’s 16 rushing touchdowns and 1,416 total rushing yards were sixth nationally, and his 17 total touchdowns ranked eighth in the country. Harvey topped 100 yards in seven games, including a career-high 206 yards in the 45-3 win over No. 15 Oklahoma State.
In his first season as a full-time position coach, Martin’s rushing attack helped pace Incarnate Word to a school-record 12 wins and into the semifinal round of the FCS Playoffs for the first time in program history. The Cardinals rushed for 3,011 yards, the seventh-highest total in FCS that season and a single-season school record by more than 1,000 yards, and led the nation with an average of 51.5 points per game.
Marcus Cooper broke single-season program records for rushing yards, rushing yards per game, 100-yard rushing games and all-purpose yards and was second on UIW’s single-season lists for rushing touchdowns, yards per rush and all-purpose yards per game.
Cooper ran the ball 212 times for 1,436 yards and 12 touchdowns while averaging 6.77 yards per rush and 132.7 all-purpose yards per game. His rushing yards total was the sixth-most in FCS that season, and his yards-per-rush average ranked 10th nationally. He posted four consecutive 100-yard rushing games, another school record, including a single-game record 254 yards in the regular season finale at Northwestern State and eclipsed the century mark in all three FCS Playoff games.
Martin began his coaching career as a recruiting and offensive assistant at UCF. The 2021 Knights won nine games, including the Gasparilla Bowl over Florida, behind the AAC’s No. 2 rushing offense. UCF averaged 196.3 yards per game on the ground and led the country with a fourth-down success rate of 84.6 percent. Isaiah Bowser ranked fourth in the conference in rushing touchdowns, and Johnny Richardson had the conference’s sixth-highest rushing yards total.
Originally from Port Arthur Texas, Martin played at Auburn under Malzahn. He finished his collegiate career with 1,564 rushing yards, a top-30 total in Auburn history, and helped the Tigers reach four bowl games, including a Sugar Bowl and a Peach Bowl appearance.
Martin earned his bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Auburn in 2019. He is married to the former Torie Frederick.
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Martin joined Florida State after one season as the running backs coach at Tulsa, two years as the running backs coach at UCF and one year coaching running backs at Incarnate Word. In those four seasons, he has overseen the development of four 1,000-yard rushers and a combined 31 individual 100-yard rushing games.
In 2025 at Tulsa, he developed Dominic Richardson into one of the American Athletic Conference’s premier running backs. Richardson hit the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the first time in his career, finishing the year with 1,065 yards and an average of 5.02 yards per carry that ranked third in the conference among players with at least 200 rushing attempts. Richardson posted four 100-yard games, highlighted by a career-high 203 yards in a win at Army that made him only the fifth Golden Hurricane player to reach 200 yards in a game over the last 30 years.
Martin spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons as running backs coach at UCF when current Florida State offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn was the Knights’ head coach. Martin coached RJ Harvey, who was selected in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft, to first-team All-Big 12 honors in 2024 and back-to-back years as a Doak Walker Award semifinalist, the first rusher in UCF history to twice be a semifinalist for the award presented to the nation’s best running back. Harvey rushed for 1,416 yards in his first season under Martin, at the time the third-highest single-season total in UCF history, before topping that with 1,577 yards in 2024 to put his name in second on the program’s single-season list.
Harvey had a phenomenal 2024 season, totaling 1,577 yards on the ground with nine 100-yard rushing games, including a stretch of six consecutive games hitting the century mark, and 22 rushing touchdowns. His average of 6.80 yards per rush was the highest in the Big 12 and seventh nationally, while his rushing yards total was second in the conference and sixth in the country. Harvey’s conference-leading rushing touchdowns total and average of 158.17 all-purpose yards per game both ranked fourth in the nation. Harvey tied UCF’s single-game school record with four touchdowns scored in the win over Sam Houston. As a team, UCF led the Big 12 and ranked fifth in the country with an average of 248.1 rushing yards per game and ranked 14th in the country with 447.8 yards of total offense per game.
In 2023, Martin helped UCF make a successful transition into the Power 4 level as a new member of the Big 12 Conference. That year, Martin directed Harvey to his first 1,000-yard season as the primary back on an offense that ranked fourth in the country in rushing and eighth in total offense. Individually, Harvey’s 16 rushing touchdowns and 1,416 total rushing yards were sixth nationally, and his 17 total touchdowns ranked eighth in the country. Harvey topped 100 yards in seven games, including a career-high 206 yards in the 45-3 win over No. 15 Oklahoma State.
In his first season as a full-time position coach, Martin’s rushing attack helped pace Incarnate Word to a school-record 12 wins and into the semifinal round of the FCS Playoffs for the first time in program history. The Cardinals rushed for 3,011 yards, the seventh-highest total in FCS that season and a single-season school record by more than 1,000 yards, and led the nation with an average of 51.5 points per game.
Marcus Cooper broke single-season program records for rushing yards, rushing yards per game, 100-yard rushing games and all-purpose yards and was second on UIW’s single-season lists for rushing touchdowns, yards per rush and all-purpose yards per game.
Cooper ran the ball 212 times for 1,436 yards and 12 touchdowns while averaging 6.77 yards per rush and 132.7 all-purpose yards per game. His rushing yards total was the sixth-most in FCS that season, and his yards-per-rush average ranked 10th nationally. He posted four consecutive 100-yard rushing games, another school record, including a single-game record 254 yards in the regular season finale at Northwestern State and eclipsed the century mark in all three FCS Playoff games.
Martin began his coaching career as a recruiting and offensive assistant at UCF. The 2021 Knights won nine games, including the Gasparilla Bowl over Florida, behind the AAC’s No. 2 rushing offense. UCF averaged 196.3 yards per game on the ground and led the country with a fourth-down success rate of 84.6 percent. Isaiah Bowser ranked fourth in the conference in rushing touchdowns, and Johnny Richardson had the conference’s sixth-highest rushing yards total.
Originally from Port Arthur Texas, Martin played at Auburn under Malzahn. He finished his collegiate career with 1,564 rushing yards, a top-30 total in Auburn history, and helped the Tigers reach four bowl games, including a Sugar Bowl and a Peach Bowl appearance.
Martin earned his bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Auburn in 2019. He is married to the former Torie Frederick.
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| Years | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2026- | Florida State | Running Backs Coach |
| 2025 | Tulsa | Associate Head Coach/Running Backs Coach |
| 2023-24 | UCF | Running Backs Coach |
| 2022 | Incarnate Word | Running Backs Coach |
| 2021 | UCF | Recruiting and Offensive Assistant |
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