Jason Martin is in his first season as assistant track and field and cross country coach at Highland.
Martin joined the Highland staff after coaching at his alma mater the University of Missouri-Kansas City for two years while pursuing his Master's degree. Before his coaching tenure at UMKC, Martin was an assistant coach at his other alma mater, Coffeyville Community College.
As a coach Martin has led multiple athletes to individual success at the highest level and also been parts of great team success as well. While at UMKC he worked with sprinters and jumpers and during the 2017 season he helped the Roos win outdoor conference titles on both the men's and women's side with Martin coaching 18 all-conference athletes, four school records and two NCAA Division I regional qualifiers that season. In 2018 Martin coached UMKC athletes to 13 all-conference honors, an outdoor school record and also a pair of regional qualifying performances. After graduating from UMKC with his bachelor's degree Martin jumped right into the coaching realm going back to Coffeyville were he coaching the jumps. While back at Coffeyville as a coach he had one NJCAA national champion (women's long jump), six All-Americans and 27 national qualifiers, along with 23 all-region athletes and five school records.
As an athlete Martin started his college athletic career at Coffeyville competing in the KJCCC and transferred to UMKC for his final two seasons of competition in track and field competing in sprints and jumps. After two years of competition at Coffeyville CC Martin moved on to compete at UMKC and while with the Roos performed well including several all-conference performances. In 2013-14 he picked up all-conference honors in the 60m, 200m and triple jump in the indoor season, along with all-conference honors in the outdoor season in the triple jump and 4x100m relay. During 2014-15 season he earned all-conference honors in the indoor season in triple jump and also in triple jump and 4x100m relay in the outdoor season.
