After retiring as a player he has held several assistant coach jobs, mainly for Bob Huggins, first at Kansas State and later at West Virginia.

Martin is a native of West Covina, California, and he attended Whittier Christian High School in nearby La Habra, where he played as a center[1] and power forward.

[2] A starter since his sophomore year,[3] in his junior season Martin averaged 21.9 points and 14.1 rebounds per game, earning the Most Valuable Player award in the 1-A league and was selected in the All-Southern and All-State First Teams.

[13] At the end of the season Rancho Santiago won the state championship, and Martin was selected in the All-State first team.

[12] Martin and Blount were recruited by assistant coach Steve Moeller, who had brought to the Bearcats other junior college players: Nick Van Exel, Terry Nelson and Herb Jones (who had transferred to Cincinnati in 1990).

On December 11, 1992, in a game against Southeast Missouri State, Martin shot 10-for-11 from the field (90.9%), recording the 2nd-best shooting performance in Cincinnati history at the time.

For the following season Martin decided to stay with the Sun Kings, and appeared in 45 games with averages of 12.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1,8 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.7 blocks per game in 26 minutes per contest;[25] he was selected in the All-Defensive First Team and was the runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year, finishing behind Mike Bell.

[26] At the end of the season the Sun Kings won the league title, and Martin averaged 9.8 points and 5.7 rebounds over 14 playoff games.

[25] In 1997 Martin signed with the Idaho Stampede, a new franchise that selected him during the 1997 CBA expansion draft in late May.

[34][35][36] Martin was called up for the United States men's national basketball team for the first time in 1995 for the XII Pan American Games held in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

During the competition Martin played 7 games, and averaged 7.7 points and 3.9 rebounds, shooting 75.8% from the field (second on the team behind Mike Williams).

[40] In August 2006 he joined Bob Huggins' staff at Kansas State for the 2006–07 season, on his first position in an NCAA Division I program.