Doug Martin
Followed DeWayne Walker. Doug Martin held New Mexico State at Regional Program VI for 8 seasons.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
4–11 against his rivals. Just 1–5 against J.D. Brookhart.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
17th-best New Mexico State tenure of 20 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed DeWayne Walker (2009–2012) · succeeded by Jerry Kill (2022–2023).
| Season | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||
| Record | 2–10 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 1–1 | 2–10 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | W CFP | — | — | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | #121 | #124 | #126 | #127 | #123 | #119 | #130 | #113 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | 49.1 | 50.6 | 50.3 | 64.2 | 60.3 | 53.6 | — | 58.3 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||||
| OC | — | Gregg Brandon | Doug Martin | Doug Martin | Doug Martin | Doug Martin | Doug Martin | Doug Martin | Doug Martin | |
| DC | — | Larry Coyer | Zane Vance | Frank Spaziani | Frank Spaziani | Frank Spaziani | Frank Spaziani | Frank Spaziani | Frank Spaziani | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||||
| Offense | — | 25 | 40 | 24 | 44 | 17 | 27 | — | 17 | |
| Defense | — | 7 | 9 | 39 | 65 | 40 | 20 | — | 5 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | 42.2 | 54.3 | 48.0 | 64.4 | 59.5 | 52.6 | — | 62.6 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | 40.0 | 44.1 | 46.3 | 57.1 | 47.0 | 47.1 | — | 46.7 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | 48.6 | 43.2 | 40.0 | 29.4 | 35.9 | 43.2 | — | 25.6 | |
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
3 NFL Draft picks: Jeremy Harris (2013), Jaleel Scott (2018), Jason Huntley (2020)
12th-best Kent State tenure of 19 by the numbers.
Followed Dean Pees (1998–2003) · succeeded by Darrell Hazell (2011–2012).
4 NFL Draft picks: Usama Young (2007), Jack Williams (2008), Julian Edelman (2009), Jameson Konz (2010)