| Willie Martinez | |
| Current Title: | Cornerbacks coach |
| Current Team: | Tennessee |
| Current Conference: | SEC |
| Birth Date: | 21 February 1963 |
| Player Team1: | Miami (FL) |
| Player Positions: | Defensive back |
| Alma Mater: | Miami (FL) |
| Coach Years1: | 1985–1986 |
| Coach Team1: | Miami (FL) (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 1988 |
| Coach Team2: | Bethune-Cookman (WR) |
| Coach Years3: | 1989–1990 |
| Coach Team3: | Boca Raton HS (FL) (secondary) |
| Coach Years4: | 1991 |
| Coach Team4: | Olympic Heights HS (FL) (DC/secondary) |
| Coach Years5: | 1992–1993 |
| Coach Team5: | Grand Valley State (DC/secondary) |
| Coach Years6: | 1994 |
| Coach Team6: | Central Michigan (secondary) |
| Coach Years7: | 1995–1996 |
| Coach Team7: | UCF (DC/secondary) |
| Coach Years8: | 1997 |
| Coach Team8: | Eastern Michigan (secondary) |
| Coach Years9: | 1998–1999 |
| Coach Team9: | Central Michigan (secondary) |
| Coach Years10: | 2000 |
| Coach Team10: | Central Michigan (AHC/secondary) |
| Coach Years11: | 2001–2004 |
| Coach Team11: | Georgia (secondary) |
| Coach Years12: | 2005–2009 |
| Coach Team12: | Georgia (DC/secondary) |
| Coach Years13: | 2010–2011 |
| Coach Team13: | Oklahoma (secondary) |
| Coach Years14: | 2012 |
| Coach Team14: | Auburn (secondary) |
| Coach Years15: | 2013–2016 |
| Coach Team15: | Tennessee (AHC/secondary) |
| Coach Years16: | 2017 |
| Coach Team16: | Cincinnati (secondary) |
| Coach Years17: | 2018–2020 |
| Coach Team17: | UCF (AHC/secondary) |
| Coach Years18: | 2021–present |
| Coach Team18: | Tennessee (Cornerbacks) |
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Willie Martinez (born February 21, 1963)[1] is an American football coach who is currently the cornerbacks coach for the University of Tennessee. Previously served as the assistant head coach and secondary coach for the University of Central Florida (UCF).
Martinez served as the defensive backs coach for the Oklahoma Sooners football team from 2010 to January 2012, when he resigned.[2] On February 13, 2012, Martinez was hired to coach defensive backs for Auburn University. The move reunited him with Auburn's Defensive Coordinator Brian VanGorder. The two had coached together for several years at Central Florida, Central Michigan, and the University of Georgia. In December 2012, Martinez joined Butch Jones's staff at Tennessee until January 2017, then in 2020 when Tennessee fired their Head Coach Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee hired Josh Heupel and Heupel then hired Martinez to his staff.