Michael David Martin Jr. (born February 19, 1973) is an American baseball coach and former catcher. He was most recently the head baseball coach at

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. Martin played

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at Manatee Community College in 1992 and at Florida State University from 1993 to 1995 for coach Mike Martin and in

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(MiLB) for three seasons from 1995 to 1997. Martin was born in

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. His father, Mike Martin Sr. was a center fielder for Florida State and a college coach at Florida State. He attended

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in Tallahassee. After graduation from high school, he was selected by the

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in the 34th round of the

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, but decided to attend Manatee Community College to play baseball. After his freshman year, he was recruited to play college baseball at Florida State. After his junior year, he was once again selected by the Mariners, this time in the

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's 17th round. In the summer of 1994, he played

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with the

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of the

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. Martin returned to Florida State for his senior season where he was drafted in the ninth round of the

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by the

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. In 2019, Martin was named the head coach of the

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program, succeeding his father. Martin was fired from his position of head coach on June 10, 2022.

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