Vince Martin enters his first season as an assistant coach at Samford University, joining prior to the 2025-26 season.
Martin joins the Bulldogs after spending the past two seasons at Lipscomb with coach Lennie Acuff. He was part of two Bisons teams that won over 20 games each season. This past year, the Bisons went 25-10 overall and 14-4 in ASUN play as Lipscomb won the regular season and conference tournament titles as they made the NCAA Tournament as a No. 14-seed where they faced Iowa State.
Prior to his time at Lipscomb, Martin had assistant coaching stints at ETSU and three seasons at Jacksonville. Prior to his time at Jacksonville, Martin was the head coach at Bishop Snyder High School in Florida for three years. While at Bishop Snyder, Martin developed some of the top talent in the state of Florida, including former 5-star and University of Tennessee signee Corey Walker Jr. Martin also worked with the Atlanta based, Game Elite AAU program where he coached multiple top prospects in the nation, including former 4-star athletes Walker Kessler and Ernest Ross.
Martin, a native of Marietta, Ga, earned a bachelor's degree in Communications from Young Harris College and a Master's of Business Administration degree from Jacksonville University. Martin played one season at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, before transferring to Young Harris for two seasons and ended his career playing one season at Jacksonville. During his time at Young Harris, Martin averaged 16.9 points and 7.3 assists per game, while knocking down 99 threes in 52 career games played. In his one season at Jacksonville, Martin totaled 297 points, 141 assists, 117 rebounds, and 55 steals, while starting all 30 games for the Dolphins. Martin was named to the 2014 ASUN Academic Honor Roll.
