Courtney Martinez enters her second year at UNLV and her first as Associate Head Coach after she was promoted during the fall of 2016. Previously she served as an assistant coach at CSU Bakersfield for two seasons.
Martinez helped the Roadrunners transition into the Western Athletic Conference from an independent status. The `Runners won 36 games between the 2013 and '14 campaigns, which were boosted by 21 last year alone. One year after a sixth-place finish in the team's inaugural season in the WAC, CSUB moved up to fourth in '15 and claimed runner-up status at the conference's postseason tournament. Under her watch, six student-athletes were named All-WAC, while four were chosen for WAC All-Tournament recognition. In addition, Kelsie Monroe earned the WAC's Pitcher of the Year honors as well as a nod on the NFCA's All-Pacific Region Third Team. In the classroom, the team had 11 individuals earn WAC All-Academic honors and five more selected as NFCA Scholar-Athletes.
The Chino Hills, native played four years (2006-09) at Cal State Fullerton where she started 217 games and helped the team to four straight NCAA Regionals and one Super Regional in 2007. The Big West recognized her twice when she was named its Player of the Week (2007) and as a Second Team selection (2009). During her senior season, she led the team in batting average (.327), on-base percentage (.402) and slugging percentage (.584). She concluded her career ranked in the top 10 in triples, sacrifice flies, sacrifice bunts and fielding assists.
She played internationally in Italy with Nuoro.
Her coaching career began with two stints as a volunteer assistant at Cal State Fullerton (2009-10) and Azusa Pacific (2010-11). She was promoted to an assistant position at Azusa Pacific in Sept. 2011, where she also served as an academic mentor, athletic compliance assistant and as an assistant supervisor for the university's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Martinez received her undergraduate degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton in 2009. She earned her masters degree in college counseling and student development from Azusa Pacific four years later.
