Billy Martin has returned to Oklahoma City University as head men’s and women’s soccer coach.
Martin had been an assistant for 19 years for Brian Harvey after a successful playing career at OCU.
Martin spent the previous six years at Rose State. Martin established the Rose State men’s soccer program, leading the Raiders to a 74-35-2 mark with four National Junior College Athletic Association Region II regular-season championships and two regional tournament titles.
Martin became three-time region coach of the year. He mentored more than 40 student-athletes who signed with four-year institutions.
During Martin’s tenure with Oklahoma City, OCU produced 38 all-Americans, 56 NAIA scholar-athlete award winners and nine CoSIDA academic all-Americans on the women's side, and 24 all-Americans, 32 NAIA scholar-athlete award winners and four academic all-Americans among the men. Two Stars turned professional.
Martin contributed to OCU's women capturing 13 Sooner Athletic Conference championships with seven NAIA Championships appearances, double-digit win totals each year, two NAIA Championships semifinals appearances and an NAIA runner-up finish in 2001. During that span, OCU's men added seven conference championships and a trip to the NAIA Championships semifinals in 2008.
Martin plays an active role in developing youth talent on the club soccer level. Martin was named 2009 Oklahoma Soccer Association state boys competitive youth coach of the year. Martin led the OFC '92 to the Oklahoma Premier League championship in 2008. That team also won the state championship, finished runner-up in the Southwest Premier League and reached the quarterfinals of the regional tournament. Martin has been coaching Oklahoma Football Club and the Edmond Soccer Club since 2006.
He has been Oklahoma Olympic development program head coach since 2000 and assistant camp director for Brian Harvey’s American Youth Soccer Camps since 1995. On the prep level, Martin has directed the Bishop McGuinness boys soccer program since 2012.
Martin played for Harvey's Oklahoma Heat teams in the U.S. Interregional Soccer League from 1993-96. A native of Grapevine, Texas, Martin provided OCU with six goals, five assists and 17 points from 1989-91. Martin aided OCU to two conference and District Nine championships. Martin played on OCU's first national-tournament squad in 1991.
Martin earned a bachelor's degree in business from OCU. He and his wife Alana, an OCU dance instructor, have a son, Blake, and a daughter, Avery.
