Kam Martin

Biography

Kam Martin, who has coached a 1,000-yard rusher every year as a position coach, was named Florida State's running backs coach on Jan. 2, 2026. Martin joined Florida State after one season as the running backs coach at Tulsa, two years as the running backs coach at UCF and one year coaching running backs at Incarnate Word. In those four seasons, he has overseen the development of four 1,000-yard rushers and a combined 31 individual 100-yard rushing games. In 2025 at Tulsa, he developed Dominic Richardson into one of the American Athletic Conference’s premier running backs. Richardson hit the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the first time in his career, finishing the year with 1,065 yards and an average of 5.02 yards per carry that ranked third in the conference among players with at least 200 rushing attempts. Richardson posted four 100-yard games, highlighted by a career-high 203 yards in a win at Army that made him only the fifth Golden Hurricane player to reach 200 yards in a game over the last 30 years. Martin spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons as running backs coach at UCF when current Florida State offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn was the Knights’ head coach. Martin coached RJ Harvey, who was selected in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft, to first-team All-Big 12 honors in 2024 and back-to-back years as a Doak Walker Award semifinalist, the first rusher in UCF history to twice be a semifinalist for the award presented to the nation’s best running back. Harvey rushed for 1