OAKWOOD — Michael Martin has been hired as the new head baseball coach at Johnson. Knights' Athletic Director Tony Wagner made the announcement Tuesday.
He will also assist with the football program, serving as defensive coordinator.
“We are very excited to have Coach Martin join our staff,” Wagner said. “He has the same ideology about being an educator and coach as we do at here Johnson. He exemplifies the Knight’s Creed in his life, and in his profession.”
Martin comes to Johnson from Bradwell Institute High School in Hinesville, where he also coached football. From 2014 through 2019, he served as both the head football and baseball coach at Groves High School in Savannah. While at Groves, Martin’s teams made the state playoffs twice -- in 2017 and 2019 -- and he was named Baseball Coach of the Year in 2004 for Region 1-AA and has acquired 11 years of head baseball coaching experience at three different high schools in Georgia.
“I am extremely thankful to Principal Edwards, and Mr. Wagner, as well as (football) Coach Harrell for the opportunity to teach, coach football, and be the new head baseball coach at Johnson,” Martin said. “I am excited about meeting and getting to know the returning baseball players and I look forward to helping the student athletes at Johnson grow and improve. I hope the team will show great improvement throughout the baseball season by working hard, being competitive, and having great attitudes on and off the field.”
Principal Jonathan Edwards was excited about Martin taking the helm.
“Coach Martin is a man of high-character, a teacher of the game, and he has a track record of using the game of baseball to grow better young men. He will be an excellent steward of our baseball program, and we are certainly looking forward to the days ahead for Johnson Knights baseball,” Edwards said.
