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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-10-2010, 10:33 AM:

The bonus he brings is how well he recruits players.

Tee Martin, former National Football League quarterback and national championship QB at Tennessee, is the new wide receivers coach at Kentucky, Coach Joker Phillips has announced.

“Tee has a great ability to relate and communicate with young people,” Phillips said. “I had a chance to watch him coach (current Wildcat) Matt Roark in high school and I was impressed with how he handled himself. I think he'll be a tremendous asset in recruiting. He is very well-known in Atlanta and other areas in the South.”

Martin comes to UK from the University of New Mexico, where he was quarterbacks coach during the 2009 season. Under Martin's guidance, Lobo QB Donovan Porterie threw for 2,411 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Prior to UNM, Martin was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at North Atlanta High School in the 2008 season. He was the QB coach and passing game coordinator at North Cobb High School (Kennesaw, Ga.) in 2007, helping the Warriors to a 10-1 record in the Class AAAAA ranks. Roark was the team's senior quarterback that year and he completed 72.1 percent of his passes for 1,552 yards and 15 touchdowns. Roark was the Cobb County Player of the Year and honorable-mention all-state by the Georgia Sportswriters Association and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 02-10-2010, 10:40 AM:

That is a dire need at a place like UK! Recruiting, that is.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-10-2010, 03:03 PM:

We have been last or next to last in SEC recruiting for so many years that they just pencil it in before the year begins. That has got to change.

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 02-10-2010, 04:16 PM:

It's the history behind these programs though. If you were to ask the common sports fam to name 20 College football teams, Odds are that they wouldn't mention Kentucky in their 20 schools. MAybe not in their 30 or 40!!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-10-2010, 05:19 PM:

Probably so MH, we certainly are not noted as a football power but you have to start sometime if you want to be mentioned with the big boys. The sooner we get started the quicker we get results.

Posted by Blue Hillbilly (Member # 193) on 02-11-2010, 05:57 PM:

A Big Blue Welcome to Tee. Let's hope he improves our recruiting quickly.