Men's Tennis
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- wmartin@athletics.ucla.edu
Equipped with NCAA Division I playing experience and a rich coaching pedigree, Wil Martin enters his fourth season as an assistant coach for UCLA men's tennis in 2024-25.
Son of long-time UCLA head tennis coach and ITA Hall of Famer Billy Martin, Martin has made a name for himself in the California tennis landscape. He played collegiate tennis at Saint Maryโs prior to his return to the Southland, where he replaced the promoted Rikus de Villiers on staff in 2018.
The Bruins collected the Pac-12 regular-season championship in Martinโs debut season, going undefeated in eight conference matches and advancing to the third round of the NCAA tournament. The tandem of Maxine Cressy and Keegan Smith also had individual success, going 21-0 en route to the 14th NCAA doubles championship in program history. Martin was also on staff for the coronavirus-shortened 2019-2020 campaign and part of 2020-21.
A shoulder injury derailed a promising beginning with the Gaels for Martin, who won five of his first seven singles matches in 2011-12. He sat out the entirety of the subsequent season, as well as most of the following fall before seeing his resilience pay off in 2014. Martin was a stalwart during dual-match play, finishing third on the team in both singles wins and doubles triumphs with eight and nine, respectively. He remained a consistent doubles force through the 2014-15 campaign, his final one with the team.
Martin attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles for three years before relocating to Ojai, Calif., where he attended Nordhoff High School and trained at Weil Tennis Academy.
