Mike Martin

Head Coach: Florida State University

Entering his 29th season as Florida State's head coach, Mike Martin continues to cement his legacy as one of collegiate baseball's most prolific coaches. Over the last two years, the legendary Seminole coach won his 1,400th game and was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The Florida State graduate is one of just eight baseball coaches in the history of the NCAA to win 1,400 games and needs just 16 more victories to become just one of four coaches with 1,500 wins.

Mike Martin has become the face of Florida State baseball having been associated with the Seminoles for 36 of FSU's 61 seasons. He is by far the winningest coach in the history of the program. Of the 3,271 baseball games played in program history, Martin has been involved in 2,378 as a player, assistant coach and head coach. What is even more impressive is Martin's involvement in 1,751 of the 2,384 all-time victories at Florida State. In one way or another Martin has been a part of more than 73% of FSU's victories.

Martin has led the Seminoles to the College World Series 12 times and to 30 consecutive NCAA Regional Appearances, including each of his 28 seasons as head coach. He has won 15 conference championships since taking over as the field general in 1980 with 11 from the Metro Conference and four as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He is a six-time Metro Conference Coach of the Year and has been awarded ACC Coach of the Year five times. Seventy Florida State players have earned All-America honors under Martin, while 86 players have garnered first and second team All-ACC recognition. He has coached five players, Mike Fuentes, Mike Loynd, J.D. Drew, Shane Robinson and Tony Thomas, Jr., who were named National Players of the Year.

For the past 28 seasons, Martin hasn't just produced great players he has developed great teams. Florida State has grown into one of the most prestigious collegiate baseball programs in the NCAA under Martin's guidance. FSU baseball is the second-winningest program all-time but since 2000 no school has won more games than Martin's Seminoles. No other Division I school has finished in the top 10 more times, compiled more 50+ win seasons or gone to more NCAA Regionals since 2000 as well. Florida State is also one of just two programs to win 73% of its all-time games and what Martin has done in Tallahassee since 1990 may be one of the most impressive runs of consistent success in all of collegiate sports.

Jamey Shouppe

Associate Head Coach: Florida State University

Jamey Shouppe begins his 18th season as a member of the Florida State coaching staff and his sixth year as associate head coach. He continues to serve as one of the nation's premier recruiting coordinators and pitching coaches. His success has been proven year after year with top-ranked recruiting classes and staff ERA's consistently among the nation's best.

Shouppe has been the catalyst in attracting top caliber talent to Florida State since taking over as the recruiting coordinator in 1990. The former FSU player has had a top 25 ranked class every year he has been at FSU and 12 of his 17 classes have been ranked in the top 10 with half of those classes ranked in the top five. Baseball America ranked his 1992 class No. 1 in the country. More recently, the 2002 group headlined by Eddy Martinez-Esteve and Mark Sauls garnered a No. 4 national ranking, while the 2008 squad which include fifth round draft pick John Gast and University of Tennessee transfer Tony Delmonico, was ranked second by Collegiate Baseball.

Shouppe's eye for talent is evidenced by the awards won by his recruits. Since taking over the role as FSU's recruiting coordinator, Seminole players have been named first team All-Americans on 21 occasions and garnered All-America honors 138 times.

Mike Martin, Jr.

Assistant Coach: Florida State University

Since joining the Florida State coaching staff in 1998, Mike Martin Jr.'s numbers speak for themselves. Under his direction the Seminoles have batted .313, slugged .490 and are averaging 8.13 runs per game and just over 76 home runs each season. On top of impressive offensive statistics, FSU baseball has played in three College World Series, seven Super Regionals, 10 consecutive NCAA Tournaments and won over 75% of its games.

Now in his 11th season as an assistant coach, Martin continues to carve out his own identity as one of the college game's top young coaches. Martin serves as the squad's third base coach and will continue to work with Florida State's hitters. A former Seminole All-American behind the plate, Martin has worked with the catchers since 2003 while continuing to assist Jamey Shouppe in the recruiting process.

Martin has coached six Major Leaguers, seven freshman All-Americans, 11 first team All-Americans and 20 student-athletes who either earned first, second or third team All-American accolades, 37 All-ACC selections and have seen 30 players drafted in his tenure at Florida State.

Chip Baker

Director of Baseball Operations: Florida State University

The senior member of Mike Martin's staff and a Seminole `fan favorite, Chip Baker enters his 24th season at Florida State. After 18 years as an assistant coach, Baker has served as the director of baseball administration and facilities for the last six years. As he has done for two decades, he will fill many roles for the program.

Baker oversees all aspects of Seminole baseball in his administrative role, including the budget, team travel, game operations, equipment, field and facility maintenance, and scheduling. Baker also assists the efforts of the marketing and ticket offices in development of new group and season ticket sale plans. He served as the liaison through facilities during stadium construction and will do so with any new baseball projects. In addition, he will communicate with the Bullpen Club and Seminole Boosters on a regular basis.

During his tenure at Florida State, Baker has participated in 23 NCAA postseason tournaments and 11 College World Series. He coached two teams that played in the National Championship game (1986 & 1999). As an assistant, Baker coached third base and worked with FSU's catchers. He was also responsible for scouting opposing teams and directing the Seminoles defensively.

A former assistant at Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech, Baker is known as one of college baseball's premier catching instructors. During his tenure, Baker has coached six All-Americans, including Ed Fulton, Barry Blackwell, major-leaguer Marc Ronan and first-team All-American Pedro Grifol. Most recently, Tony Richie was a two-time All-American and 1998 All-American Jeremy Salazar was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Each summer, Baker is the director of the Mike Martin and Seminole Advanced Baseball Schools. These camps have not only proved to be popular, but beneficial. Over 100 former campers have gone on to wear the Garnet and Gold and several have advanced to the major leagues. Past camps have produced 26 first round draft picks including John-Ford Griffin, Nick Stocks, Jonathan Johnson, J.D. Drew, Chipper Jones, Alex Rodriguez, Justin and BJ Upton. The nationally known Super Skills Academy has quickly become one of the nation's top summer camps.