Tee Martin

About Tee Martin

Tamaurice Nigel "Tee" Martin (born July 25, 1978 in Mobile, Alabama) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League and Canadian Football League. Martin coached at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He helped lead the Maroon Tigers to the number 1 offense in their division. Currently, Martin is the Quarterback coach at North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, GA. His nickname is pronounced "T-EE" not "T-AY" as some gather from his given name Tamaurice. Tamaurice married former singer Toya Rodriguez, who has had American and international success with "I Do!" and "No Matta What". On November 3, 2005 their son Kaden Martin was born. They reside in Atlanta, GA.

While a junior at the University of Tennessee in 1998, Martin led the 1998 Tennessee Volunteers football team to a 13-0 record and a Fiesta Bowl victory over Florida State University, as the school won its first NCAA Division I-A national football championship since 1951. This was also the second time Tennessee had been considered the consensus national champion, with the other NCAA Consensus National Championship being in 1951. Four other NCAA Division I-A national football championship seasons are recognized by the NCAA (1938, 1940, 1950, and 1967), but are not consensus. Before his final two seasons, Martin was a backup to Peyton Manning. He was also teammates with running back Jamal Lewis in his early years at Tennessee and Peerless Price each who would go on to play in the NFL.

Also, in the 1998 season, Martin broke the NCAA record for consecutive completions. Against South Carolina Martin completed his first 23 passes. Combined with a completion the previous week against Alabama, Martin's string of 24 completions set the new record.