Iona College Director of Athletics Matthew Glovaski announced the appointment of Jason Martinez as strength & conditioning coach for the men's and women's basketball programs on June 1, 2022. Martinez joins the Maroon & Gold after most recently serving as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at East Carolina University.
While at East Carolina, Martinez worked primarily with the men's basketball team, handling performance development as well as travel responsibilities. Martinez also assisted with the physical development programming and implementation with the women's tennis and swimming & diving teams. During his tenure, Martinez managed the development and served as a mentor to the strength and conditioning interns.
Prior to East Carolina, Martinez worked at Wake Forest, assisting in all sport performance aspects for the men's basketball team, while also collaborating with the director of sport performance on new facility design and equipment selection. He previously spent time as an athletic performance intern at Penn State and Clemson University before pursuing his Master's Degree as a graduate assistant at Lindenwood University, working as an athletics performance coach.
Martinez graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in exercise science from Manhattan College in 2017.
