Two Ravens’ coaches have interviews with other teams for different coaching positions
Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh held his end of season press conference on Monday afternoon, which gave a glimpse into how the organization is feeling as they maneuver through the 2022 offseason. It was also an opportunity for Harbaugh to provide updates, both with injuries and personnel.
One of the key things that Harbaugh made known on Monday is confirming that wide receivers coach Tee Martin and defensive line coach/run game coordinator Anthony Weaver have interviews with other teams. Martin will interview with the Buffalo Bills for their offensive coordinator position, while Weaver is scheduled to have an interview with the Denver Broncos for their defensive coordinator position.
Harbaugh said that WR coach Tee Martin will be interviewing for the Bills OC job. He also said that DL coach/run game coordinator Anthony Weaver will be interviewing for Broncos DC job.
Martin and Weaver would be fantastic hires for these two teams, but Baltimore would certainly feel both of their losses if they were to depart. Martin already has experience as an offensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee so play-calling wouldn’t be new to him, and he would get to coach Josh Allen in Buffalo.
Weaver also has play-calling experience, as he was the Houston Texans’ defensive coordinator in 2020. If both Martin and Weaver don’t get the jobs with the Bills and Broncos, the Ravens will be happy to have them back in the fold.
The Baltimore Ravens have two new coaches to work with their wideouts in Tee Martin and Keith Williams. Marquise Brown called them “amazing”
The Baltimore Ravens lost a plethora of coaches during the 2021 offseason, prompting them to make a lot of new hires. Many of those additions came on the defensive side of the coaching staff, but it’s some of the new offensive coaches that could have the biggest impact in Baltimore.
The Ravens brought in both wide receivers coach Tee Martin and pass game specialist Keith Williams to work with their receivers and help develop them. Both have an impressive resumé, and when asked about how working with them has been, wide receiver Marquise Brown called the two coaches “amazing”.
Both Martin and Williams will be able to use the tips and tricks that they’ve picked up from being around the game with Baltimore’s young wideouts. The roles that each will play with the team will be a bit different, but both will have a key part in elevating the game of each Ravens receiver. Through practice clips that have been posted, it can be seen that both coaches are extremely hands on, which is important when coaching certain fundamentals and nuances of the game.
With the guidance of Martin and Williams, many are expecting great things out of Baltimore’s new look wide receiver group that now features Brown, Sammy Watkins, Rashod Bateman and others.
The 6-foot-1, 210-pound quarterback is from Knoxville Catholic High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. He also plays baseball.
Martin has Arizona State, Miami, Oregon and Tennessee listed as his final schools.
Jan 19, 2019; Knoxville, TN; Tee Martin is introduced as the Tennessee Volunteers Football team’s wide receiver coach during a timeout during the Alabama Crimson Tide at Tennessee Volunteers basketball game at Thompson-Boling Arena. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Martin is the son of former Tennessee national championship quarterback Tee Martin.
Tee Martin served as the Vols’ wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator from 2019-20.
Former Vols’ quarterback and assistant head coach Tee Martin hired by NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.
Former University of Tennessee assistant football coach and quarterback Tee Martin is headed to the National Football League.
Martin has been hired by Baltimore as a wide receivers coach.
He served as wide receivers coach, passing game coordinator and assistant head coach under Jeremy Pruitt for the last two seasons.
Martin, who won the BCS national championship as the Volunteers’ quarterback in 1998, was not retained by new UT head coach Josh Heupel.
Martin’s contract with the Vols expired on Jan. 31.
He played professional football with the Raiders and Steelers in the NFL, while also spending time with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League.
Martin also served as an assistant coach at USC, Kentucky, New Mexico and Morehouse College.
The Ravens have upgraded their offense with the hiring of Tee Martin and Keith Williams while restocking their defensive coaching depth.
The Baltimore Ravens have seen quite a number of their position coaches leave this offseason and coach John Harbaugh is now filling the roles. According to ESPN’s Jamison Hensley, the Ravens have hired four new coaches, including Keith Williams as their passing game coordinator and former USC offensive coordinator Tee Martin as their wide receivers coach.
The offensive coaching hires seemingly point to Baltimore wanting to dramatically upgrade their passing attack and wide receiver development ability. Both Martin and Williams have been involved in developing some of the NFL’s bigger names at the position. According to Hensley, Williams has been a personal coach for guys like Sammy Watkins, Davante Adams, and Tyreek Hill. Martin has helped JuJu Smith-Schuster, Nelson Agholor, Marqise Lee, Robert Woods, and Randall Cobb, according to 6News’ Jordan Crammer in Tennessee.
While Baltimore boasted the NFL’s top rushing attack over the last two years, the passing game has been found wanting. They finished last in passing attempts and yards in 2020, while only being 17th in passing DVOA. Though Harbaugh had noted offensive coordinator Greg Roman would be returning in 2021, these hires point to a desire to really improve through the air.
In addition to Martin and Williams, Baltimore hired Jason Brooks as an assistant defensive line coach and Jay Peterson as an assistant linebackers coach. Brooks is the son of former defensive line coach Clarence Brooks, who passed away in 2016.
Tee Martin is in his second season as assistant coach at Tennessee. The former national championship Tennessee quarterback is serving as assistant head coach, passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach for the Vols.
14 Nov 1998: Quarterback Tee Martin #17 of the Tennessee Volunteers drops back to pass during a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at the Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers defeated the Razorbacks 28-24. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport
COLUMBUS, OH – SEPTEMBER 02: Joe Novak head coach of the Northern Illinois Huskies looks on during a game against the Ohio State Buckeyes on September 2, 2006 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State won the game 35-12. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
“Schools are NCAA members, so if they find a violation on campus, they are obligated to turn themselves in,” Novak told Vols Wire. “Since this thing is so public, I am sure the NCAA is aware of it. Technically, Tennessee has an obligation, after they review it, if they find that there are violations, they are obligated to turn themselves in.”
When it comes to allegations about recruiting wrongdoings, without having anything clear-cut on the record, Novak discussed how coaches and employees within a program can be crucified by anonymous claims.
“The internet now-a-days has caused so much chaos, so much rumors, so much conspiracies out there,” Novak said. “Unless they know for sure that there are violations — just cause — a chance to be heard (is needed) before everyone is crucified.”
Phillip Fulmer, Jeremy Pruitt, Vols’ assistant coach contracts and when they expire.
KNOXVILLE — Four games remain in the 2020 regular season.
Tennessee (2-4, 2-4 SEC) opened the 2020 campaign with wins at South Carolina and against Missouri. The Vols have since lost to Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama and Arkansas.
Ahead of Tennessee’s next contest against Texas A&M at Neyland Stadium Saturday (7:30 p.m. EST, ESPN), Vols Wire takes a look at Director of Athletics Phillip Fulmer, head coach Jeremy Pruitt and the Vols’ assistant coaches contracts and when they expire. Contracts are provided by the University of Tennessee.
An open date ‘is the most scariest of times’ dealing with COVID-19.
The coronavirus pandemic has altered the sport of football from a game-planning aspect in 2020.
Coaches and players testing positive for COVID-19 results in quarantining for a period of time before being able to practice and compete again. False positive tests have also altered practice structure as coaches and players could be in quarantine before realizing they actually did not have coronavirus.
Teams like Tennessee test on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursdays. The Vols are like other schools at the collegiate level, as well as high schools that have to work around game-planning for an opponent after players and coaches contract the virus or have false positives.
Valdosta High School head coach Rush Propst discussed having to manage his roster this season with student-athletes having positive and false tests.
“I had nine players that I lost for two weeks,” Propst said on the show “Tennessee Two-A-Days.” “I have lost two ball games this year due to COVID-19, so the problem with this stuff is the rhythm. You cannot get into rythm with your football team. One week you are here and expect this and then all of a sudden you are hit with nine kids that are not here, so we lose those kids for practice. It hurts you when you go to practice with 65 kids and you are normally at 80-something.”
Propst mentioned “there is so much unknown still going forward and it is hard for your team to stay focused on the task at hand” while dealing with COVID-19.
“I tell my team every week, that you are defeating two opponents every week — the team that you are playing and COVID-19.”
Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire
The hardest part for a team this season is coming off an open date. After playing five games to kick off the 2020 season, Tennessee had its open date last week ahead of playing at Arkansas Saturday.
For Tennessee’s sake, student-athletes had Friday and Saturday off before returning to practice in preparation for Arkansas. Players dispersed away from campus, even coaches such as Tee Martin traveled to watch his son, Amari Rodgers, play at Clemson against Boston College.
“The open date, to me, is the most scariest of times because they sort of let their guard down,” Propst said.
“The COVID bug hits you and we all know the Trevor Lawrence story and what that entails this weekend in South Bend with Notre Dame,” Propst continued. “The same situation with Jeremy at Tennessee and the Arkansas Razorbacks. You can lose a key pivotal player and not get him back and can affect your win-loss record. It’s been difficult, but I promise you whenever you have a group of kids and they are together and they are in routine, they’re structured during the week, and you are playing week in and week out, those players do not have much time to go other places to get infected.
“When you have an open date, all of a sudden a team shuts down and you disperse, you don’t know where they go. Then now they come back in and one gets positive and another gets a positive, then you go back to contact tracing and you lose six, seven more because of exposure. For us it’s 14 days and I know each conference has its own protocol in college football, but that is the hardest pill to swallow, to me, is the contact tracing and losing a kid that doesn’t even test positive, but is quarantined because of contact tracing. Then when you get that player back, what kind of shape is he in. Is it more dangerous for that player to come back and to be thrown into the fire so to speak, when he lost x-amount of weeks or days due to this virus.”
The entire show with Propst can be listened to here or below.
Tee Martin set to fill in as interim head coach if needed.
KNOXVILLE — The coronavirus pandemic has altered the 2020 college football season.
The Southeastern Conference will kick off its 10-game league-only campaign Sept. 26. Tennessee will travel to South Carolina in Week 1.
Student-athletes, coaches, graduate-assistants, trainers, managers and all other personnel that go through a daily process of being part of a college football program can run a risk of having to quarantine due to COVID-19 this season.
KNOXVILLE, TN – AUGUST 17, 2020 – Head Coach Jeremy Pruitt of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2020 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics
If Jeremy Pruitt had to self-quarantine due to COVID-19, Tennessee’s wide receivers and assistant head coach Tee Martin would fill in for his absence. Martin also serves as the Vols’ passing game coordinator.
“Tee is the assistant head coach — obviously, it would be Tee,” Pruitt said of who would take over as interim head coach if he gets placed into quarantine.
The Week 1 Tennessee-South Carolina contest is slated for a 7:30 p.m. ET start and will be televised by SEC Network.
