Having served five successful seasons as an assistant volleyball coach at Morehead State,
Sarah Martin was promoted to Associate Head Coach prior to the 2023 season.
Martin also earned a promotion to the head coach of the beach volleybal program for the 2024 season.
Since 2018, Martin has helped guide the indoor team to an OVC regular season and tournament championship during the 2020-21 season and coached the Eagles during the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament victory - a win over Creighton in Omaha, Neb. She also was a key part of MSU claiming an OVC regular-season title in the fall of 2021.
Martin has been a part of more than 100 Eagle victories in her time at Morehead State and three 20-win campaigns. Olivia Lohmeier was named Ohio Valley Conference indoor Player of the Year twice as well as numerous All-American honors.
Bridget Bessler and Lohmeier were both four-time First-Team All-OVC honorees, and Bessler was the league Freshman of the Year in 2019.
She has coached seven players who earned First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference awards and 11 overall players who have been named all-conference.
MSU's program has won team academic awards every season Martin has been on staff as well.
Prior to her MSU tenure, Martin was a standout student-athlete at Transylvania (Ky.), where she owns the program's career dig record.
Martin was also the assistant coach and head junior varsity coach at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky. At HCHS, she helped guide her team to four state tournament appearances, including a spot in the 2016 state title match. For her efforts, Martin was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association 30 Under 30 list.
Martin also served as assistant varsity and head junior varsity coach at Lexington's Bryan Station High School in 2011.
At Transylvania, she was named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Most Valuable Player in 2010.
Martin earned her Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Transylvania in 2011. She is married to Matthew Martin, Morehead State's head men's golf coach.
