Jacob Martin was in the trenches for the Bishop Brossart football team from 2013-16.
After being on the front line of attack, he’ll be guiding the Mustangs for the future, named the head coach of the program on Wednesday.
“It’s a very surreal moment,” Martin said. “I’m ecstatic to be back to my home and help build the program and culture.”
Martin registered 273 tackles from his sophomore through senior year under Paul Wiggins, working as a defensive lineman for the Mustangs. The 2017 grad then became an assistant under Wiggins from 2018-23 before becoming the defensive coordinator at Pendleton County under Jaegger Graham the past two seasons. At Brossart he held multiple coaching roles in his tenure as an assistant, including JV head coach, JV defensive coordinator, varsity defensive and offensive line coach and strength and conditioning coordinator.
“One thing we’re going to push is selflessness,” Martin said. “We’re going to push to be a team first program and instill it in these kids and build off of it from there.”
Now he heads back home to guide his alma mater. He met with the team on Wednesday morning and plans to meet with the coaching staff later in the day on Wednesday.
Martin replaces Adam Kozerski, who coached the program the past two seasons. Kozerski led the Mustangs to a 15-9 record and a playoff win in each season before losing to Newport Central Catholic each year in the second round. The 2025 roster had 36 players on it, 12 of them seniors. They’re expected to return starting quarterback Landon Spaulding and second leading rusher Bentley McKinzie. They do lose four of their top five tacklers and top three receiving targets to graduation.
Martin’s day job is owning his own hardwood flooring business, giving him the flexibility to be able to coach. He has three other brothers who attended Brossart and played with the program. Joey (2013 graduate), Jared (2015), Jacob (2017) and Jed (2021). Martin said his brother Joey will be on staff.
He’s the sixth varsity coach in program history since its inception in 2007.