Former McNeese offensive lineman Mason Martin returns for his second season at the team's tight ends coach in 2026.
In 2025, Martin coached Logan Mauldin who tied for the team lead with 27 catches for a team-high 362 receiving yards. He also ranked No. 1 in the league and 8th in the FCS among tight ends in receiving yards.
A former McNeese football player from 2013-16, Martin served as the offensive coordinator at Sam Houston High School prior to joining McNeese's staff in 2025, coaching both tight ends and running backs in 2023 and the offensive line this past season.
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Prior to SHHS, he spent two seasons at Sulphur High School where in 2021, served as the offensive coordinator and coached the offensive line, then swapped sides of the ball in 2022 to coach the outside linebackers while also holding defensive coordinator duties.
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Martin began his coaching career in 2017 at ULM under head coach Matt Viator where he was a graduate assistant and worked specifically with the offensive and defensive line units.
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He left ULM in 2018 to join the Ole Miss staff where he was a graduate assistant for two seasons under then-head coach Matt Luke and coaching both the offensive and defensive lines.
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In 2020, he moved to Auburn where he worked with both lines again under head coach Gus Malzahn for a season before returning to Southwest Louisiana.
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As a player, Martin was part of the 2015 Southland Conference champion Cowboy team that posted an undefeated regular season and ranked as high as No. 2 in the national polls.
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He earned his bachelor’s degree from McNeese in 2016 and received a master’s of exercise science from ULM in December 2018.
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