Cole Martin Being Coached by His Father at Oregon

Oregon Ducks defensive back Cole Martin discusses being coached by his father Demetrice Martin.

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00:00 >> Playing with your dad, everything you thought it'd be?

00:03 >> Yes, I mean, playing with my pops is huge.

00:04 I mean, having the opportunity to come over here with Coach Lanny and

00:08 my pops is just big time.

00:09 I mean, Coach Meade is one of the best in the nation.

00:12 I mean, best recruiter, one of the best developers with Christian Gonzalez,

00:17 Kyrie Jackson, and then the list goes on and on.

00:20 So having an opportunity just to be on the team with him here, it's been huge.

00:24 >> I feel like it's been a little bit tougher with him,

00:26 kind of maybe coaching a little bit harder than he would any other player.

00:29 >> I mean, I love it.

00:30 So yes, but at the same time, it's been something that's made me who I am.

00:35 It instilled a good work ethic in me.

00:37 It instilled discipline.

00:39 It's something that I'm gonna take with me for a lifetime.

00:42 >> Obviously, you've seen the dad side before, but

00:44 have you seen a different side of Coach Meade as a coach playing for him?

00:48 >> Yes, sir, but at the same time,

00:50 I've had an opportunity to follow him throughout his coaching career.

00:54 So while he was doing the Pac-12, and he was going from USC to Washington to

00:59 Colorado, the list goes on.

01:02 I had opportunity to be around him and see how the players interact with him,

01:05 see how he loves his players, and see the love, his tough love, and

01:09 how he treats them as sons.

01:12 So having the opportunity to be coached like that, for my own, is amazing.

01:17 >> How big do you think that was for you, just in terms of being around that culture

01:20 and seeing how college locker room works on a day-to-day basis,

01:22 and kind of having some of that knowledge coming into your freshman year?

01:25 >> I mean, it was a learning curve for sure.

01:28 It was something that was different.

01:29 High school is completely different.

01:31 It's not as structured, not as organized.

01:33 But being able to be in a college opportunity and

01:37 facility, it just provides unlimited resources,

01:42 unlimited people to talk to, and just grow from and learn from.

01:46 So being around guys like Bo Nix, and Kyrie Jackson, Troy Franklin,

01:52 being around them on a day-to-day basis, all around me, I've just been picking up

01:56 on mannerisms, and picking up on what they like to do before we have to check in,

02:01 after we have to check in, stuff like that.

02:04 So it's been a big thing for me.