Florida State parts ways with baseball coach Mike Martin Jr.

Florida State is in the market for a new baseball coach.

The Seminoles are parting ways with Mike Martin Jr., the program announced Friday. Martin just wrapped up his third season as the Florida State headman after working as an assistant in Tallahassee from 1998 to 2019. He succeeded his father, Mike Martin Sr., as head coach.

“Making the change with our baseball coach was not an easy decision, but it is our responsibility to put our student-athletes and our teams in the best position to reach their full potential,” Florida State athletic director Michael Alford said in a statement. “Ultimately, the decision came down to whether our baseball program was performing up to the admittedly high standards that we have established through our historic success and I do not believe we were.

“We deeply appreciate all Mike has done for the program as head coach, as an assistant coach and as a Seminole student-athlete. His passion for the university and the baseball program is unequaled. I am sure I speak for all Seminole fans when i say we wish him and his family nothing but the best.”

In his three years as head coach, Martin Jr. totaled a 77-54 overall record and a 36-33 record in ACC action. Florida State made it to back-to-back Regionals in 2021 and 2022 after the tournament was canceled in 2020, Martin Jr.’s first year at the helm.

Martin Jr. played at Florida State from 1993 to 1995 under his dad, who was the Seminoles head coach from 1980 to 2019. He became a ninth-round MLB Draft pick of the San Diego Padres in 1995 and played three years in the Padres’ minor league system. After his professional career ended in 1997, he returned to Florida State to work for Martin Sr. as an assistant coach.

The Seminoles went 34-25 overall this year and 15-15 in ACC play. They made it to the Regional round of the NCAA Tournament, where they fell to UCLA June 5.