JC Martinez joins Carolina Core FC Academy having amassed over 13 years of experience in coaching, working in various positions and levels. Since March 2016, Martinez has worked for the Houston Dynamo and Dash organization. Most recently, Martinez worked under now-CCFC Head Coach Roy Lassiter as the U20 Assistant Coach, and helped the team towards their first conference title and Round of 16 appearance. Martinez has also assisted with every age group in the Academy level, including the U19 and U17 teams that were previously under the now-current Dynamo 2 head coach Kenny Bundy, as well as the younger U15-U13 age groups, where he was the Head Coach for the U13 age group before making the move to CCFC Academy.
In this role as U13 Head Coach, Martinez’s duties include, but are not limited to, developing training models and methods that will help to create a common training methodology between the professional team and the MLS NEXT teams.
"JC comes to us with experience coaching the Houston Dynamo U13's. As one of our coaches for the pro team, he will bring a wealth knowledge to our MLS NEXT program,” said CCFC Academy Executive Director Eddie Pope.
