Martin Bayless

Title

General Manager
Email

baylesma@brevard.edu
Phone

(619) 299-6650

Title: General Manager

Phone: (619) 299-6650

Email: baylesma@brevard.edu

Alma Mater: Bowling Green, 1984

CAREER BACKGROUND:

2024-25: UFL Secondary Coach / Assistant Special Teams / Quality Control, St. Louis Battle Hawks
2024-25: NCAA General Manager / Director of Academic Success / Senior Defensive Coordinator, Brevard College
2023: USFL Special Teams Coordinator / Safeties Coach, New Jersey Generals
2022-23: NCAA General Manager / Director of Academic Success / Head JV Football Coach / Senior Defensive Coordinator, Brevard College
2022-23: USFL Special Teams Coordinator / Secondary Coach, Philadelphia Stars
2021: NFL Intern Special Teams Quality Control, Jacksonville Jaguars
2020-21: NCAA Special Teams Coordinator / Assistant Head Coach, Brevard College
2020: NFL Intern Defensive Coach, San Francisco 49ers
2019-20: XFL Special Teams Coordinator / Secondary Coach, LA Wildcats
2019: NFL Intern Defensive / Special Teams Coach Los Angeles Chargers
2018-19: AAF Secondary Coach / Assistant Special Teams Coordinator, Birmingham Iron
2018: NFL Intern Special teams Coach, Indianapolis Colts
2016-17: NFL Intern Special teams Coach, Arizona Cardinals
2012-16: NFLPA Regional Director Player Affairs & Development NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Director of Football Operations
2012: NFL Intern Special teams Coach, Denver Broncos
2010-11: UFL Defensive Coordinator / Special Teams Coordinator, Sacramento Mountain Lions
2009: UFL Defensive Backs Coach, California Redwoods
2008: NFL Intern Defensive Coach, Minnesota Vikings
2006-08: NFL Assistant Defensive Backs, Houston Texans
2004-05: NFL Assistant Special Teams Coordinator / DB’s, Oakland Raiders
2003: NFL Defensive QC / Assistant Defensive Backs, Carolina Panthers
2003: NFLE Special Teams Coordinator / Secondary Coach NFL Europe Amsterdam Admirals
2003: NFLE Intern Coach, NFL Europe Barcelona Dragons
2002: NCAA Intern Coach, University of North Carolina
2000-01: NFL Director of Player Development / Special Projects Buffalo Bills
1995-97: NFL Defensive Back, Kansas City Chiefs (3 Seasons)
1994: NFL Defensive Back, Washington Redskins (1 Season)
1992-93: NFL Defensive Back, Kansas City Chiefs (2 Seasons)
1987-91: NFL Defensive Back, San Diego Chargers (5 Seasons)
1984-86: NFL Defensive Back, Buffalo Bills (3 Seasons)
1984: NFL 4th Round Pick – St. Louis Cardinals 101st Selection
1984: USFL 1st Round pick – Memphis Showboats 21st Selection
1980-84: NCAA Cornerback, Bowling Green State University

Highlights:

2024 UFL Special Teams Player of the Year - St.Louis Battlehawks LB Chris Garrett.
2024 Ranked #1 in UFL TEAM BLOCKED PUNTS - St.Louis Battlehawks - 4 Blocks.
2024 Ranked #1 in UFL TEAM KOR AVERAGE - St. Louis Battlehawks - 27.6 Yds per return.
2024 Ranked #1 in UFL TEAM PUNT RETURN - St. Louis Battlehawks - 14.1 Yds per return.
2024 Ranked #1 in UFL TEAM BLOCKED FIELDS - St.Louis Battlehawks - 2 Blocks.
2024 Ranked #1 in UFL KICKING POINTS - K Andre Szmyt - St. Louis Battlehawks - 57 Points / 19 Field Goals (19 for 21).
2024 Ranked #1 in UFL PUNT RETURN - WR Darrius Shepherd - St. Louis Battlehawks - 15.8 Yds per return.
2024 Ranked #2 in UFL ALL PURPOSE YARDS - WR Darrius Shepherd - St. Louis Battlehawks - 1312 Yds / 145.8 Yds per game.
2024 Ranked #3 in UFL KOR AVG - WR Darrius Shepherd - St. Louis Battlehawks - 27.1 per return.
2022 Former All USFL Kick-Off Return Leader Philadelphia Stars WR Maurice Alexander makes the Detroit Lions active roster.
2022 Philadelphia Stars ended the season with a 6-4 record and qualified for the USFL playoffs. Won the 1st round playoff game 19-14 over the New Jersey Generals sending the franchise to 2022 USFL Championship game vs Birmingham Stallions.
2022 Philadelphia Stars Special Teams units produced the “USFL Special team player of the Year” KR/PR Maurice Alexander. KOR - 25 returns for 787 yds avg 31.5 per return / Punt Return – 15 returns for 252 yds avg 16.8 per return & 1 TD of 88 yds).
2022 Pro Football History - Top Kick-Off return average Philadelphia Stars “USFL Special team player of the Year” KR/PR Maurice Alexander. KOR - 25 returns for 787 yds avg 31.5 per return.
2022 Philadelphia Stars Special Teams units finished the USFL season ranked #1 in league categories: 1st Kickoff return yardage (787 yds on 25 returns) & average yards per return (31.5), 1st Kickoff coverage, 1st Opponents starting field position, 2nd Punt blocks, 2nd in Punt returns average (15 returns 252 yards 16.8) & 2nd in Punt Returns for Touchdowns (1 ret – 88 yds).
2022 Philadelphia Stars Defensive secondary unit finished ranked 1st in league in Interceptions with (12), 1st in total Defensive Interceptions (15) 1st in total turnovers & turnover ratio (+12). USFL League Interceptions Leader / All USFL 1st team CB Channing Stribling (7 INTs in 7 games).

Martin Bayless is entering his seventh season with the Brevard College football program in 2025, serving as the General Manager.

Bayless is a former cornerback/safety who played 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Bowling Green State University. After retiring from the NFL in 1998, he joined the Buffalo Bills as a Front Office Executive in 2000 and from 2012 to 2016 held an Executive position with the NFLPA as Regional Director Player Affairs & Development / NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Director of Football Operations.

Bayless was inducted into the Bowling Green football HOF in 1989. At Bowling Green, Martin Bayless added four Interceptions in College Bowl games to raise his Career interception totals to 31 picks to become the NCAA DI career interceptions record-holder.

Bayless was born in Dayton Ohio to parents Stella M. Bayless & Charles E. Bayless Sr., and was raised with 5 older siblings and 1 younger sibling. Coach Bayless attended Dayton Belmont High School where he played the varsity sports of Basketball, Baseball, Football, Track. He made All City honors in both Basketball & Football, made all District honors in both Basketball & Football, and was as a member of the Boys Scouts of America.