Geoff Martzen - Chief of Staff - Football Support Staff - Michigan State University Athletics

Geoff Martzen

Title:
Chief of Staff
Email:
football@msu.edu
Phone:
355-1647

Geoff Martzen enters his second year as the chief of staff for the football program at Michigan State. He arrived in East Lansing following one year as the director of player personnel under Mel Tucker at Colorado in 2019.

Martzen, 31, joined the CU staff from UCLA, where he worked as the Bruins' director of player personnel for the 2018 season, having been hired by Chip Kelly in January of that year. He previously held the same position at Colorado State for the 2015 through 2017 seasons.

"Geoff is an outstanding evaluator of talent and players," said Tucker. "He's a tireless worker and a competitor. He really understands the importance of recruiting and how it's the lifeblood of the program."

Martzen joined the CSU staff under its new head coach, Mike Bobo, ahead of the 2015 season. At CSU, he played a key role in the Rams' overall recruiting efforts, coordinating several aspects of the year-round student-athlete recruitment process. Additionally, he served as the liaison between CSU and NFL scouts for Pro Day events, and assisted with camps, clinics and other football-related activities.

His first director of player personnel position came at BYU, which hired him 2013. In Provo for two years, he also served as the on-campus recruiting coordinator in addition to other responsibilities including identifying prospects, planning recruiting events, maintaining communication with recruits via social media and providing recruiting aids for coaches.

Prior to heading to BYU, Martzen was a personnel specialist, assisting in coordinating the recruitment of high school and junior college recruits, at both Alabama in 2012 and Boise State in 2013. In working under Nick Saban at Alabama and Chris Peterson at Boise State, he helped in the coordination of two top recruiting classes for two of the nation's winningest head coaches.

Before entering the collegiate ranks, he was a high school football coach in Fresno, California, at Sunnyside and Reedley High Schools.

Martzen earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Fresno State in 2011, and started working toward a master's degree at Alabama in sports and fitness administration in 2012 and at Boise State in kinesiology and exercise science in 2013.

He was born June 21, 1989, in Reedley, California, and graduated from Reedley High School, where he lettered in football.