The Team Behind the Events
Martin Sports Productions is a first-string team of professionals with training and significant experience in graphic design, theatre, marketing, public relations and sports production operations. We start our thinking individually, then come together to meld ideas toward one goal: an event that serves the client's needs and objectives.
How We Work
Careful research. Excellent communication. Superb listening. Abundant imagination. Our teamwork — and our interaction with every client — is creative collaboration at its finest.
SPORTS is what we do — tried and true.
Leadership
David H. Martin — Executive Producer
The Coach. The Show Designer.
David Martin is the founder of Martin Sports & Entertainment and a pioneering figure in the development of the modern sports Fan Fest. With roots in both theatrical design and competitive sports, Martin brings a rare combination of creative vision, technical production expertise, and firsthand knowledge of the games and audiences he serves. He describes himself simply as an “artsy jock”—a theatrical designer, professional musician, baseball coach, and event producer who understands how to transform sports traditions into memorable live experiences.
Martin produced his first Fan Fest in 1992 while serving as an assistant baseball coach at the University of Miami. The offseason assignment came from legendary Hurricanes head coach Ron Fraser, who was helping the newly formed Florida Marlins introduce Major League Baseball to South Florida. Staged at the Miami Beach Convention Center in advance of the Marlins’ inaugural season, the event launched a career that would help define the Fan Fest experience throughout professional and collegiate sports.
Since then, Martin has designed and produced some of the largest interactive celebrations in sports, spanning Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA, NHL, and NCAA. His work includes Fan Fests and special events for more than 20 MLB organizations, including the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, and Miami Marlins. He also designed and produced Cleveland Cavaliers Fan Fests and events surrounding the team’s NBA Championship, along with collegiate football experiences for Notre Dame, the University of Texas, and the University of Michigan.
Martin was the original designer and producer of NCAA Bracket Town, the expansive fan experience created for the NCAA Men’s Final Four. His national portfolio also includes the NCAA College World Series Fan Fest and the historic farewell celebration for Rosenblatt Stadium.
Beyond sports, Martin has designed and produced music festivals, political campaign events, conventions, concert tours, theatrical productions, and large-scale public celebrations. His extensive baseball background includes experience as a professional and collegiate coach, giving him an authentic understanding of the sport from inside the dugout as well as from the production floor.
An accomplished drummer and percussionist, Martin has performed professionally for more than four decades. He studied music and earned his theatre degree from the University of Windsor, specializing in technical theatre. That multidisciplinary foundation remains central to his work today.
Through Martin Sports & Entertainment, David continues to combine storytelling, showmanship, athletic authenticity, and hands-on production expertise to create experiences that bring fans closer to the teams, traditions, and moments they love.
