Ryan Martines returned to Concordia University Irvine in November 2025 as the new women's swim and dive head coach.
Martines is a former CUI men’s swimmer and also has served as a graduate assistant and assistant coach at his alma mater in recent years. He graduated from CUI in the fall of 2022 with a degree in kinesiology before pursuing his Master’s of Coaching and Athletic Administration in the school’s well-known MCAA program.
Martines was a co-captain for the 2021-2022 PCSC men’s championship team that won its second title in four years at Concordia. Concordia won that second title in a very memorable way as it came down to the final event and the Green and Gold won by just 1.5 points. Over three seasons in the pool, he was a 7-time individual All-PCSC performer for the Golden Eagles specializing in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. He ranks No. 3 all-time in program history in the 100 breast (55.72) and is on the second-fastest 200 medley and third-fastest 400 medley relays in program history.
He is very familiar with Concordia's home pool at Woollett Aquatics Center, as he currently serves as a Senior Coach with Irvine Novaquatics. He has also gained valuable deck experience as an assistant coach at Northwood High School in Irvine, who were CIF State Champions in 2025. Prior to coaching at Concordia, he served as the Associate Head Coach at Lahaina Swim Club in Hawai'i. Earlier in his career, he was the Head Boys Aquatics Coach at Madera High School in his hometown of Madera, California.
