Rutgers University Athletics

Hector Martinez joined the Rutgers Sports Nutrition staff in 2018 and currently serves as an Assistant Sports Dietitian, working primarily with Rutgers’ Olympic sport programs. Duties include individual nutrition counseling and team education, managing team nutrition budgets as well as team fueling stations, and coordinating team meals for competition.

Martinez previously interned with the Sports Nutrition Department at Duke University in 2018. Prior to that, in 2017, he was a strength and conditioning intern and performance nutrition coach for Pope John XXIII HS football team in Sparta, New Jersey. Martinez was the first volunteer to join the Rutgers Performance Nutrition team in 2016.

A native of North Bergen, New Jersey, Martinez graduated from Montclair State University in 2016 earning a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food Science – Dietetics, also completing a Dietetic internship with the University in 2018.

Martinez is married to the former Linda Locandro, a proud dual Rutgers alumna, and together they have a daughter, Eva Valentina.