Northern Colorado Bears Softball Camps

Coaching Staff

Tori Martinez | Assistant Coach

Martinez enters her first year as an assistant coach at Northern Colorado.

She comes to UNC after spending two seasons at Trinidad State College as an assistant coach. In 2021, she was a part of a staff that helped the program to its third Region 9 Championship.

Prior to joining the coaching ranks, she was a student-athlete at Trinidad State from 2015-17. She played in the outfield and hit .337 during her career and helped the program to its first-ever Region 9 Championship in 2017.

Harold Simmons | Assistant Coach

Melissa Perea-Martinez | Volunteer Assistant Coach

Perea-Martinez begins her first year coaching the University of Northern Colorado softball team in 2022-23. Perea-Martinez comes to Greeley from Colorado State University, where Martinez was the assistant coach for 12 years.

At CSU, Perea-Martinez focused on developing the Rams’ defense and catchers, as well as being the first base coach. Outside of play, Perea-Martinez worked as the recruiting coordinator, where she led all scouting and film duties. During her time with the Rams, Perea-Martinez worked with 12 All-Mountain West selections and three players who received NFCA All-Region awards.

Perea-Martinez began her career in coaching in 2005 at Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colorado 2005 as assistant coach. She became head coach two years later, taking over for Jen Fisher. Perea-Martinez would later join Colorado State University in 2010, recruited by Fisher.

At Otero, Perea-Martinez led the Rattlers’ on a continued streak of form, achieving eight consecutive IX championships in 2007 as a rookie head coach. She was awarded the Coach of the Year Award both in 2007 and 2009, where the Rattlers’ would earn their region crown for the third year in a row.

Perea-Martinez ’s teams placed inside the top 20 in the NJCAA national rankings in all of her first three seasons, ranking as high as a No. 5 in 2007. She coached three NJCAA All-Americans and seven NJCAA Academic All-Americans. Perea-Martinez ended her coaching career with an overall record of 146-67 at OJC.

Perea-Martinez was an all-region and Academic All-American herself as a player with OJC, and finished her career at Colorado State-Pueblo, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management in 2005.

Perea-Martinez and her husband Jeremy reside in Loveland, Colorado, with their daughter.

David Kinnoin | Director of Operations