Martin was named yesterday as the coach of the New Zealand Schools Barbarians side for school internationals in October.
The Barbarians side is, in effect, the second national schools side and will have games against Fiji Schools and Australian Schools in October.
Martin, who has coached the Otago Boys' High School side for five years, had been assisting with the Barbarians side in the past couple of years but has now been named head coach.
New Zealand Rugby high performance player development manager Mike Anthony said inclusion of the New Zealand Barbarians in the playing schedule in October had been critical because "we want to keep casting our net wide''.
"It's essential that we develop a wider group for the future. Including a Barbarians team is really important to our organisation,'' he said.
"Current All Blacks Damian McKenzie, Lima Sopoaga, Ofa Tu'ungafasi and Ardie Savea have all played for New Zealand Schools as part of their development.
The two New Zealand teams will not officially face each other this year, but may take part in an opposed run-out in the lead-up to the matches to be played in Auckland in early October.
At the end of September, a group of 55 players will be invited to the NZ Schools development camp at the Millennium Institute in Auckland. These players have been identified by the selection network which has been out watching first XV games over the past few months.
Hurricanes assistant coach Jason Holland will be the head coach of the New Zealand Schools side with Gisborne Boys' High School's Tom Cairns as his assistant. Martin will be assisted by Sam Moore from New Plymouth Boys' High School.
Highlanders assistant physiotherapist Karl Houltham will be the physiotherapist for the New Zealand Schools side.
