Mora reels in Martin

The venerable Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times confirmed with Steve Sarkisian that UCLA had poached another hotshot young recruiting assistant coach from the Pac-12, as Jim Mora intends to bring in Washington’s Demetrice Martin as defensive backs coach.

Like Adrian Klemm and Steve Broussard, UCLA’s two big-time hires on Tuesday, Martin brings impressive recruiting relationships and bonafides, as he was considered Washington’s top recruiter.

Sarkisian told Condotta that the move was “immediate,” which also bodes well for UCLA, which got a waiver on Tuesday morning to start assembling its recruiting staff while also maintaining its current staff.

Martin prepped at Muir High in Pasadena, served as a grad assistant at USC and maintains many local ties, as Southern California was his primary recruiting area.

Seems like those concerns about Mora being able to recruit might be allayed with some of these hires, if they’re able to hit the ground running.