No. 11 visits the 904 for the last time on Tuesday.

Mike Martin will coach one more Florida State baseball game in Jacksonville when the Seminoles (16-7) play the Florida Gators (16-10) at 6 p.m. at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.

A previously scheduled game at Jacksonville University on Feb. 20 was rained out and likely won't be rescheduled.

It will be the 78th game FSU has played in the city with Martin in the dugout: 51 games at Jacksonville University (the 'Noles are 35-16 at JU), 12 games against UF at the Baseball Grounds since 2007 (6-6), 12 games when the ACC Tournament was at the Baseball Grounds from 2005-2007 (6-6) and two games at UNF (1-1).

Martin's record in Jacksonville entering the second of three games this season against the Gators is 48-29 (.623).

The night won't go without some pomp and ceremony for the man who has won more college baseball games at any level (2,003 and counting) than any coach in history. Martin will be honored in a pregame ceremony with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Florida State President John Thrasher, FSU Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Burr, Jacksonville Sports Council President Rick Catlett and Jacksonville Seminole Club President Bobby Sidell.

"There is going to be a mixture of sadness and pride for all of us who played for 11," said former Bolles pitcher Mike Brady, who played for Martin from 1987-90. "He's done some incredible things for a very long time."

It hasn't always been successful in Duval for Martin. FSU has split its last 10 games in Jacksonville and has lost its last three games to Florida at the Baseball Grounds.

The 'Noles also are on a nine-game losing streak against the Gators, the most recent a 20-7 thrashing in Gainesville on March 12. The two teams will play a third game on April 9 in Tallahassee.

But Martin looks eastward on I-10 and doesn't see wins and losses.

He sees the numerous stars he's signed from the area, many who were at the heart of some of the best teams he ever coached.

In terms of quantity, Martin had more players from Central Florida, South Florida and the Tampa Bay area than the First Coast.

In terms of quality, some of the most legendary Seminoles in baseball have hailed from Duval, Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties.

"The biggest thing that we've always seen about Jacksonville kids is how well-coached they are," Martin said. "You'd get a tip on a kid and follow up and almost every one of them had very good high school coaches. That makes you want to follow up on any kid from that area. Jacksonville has been very good to us."

Research by the Times-Union and the FSU sports information department shows that 28 high school products of the First Coast or the Lake City area played for Martin at FSU, starting with Sandalwood outfielder Roy Eppley in 1985. The list ends with two players from the area on this year's team, junior outfielder/pitcher J.C. Flowers of Orange Park and freshman infielder Alec Sanchez of Jacksonville.

Sanchez, who played at Providence, is the last player from the First Coast Martin has signed.

"That's a huge honor for me," Sanchez said. "I wish I wasn't the last."

The Jacksonville players have even more good things to say about their college coach.

"He was the best coach I've ever known in terms of preparation and how he ran practices," said Jeremiah Klosterman, a catcher from Bolles. "We hit every single situation and he made sure we were ready for almost anything that could come up. He also instilled the fight in us, a never-give-up attitude. Nothing was impossible on the field. You apply that to any aspect of life and you'll be successful."

"He wanted the best for us," said Scott Sitz, a pitcher from Fletcher. "I couldn't have asked for a better college coach."

Greg Clayborne, who walked on at FSU, said Martin gave him the passion to become a coach.

"He was such a student of the game and loved baseball so much, it's why I became a coach," he said.

And his former players are all in agreement: The sight of an FSU dugout next season without Martin will be strange.

"It's going to be tough," Klosterman said. "I can't imagine what the next guy is going to have to live up to. I've never known FSU baseball with anyone else."