The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Tight Ends
Corby Meekins, a long-time high school coach in the state of Texas, enters his third year at Texas as part of Tom Herman’s staff. Meekins coaches the Longhorns’ wide receivers.
2018 was a standout season for the wide receivers, as three juniors started the majority of games at the position. Lil’Jordan Humphrey had 86 catches for 1,176 yards (third-most in school history) and nine touchdowns, Collin Johnson had 68 catches for 985 yards and seven TDs, while Devin Duvernay had 41 receptions for 546 yards and four touchdowns. Humphrey and Johnson became one of the most prolific pass-catching duos in school history, as their 2,161 combined yards ranked second for a single season.
Meekins dealt with the injury to starting tight end Andrew Beck in 2017, as Beck’s preseason injury forced him to miss the entire season. Game one starter Garrett Gray suffered an injury early on and did not return. True freshman Cade Brewer started three games at tight end before his season-ending injury, catching nine passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns. Graduate transfer tight end Kendall Moore provided a boost in the running game, while also hauling in two receptions for 20 yards and a score.
Meekins coached Houston DT Ed Oliver in high school and recruited him to join the Cougars as the first five-star recruit to ever commit to a Group of 5 program. Oliver had 66 tackles, 23 tackles for loss and five sacks as a true freshman. He was named an All-American, freshman All-American, the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year and the 2016 recipient of the Bill Willis Award.
In his first season at Houston on the collegiate level, Meekins molded former fullback Tyler McCloskey and former receiver Hayden Daniels into dual-threat tight ends. After totaling just two catches for 16 yards during his first two seasons at UH, McCloskey registered 35 receptions for 369 yards and five touchdowns over his final two seasons.
In 2016, McCloskey totaled 21 catches for 212 yards and four touchdowns after hauling in 14 receptions for 157 yards and a touchdown in 2015.
Meekins joined Herman on staff at Houston following 15 years at Westfield High School in Houston, including 11 years as head coach where he accumulated a record of 114-27. He turned the Westfield program into a perennial contender, winning seven district championships and advancing to the playoffs 10 times. The program made one state championship trip, three trips to the semifinals and six quarterfinal trips in Meekins’ 11 seasons as the head coach.
The 2014 season saw his Westfield program finish 13-2 with a trip tot the Class 6A Division II semifinals. He was named the Touchdown Club of Houston’s Co-Coach of the Year and an assistant coach for the White Team at the 2015 Under Armour All-America Game.
Meekins was a finalist for the 2005 Adams USA “National Coach of the Year” award after leading Westfield to the Class 5A Division I state championship game in 2004 and being named the Touchdown Club of Houston Coach of the Year.
He served on the Texas High School Coaches Association Board of Directors from 2009-12 and also served on the Executive Board of Directors for the Greater Houston Football Coaches Association from 2009-15 after serving as the Association’s president in 2009. Prior to his presidency, he was a member of the group’s Board of Directors from 2006-08.
Meekins and his wife, DeAnna, have two daughters – Courtney and Madison.
CORBY MEEKINS COACHING ASSIGNMENTS
| Years | School | Position |
| 2018 | Texas | Wide Receivers |
| 2017 | Texas | Tight Ends |
| 2015-16 | Houston | Tight Ends/Fullbacks |
| 2004-14 | Westfield HS (Texas) | Head Coach |
| 2000-03 | Westfield HS (Texas) | Offensive Coordinator |
| 1998-99 | Newman Smith HS (Texas) | Offensive Coordinator |
| 1990-97 | Deer Park HS (Texas) | Assistant Coach |
