Coaches
Matt Merkens
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Matt Merkens
Played at Sam Houston 2010-2012
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-2014 | Sam Houston | Other | SA | not known |
| 2015 | Western Colorado (unknown) | GA | GA | not known |
| 2016-2017 | Sam Houston | Analyst | OA | not known |
| 2018-2019 | Sam Houston | Analyst | OQC | not known |
| 2020-2022 | Sam Houston | Position | TE | not known |
| 2022 | Sam Houston | OC | OC/QB✓ | not known |
| 2023-2025 | Sam Houston | Position | TE | K.C. Keeler* (2023-2024), Phil Longo* (2025) |
Worked under
- K.C. Keeler* · Sam Houston 2023-2024 (Position)
- Phil Longo* · Sam Houston 2025 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Mike Collins · Sam Houston 2013-2014 · him Other, them DC, Other, Position
- Willie Fritz*+ · Sam Houston 2013 · him Other, them Head coach
- Dan Lanning*+ · Sam Houston 2014 · him Other, them Other, Position
- K.C. Keeler* · Sam Houston 2014-2024 · him Analyst, OC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Matt Powledge · Sam Houston 2014 · him Other, them Position, ST coord.
- Phil Longo* · Sam Houston 2014-2025 · him Analyst, Other, Position, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Tim Cramsey · Sam Houston 2017 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- John Lovett · Sam Houston 2018 · him Analyst, them Position, ST coord.
- Ryan Carty* · Sam Houston 2018-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them OC, Position
- Clayton Carlin · Sam Houston 2021-2023 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Joe Morris · Sam Houston 2022-2023 · him OC, Position, them DC
- John Perry · Sam Houston 2022 · him OC, Position, them OC
- Brad Cornelsen · Sam Houston 2023-2024 · him Position, them Head coach, OC
- Brian Natkin · Sam Houston 2023 · him Position, them Position
- Skyler Cassity · Sam Houston 2024 · him Position, them DC
- Dovonte Edwards · Sam Houston 2025 · him Position, them Position
- Eric Raisbeck · Sam Houston 2025 · him Position, them Other, ST coord.
- Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay · Sam Houston 2025 · him Position, them DC
- Zack Patterson · Sam Houston 2025 · him Position, them OC