Matt Merkens
Tight Ends at Sam Houston since 2020.
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- Seasons coached
- 14
- First season
- 2013
- Teams
- 2
Career
8 stints
- 2013–2014Sam HoustonStudent Assistant
- 2015Western Colorado (GA)Head Coach
- 2016–2017Sam HoustonOffensive Analyst
- 2018–2019Sam HoustonOffensive Quality Control
- 2020–presentSam HoustonTight Ends
- 2021–2022Sam HoustonTight Ends
- 2022Sam HoustonOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2024Sam HoustonTight Ends
Coaching tree
4 mentors, 0 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Mentors
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
4
- 2025–2026Phil LongoCoached under · Sam Houston
- 2024Brad CornelsenCoached under · Sam Houston
- 2023–2024K.C. KeelerCoached under · Sam Houston
- 2013Willie FritzCoached under · Sam Houston
Succeeded
4
- 2023Brad CornelsenSucceeded by · Sam Houston
- 2022John PerrySucceeded by · Sam Houston
- 2022John PerrySucceeded · Sam Houston
- 2022Ryan CartySucceeded · Sam Houston
Tenure
14 seasons
- Sam HoustonPosition coach · 2020–2026 · current7
- Sam HoustonAnalyst · 2013–20196
- Sam HoustonCoordinator · 20221
- Western Colorado (GA)Head coach · 20151
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Matt Merkens. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.