Report: Offensive Coordinator Doug Meacham to be Cowboys Interim Coach

Doug Meacham returned to his alma mater this season, and now, he’s the Cowboys’ head coach.

Upon news that Mike Gundy has been fired, On3’s Brett McMurphy reported that Meacham has been named Oklahoma State’s interim head coach.

An Oklahoma State alum, Meacham was a Cowboy offensive lineman from 1983 to 1987. He was a graduate assistant at OSU from 1989 to 1991 before returning to Stillwater in 2005 to work under Gundy. That stint lasted from 2005 to 2012, where Meacham was OSU’s tight ends and inside receivers coach.

Between those stints in Stillwater, Meacham was an offensive coordinator at Georgia Military College, Jacksonville State, Henderson State and Samford.

Upon leaving OSU in 2012, Meacham became Houston’s offensive coordinator in 2013. He was the Co-OC at TCU from 2014 to 2016 before being Kansas’ offensive coordinator in 2017 and 2018.

Meacham returned to Fort Worth in 2020, where he coached the Horned Frogs’ receivers and tight ends before transitioning to TCU’s offensive coordinator in 2021. He spent 2022 through 2024 as TCU’s inside receivers coach.

Meacham was a Broyles Award finalists in 2014, the year TCU finished 12-1 while averaging 46.5 points and 533 yards a game.

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