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Texas A&M to add Missouri tight ends coach Joe Jon Finley to staff

December 3, 2018
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Joe Jon Finley, who has served as Missouri’s tight ends coach since 2016, will accept the same position at Texas A&M according to Billy Liucci. Finley, 33, will replace Tim Brewster, who left the A&M staff last week to accept a similar position at North Carolina.

The addition of Finley gives the Aggies a young coach who has already proven capable of developing tight ends and has experience recruiting Texas.

A former All-Big 12 tight end at Oklahoma, Finley helped develop Missouri sophomore Albert Okwuegbunam, an All-SEC tight end in 2017 and a 2018 Mackey Award finalist. This year Obwuegbunam has 43 receptions for 466 yards and six touchdowns. Last season Obwuebunam had 29 catches for 415 yards and 11 touchdowns.

In 2017, Missouri’s tight ends combined for 15 touchdowns, which was the most in the nation for that position group.

Also, in 2016, Finley’s first season as Missouri’s tight ends coach, senior Sean Culkin had a career-high 24 catches for 282 yards.

Finley, who played high school football at Arlington for his father, played professional football from 2008 until 2011. He was on NFL rosters with the San Francisco 49ers in 2008-10 and the Detroit Lions in 2011.

He began his coaching career in 2011 as offensive line coach at Los Fresnos High School in the Rio Grande Valley. After taking one more shot at the NFL with the Carolina Panthers, Finley joined Oklahoma as a graduate assist in 2012-13. He returned to Los Frensos as offensive line and strength and conditioning coach in 2014.

The next season he joined Baylor as offensive quality control specialist and helped with tight ends.

Finley and his wife, Caylee, have a daughter, Blakely, and a son, Knox.

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Texas A&M to add Missouri tight ends coach Joe Jon Finley to staff

33,262 Views | 19 Replies | Last: 5 yr ago by SD_71
Mr. Black
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Sounds like a great addition to our staff! Welcome aboard, Coach!
technoviking
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Welcome Mr. Finley. Gig em!
EllisCoAg
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welcome!!
I wanna see our defense pissed off, not confused, maybe a little murder in their hearts Reload12, 11/4/11
Bachelor99
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but can he recruit?? he's got some big shoes to fill as brew was one of our better recruiters...
Definitely Not A Cop
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Bachelor99 said:

but can he recruit?? he's got some big shoes to fill as brew was one of our better recruiters...


Sounds like he has ties to the Valley, as well as Dallas I'm sure if he worked with OU.
No Bat Soup For You
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His dad was our coach in Cleburne and he's coached everywhere. He should have good connections.
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I played for his Dad in Cuero. He was a good ball player in high school. I tried to follow him a little bit after his Dad took the job in Arlington. Switched from QB to tight end. His older brother Clint played for Nebraska and was a great high school player. Comes from a football family. Should be a good hire to the staff.
aggieclay
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recruiting is key; can he?
AggieBlu
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He's a very good teacher and gets a lot out of the position. Unlike a lot of coaches, he's actually played the position and understands the nuances of running routes, etc. Instant cred with kids from his beast TE days at OU. Played in league. This hire is a win, win.
TAMU74
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Looks like a solid hire by Fisher.
Welcome to Aggieland Coach Finley.
ironmanag
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aggieclay said:

recruiting is key; can he?
No Fisher just hired some guy..
Aggie Class of '97 and '16, Proud father of Aggie classes of '25 and '29
SD_71
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I am from Cuero and know and respect this whole family!
He is a good coach and even more a good person! Knowning the family background, his Dad and brother now live in San Angelo, I would think he will excell at recruiting

Welcome to Aggieland Joe Jon and the rest of your family!
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Joe Jon and Jimbo. Yep.
the74aggie
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Welcome Coach ! Look forward to seeing the fruits of your labor next year !

Gig 'Em !
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. "
Edmund Burke
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The Dog Lord
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Seems like we got a coach that can also recruit as opposed to a recruiter that may or may not be able to coach. I'm happy
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Chesapeake Ag
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The Dog Lord said:

Seems like we got a coach that can also recruit as opposed to a recruiter that may or may not be able to coach. I'm happy
There are only 64 Power 5 programs and with Jimbo, Woodward, and full commitment from the BMAs we are easily a Top 5-10 job and rising. There's no reason why every coach we hire shouldn't be a true triple threat (player development, recruiting, and tactical in-game smarts).
SD_71
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He is all of the above:
Dad (Mickey Finley) coached at Irran, Cuero, Arlington, Cleaburn, Schulemberg and Victoria

Joe Jon played at Cuero, Arlingtom, Oklahoma,(All Conference) Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers and Carolina Panthers

Joe Jon coached after 10 years in NFL at Las Fresnos, Oklahoma Graduate assistant,Los Fresnos (under brother Clint) Baylor, Missouri and now Texas A&M

Like as has been said before he comes from a coaching family, Is very personable, relates to youg players well and should make a great recruiter. Anothe thng that adds to all of this are all the coaches that he has had experience with in Texas that are now head coaches and athletic directors in all areas of the state. This list is too long to list.
Yes I will admit I am a "homer" when it comes to Joe Jon, my youngest daughter baby sat and helped raise him,
so I know him and his whole family on a really close basis, all of this aside, I think he is a great hire for our school and HE is really happy to be here!!
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