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

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.