Doug Meacham is in his fourth season at Samford and serves as both the offensive coordinator and the offensive line coach for the Bulldogs. Last season, Meacham directed an offense that set several school records at Samford: 2,986 yards passing, 256 pass completions and a 59.8 completion percentage.
Meacham served as the offensive coordinator and the offensive line coach at Henderson State during a tenure in which he and former Bulldog receivers coach Patrick Nix rewrote the school's record book.
During the 2000 season at HSU, Meacham coached an offense that broke two Division II national passing and receiving records, four Gulf South Conference records, and nine school passing and receiving records.
Meacham's history of record breaking began before his time at HSU, sparking another turnaround as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Jacksonville State University. He joined JSU in January 1997. In 1998, Meacham's first season, JSU went 7-4 and recorded the biggest turnaround in Division I-AA. Additionally, during his two-year tenure at JSU, Meacham's offensive unit broke 21 school passing and receiving records.
A native of Arlington, Texas, and a graduate of Oklahoma State University, Meacham spent three years as the offensive coordinator at Georgia Military College. He first joined the GMC staff in 1991, serving as offensive line and tight ends coach. In 1994, he was promoted to offensive coordinator, directing units that posted an impressive 35-8 record.
At Oklahoma State, Meacham played in four bowl games (1983-87) and was a three-year starter on the offensive line, including starts in 35 consecutive games. During his career, he played on three teams that posted 10-2 seasons. Individually, he earned All-Big 8 honors and was an All-American honorable mention as a senior. He also captained the 1987 Sun Bowl team that defeated West Virginia. During his career, the Cowboys posted a 3-1 record in bowl games ('83 Bluebonnet, '84 Gator, '85 Gator and '87 Sun). As an offensive lineman, Meacham blocked for two future NFL Hall of Fame running backs, Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders.
Meacham is married to the former Kendall Deas, and they have three children: Payton (nine), Cole (four) and Brooks (one).
