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The HBCU Advocate


Volume 2 Number 5 Career and Business Opportunities


Clarence McKinney Named Texas Southern University's Head Football Coach


University of Houston in 2008.


“We are with experience collegiate


excited to bring in someone


beyond the


and success


that Clarence McKinney has achieved at the highest


Kevin Granger, TSU’s interim vice president of intercollegiate


complete


levels of the ranks,” said


athletics.


“His coaching talent, his emphasis on developing the


athlete, as well as his ability to recruit locally, regionally and nationally, gives


TSU a distinct BY TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY HOUSTON – Clarence


McKinney is returning to Houston to become the next head football coach at Texas Southern University.


McKinney, who has served as


associate head coach and running backs coach at the University of Arizona in 2018, has an extensive history in the Houston and 3rd Ward area. He was an award-winning head coach at Jack Yates High School prior to joining Kevin Sumlin’s staff at the


advantage as we move our program to the next level.”


McKinney coached running


backs for four seasons under Coach Sumlin at the University of Houston and also served


as recruiting


coordinator. He then joined Sumlin at Texas A&M, where he was the running backs coach for six years. In 2016, the Aggies produced the one of its greatest rushing seasons under McKinney’s direction.


In served as the


to his running backs coach duties, McKinney


student-


offensive coordinator and play-caller for the 2013 Cotton Bowl and the 2013 regular season. Under his leadership, the Aggies led the SEC in passing, scoring and total offense, while setting school records for passing yards, touchdowns and completion percentage.


hometown and former


“I am happy to be returning to my neighborhood


to lead and develop the student-ath- letes in the football program at Texas Southern University,” said McKinney. “I am looking forward to partnering with Dr. Lane and the administration, staff, student-athletes, alumni and fans to build the type of program we can all be proud of. I appreciate Dr. Lane and Kevin Granger presenting me with the opportunity to lead this program."


Prior to Texas A&M, McKinney served as Houston’s recruiting coordinator in addition to overseeing the Cougar running backs. His four-year stay at Houston was highly successful as the Cougars compiled a 36-17 record and played in three bowl games. UH posted double-digit wins twice during his stay, including 2011’s school-record 13 victories and bowl triumph over Penn State.


addition Aggies’


“Coach McKinney comes to TSU with incredible


connections to the


high school coaches in Houston and across the state,” said TSU President Dr. Austin A. Lane. “He has a unique


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ability to recognize and recruit top talent into a program. I’d also like to congratulate Kevin Granger and the athletic department staff on a successful search that resulted in Coach McKinney joining our university.”


During his years coaching high school football, McKinney compiled a 30-8 record at Yates, and he received several


accolades, including being


named a 2006 Gordon Wood 4A Coach of the Year Finalist. McKinney also served as an assistant football coach at North Shore High School (2003-05) and Booker T. Washington High School


(1997-2003) where


he was named the 2003 Houston Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year. Under his leadership as head and assistant coach, McKinney helped many young men receive college scholarships and pursue their football dreams.


three


McKinney played football for seasons


at Montana State,


before transferring to University of Mary (ND) where he received his degree in elementary education. He later earned a master’s in educational administration A&M in 2002.


from Prairie View


McKinney and his wife, Jakmica, have three children, Britney, Atallah and Quran.


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