KYTX — East Texas high school football changed much between the mid-70s and 2016. But there were two things East Texans could count on: The unconditional passion of the fans and Dickey Meeks patrolling the sidelines.
Dickey Meeks worked 42 years as a football coach, 37 of those years as a head coach.
In 1989, Meeks lead the Chapel Hill Bulldogs to a state championship over A&M Consolidated.
Meeks would go onto coach at Pine Tree and Mount Vernon before going to Henderson.
In 2010, the Henderson Lions completed a 12-2 season with a state championship victory over Meeks's former school Chapel Hill.
After spending two years at Pittsburg, Meeks retired from coaching due to heart surgery.
Remarkably, Meeks returned to the sidelines in 2015 with a second stint at Mt. Vernon. In 2016, after four decades on the sidelines, Meeks announced he would retire permanently.
After 37 years as head coach, Meeks amassed more than 250 victories and a highly respected reputation as one of the greats in East Texas history.
