Joshua Eargle

Joshua King Eargle (born January 6, 1979) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Texas A&M University–Texarkana. The Texas A&M–Texarkana Eagles football will begin play in 2027. Eargle served as the head football coach at East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) from 2013 to 2015, compiling a record of 14–16. In 2015, he led his East Texas Baptist team to an American Southwest Conference (ASC) championship, and was named ASC Coach of the Year.

Early life and playing career Eargle was born in Waco, Texas and grew up in Brownwood, Texas. He played football at Brownwood High School before transferring to Sulphur Springs High School in Sulphur Springs, Texas for his senior year in 1996. During his senior year he played both offensive guard and defensive tackle and was named to the Texas Sportswriters 4A All-State team, Defensive Player of the Year in District 15-4A and All-District in district 15-4A as a defensive tackle.

Coaching career Eargle started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Southern Mississippi under head coach Jeff Bower.

In 2009, Eargle took a quality control position at LSU under head coach Les Miles, while working directly under offensive line coach, Greg Studrawa. Eargle was hired for his first coordinator position when he was named offensive coordinator at the University of Arkansas at Monticello in 2010. He led his 2015 team to a 7–3 overall record, a 4–1 record in the ASC and the team received their first national ranking (#23 D3football.com poll) since 2004. In total, ETBU established 50+ combined individual or team season records during Eargle's three seasons as head coach. In 2017, he helped lead one of the biggest turnarounds in college football. Prior to the 2017 season, the Austin Peay Governors had just one win in four seasons. In 2017, the Governors finished 8–1 in Division I FCS play, 8–4 overall and finished with seven Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) wins. In his first game as offensive coordinator for Austin Peay, Eargle's offense set the OVC record for most points scored against a Division I FCS opponent in the school's 78–40 victory over Morehead State. During the remainder of the 2018 season, Austin Peay continued to break offensive records. For the season, the Governors set school records in yards per game (419), points scored (340), touchdowns scored (47), points per game (30.9), yards per play (6.19) and yards per rush (5.39). In 2018, Eargle also served as interim head coach at Austin Peay after the departure of head coach Will Healy.

Following Miles' firing, he spent the 2021 season as a senior offensive consultant on Ryan Silverfield's staff at Memphis.

In January 2022, it was reported that Eargle would follow Mike MacIntyre to FIU as the tight ends coach. In Conference USA, the Panthers ranked no. 1 in the least sacks allowed (17) and sacks allowed per game (1.4). The Panthers' scoring offense ranked third in CUSA at 26.3 points per game. Prior to being elevated, he also directed the tight ends in 2022 including tight end Rivaldo Fairweather, who signed with the Dallas Cowboys in April of 2025.

Eargle returned back to the state of Texas in 2025 after taking the tight ends and run game coordinator role at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). In December 2025, he was hired the first head coach of the newly-formed football program at Texas A&M University–Texarkana, which will begin play in 2027.

Personal life Eargle met his wife, Kristen, while in college at the University of Memphis. After completing her journalism degree at Memphis, Kristen got her start in TV sports journalism as a sports producer and fill-in reporter at WVUE Fox 8 in New Orleans. She later became a sports reporter and anchor for WBRZ in Baton Rouge, Louisiana while also working as a sideline reporter for WHNO and Cox Sports Television in New Orleans. During Joshua's tenure at ETBU in Texas, Kristen was hired by KLTV to be a morning show anchor and launched Good Morning East Texas Weekend.

Following his 2018 season at Austin Peay, Eargle won a national online public vote for his work in raising awareness for his young daughter Landrey's fight against the life-threatening illnesses that she's been battling her entire life.

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