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Kent Meador

Varsity Head Coach

   
  Coach Kent Meador returns to his home town of Lubbock in his first year as head coach at Lubbock Monterey.  After graduating from Coronado High School in 1983, Coach Meador attended Point Loma College in San Diego, California, followed by Texas Tech University.  In addition to pursuing higher education, he also enjoyed playing baseball for both programs.  He graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelors Degree in education in 1988, and then began his teaching/coaching career at Irons Junior High in 1989.  One of the greatest honors of his career was receiving the opportunity to start his baseball coaching career at Lubbock Coronado as an assistant for his high school coach and mentor John Dudley.  He received his first head baseball coaching position at Amarillo Tascosa in 1994.  Coach Meador spent six wonderful years in Amarillo where he received the District 3-5A Coach of the Year honor in 1997.  The Meador family then moved to Houston, Texas in 2000 to take over the baseball program at Westfield High School in Spring ISD.  In 2003, Coach Meador accepted the head coaching position at Klein Collins High school in Klein ISD, where he guided Collins to an impressive overall record of 153-62 in his six seasons.  During that period, Collins High School played in the state semi-finals in 2007 and the regional finals in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Coach Meador has been named district Coach of the Year five times in his fifteen year career, and he was named the Greater Houston coach of the Year in 2005.  In addition to his contribution to Texas high school baseball, Coach Meador received the honor to travel to Europe where he coached the 2007 Polish Junior National 18 and Under National team, a position he held for 2 years.  In 2009, he became part of the USA baseball staff where he coached in the 18 and Under Tournament of Stars in Carey, North Carolina. 

Coach Meador has been married to his beautiful wife Leslie for 22 years.  She is currently employed by the LISD as the registrar at Coronado High School.  Coach Meador shares a little about his wife:  "She is more beautiful and wonderful today than when we first met at church when I was three and she was five."  The Meador's are the proud parents of sixteen year-old Blain Meador.  Blain is a sophomore at Monterey and is part of the Plainsmen golf program. 

Coach Meador considers it a once-in-a-lifetime blessing from God to receive to opportunity to return to Lubbock.  having his family so close has been an experience that has been priceless for all involved.  His enthusiasm is clear as he shares his excitement: "the honor of being the fourth coach in the fifty plus years of tradition which is Monterey Plainsmen baseball is one that I will cherish and guard with all the abilities and humbleness that God has instilled in me.  I feel a burning desire and responsibility to reclaim Monterey's traditional spot as the top program in West Texas and one of the storied and perennial forces in the state of Texas". 

 

Kent Meador's Coaching History/Honors
  1983-Graduate Lubbock Coronado High School  Texas All       Star   Selection
  1984-Attended Point Loma College, San Diego, CA on baseball scholarship

1986-Played Final 2 years at Texas Tech University

1988-Graduated Texas Tech University

1990-Assistant Baseball Coach Coronado High School, Lubbock, Texas

1995-Head Coach Tascosa High School, Amarillo, Texas

1997-District 3-5A Coach of the Year

2001-Head Coach Westfield High School, Spring, Texas

2004- Head Coach Klein Collins High School, Spring, Texas

2005-Houston Area Coach of the Year, Houston Area 5A All Star Coach, Texas Region Finalist, District 16 5A Coach of the Year

2006-Region Finalist

2007-Regional Champion, Texas Final Four, District 16 5A Coach of the Year, Head Coach Polish Junior National Team, European A Pool Championships

2008-Area Finalist, Head Coach Polish Junior National Team, European B Pool Championships

2009-Region Quarter Finalist, District 13 5A Coach of the Year, Team USA 18 and Under Assistant Coach
 

Matt Harbin

Varsity Coach

Matt Harbin is in his 1st year at Monterey High School and is the pitching coach for the Varsity Baseball team.  He grew up in Houston, Texas and graduated from Klein Oak High School.  Coach Harbin was a pitcher in high school.  He played on the Klein Oak baseball team that played Monterey in the 1996 State Championship in Austin, Texas.  He also was named 1st Team All-District in 1997.  He then went on to play college baseball at Houston Baptist University for 1 year (1999 All Conference Team-1st Team), and 3 years at Texas Tech University (NCAA Regional Team-1st Team).  He graduated from Texas Tech with a BS in History/Exercise Sports Science.  Coach Harbin began his coaching career as a volunteer coach at Fort Bend Bush High School in Richmond, Texas.  He then went on to coach for 4 years at Klein Collins High School in Spring, Texas-baseball and football.  He has taught World History for 3 years and Special Ed for 1 year.  He is currently teaching World History at Monterey and also coaches the Freshman Secondary for our football team. 

Coach Harbin is a member of the Texas High School Baseball Association, Texas High School Coaches Association, Greater West Texas Baseball Coaches Association and National Baseball Coaches Association.

Coach Harbin's wife Lindsey is in Cosmetology school and will finish in February.  They are excited to be part of the Plainsmen Baseball Family!!
 

Darrell Barron

Varsity Assistant Coach
   
  Darrel Barron is in his 1st year at Monterey High School as one of our baseball coaches.  Coach Barron is in his 9th year of teaching and coaching.  He grew up in Amarillo, Texas and graduated from Tascosa High School in 1995.  He started on the varsity baseball team for 4 straight years and was an all-district player in 1994.  he graduated from West Texas A&M University in 2000 with a degree in Kinesiology.  There he played baseball and was voted freshman of the year in 1997 and conference player for 2 more of those years.  He is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association. 

Coach Barron coached for seven years at Cleburne High School and one year at Klein Collins High School.  He teaches IPC and also coaches freshman football at Monterey.

Coach Barron is the proud owner of Barkley, his boxer!!!
   
 

Mike Faherty

Junior Varsity Coach
  Mike Faherty is in his 1st season at Monterey High School.  He is the head JV baseball coach.  Coach Faherty teaches Algebra I and Geometry at Monterey.  He graduated from Cy-Creek High School in 2001 where he was a  two sport letterman in football and baseball.  He continued his studies at Richland Jr. College from 2001 to 2003 where he earned his associates degree.  he was a member of the baseball team that won back to back national championships.  Coach Faherty then attended Sam Houston State University where he received his bachelors degree in Kinesiology with a minor in math.  He coached one year at Klein Oak High School in Houston in 2009. 

Coach Faherty is looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead of bringing back the winning ways of Monterey Baseball!
 

 
   
 

Travis Willard

Sophomore Coach

Travis Willard is starting his 1st year at Monterey High School.  he came to Monterey from Levelland High School, where he worked with the boy's athletic program coaching football and baseball for one year.  He has also coached in Dalhart, Tx and at Westover Park Intermediate School in Amarillo, Tx.  Travis grew up in Amarillo where he was very active in the football and baseball programs at Randall High School.  He played football at, and is a graduate of West Texas A & M University with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology.  this is Travis' fourth year in coaching.  He helped coach summer league baseball for Randall High School for three years while still in college.  Travis is very thankful for the opportunity he has been given to coach and teach at Monterey High School. 

 
 

Scott Houy

Assistant Coach
 

 

 
  Scott Houy is starting his third year at Monterey High School.  He came to Monterey from OL Slaton Middle School, where he worked with the girl's athletic programs for two years.  Scott grew up in Fort Davis, Tx  where he was very active in many successful sport programs.  He is a graduate of Texas Tech University with a degree in Exercise Sport Science and Biology.  He is currently working on this master's in Education at Wayland Baptist University.  This is Scott's seventh year in coaching.  He helped coach baseball at Slaton High School for 2 years while still in college. 

Scott has been married four years to his wife Gencie, who is a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Irons Middle School.  They have a daughter, Hattie, who just turned two in fall of '09.