Cedar Hill High School head coach Joey McGuire has been offered the open special teams/tight ends position on Texas’ staff, according to sources close to McGuire.

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McGuire, who just finished his 12th season as the head coach at Cedar Hill, has won three state titles with the Longhorns in Texas high school football's highest classification. This run includes back-to-back state championships the last two seasons -- the other came in 2006.

It may be tough to hire McGuire away from Cedar Hill, however.

His son is a quarterback on the team, and sources indicate he’d like to see him all the way through his senior season. McGuire has already been offered two assistant positions from other programs this offseason, but he turned both down.

Coaches throughout the state feel McGuire would be a great fit on a college staff.

“It’s just a matter of time (before he takes a college job),” said Rowlett head coach Doug Stephens. “You talk about a guy who has a good relationship with kids and is full of energy. He will do an awesome job. He’s got a great rapport with everybody.”

"Joey would be an absolutely tremendous addition to any college staff," said Westlake head coach Todd Dodge. "First, he's a damn good football coach. Two, he'll be a heck of a recruiter. He has that great personality. I think it would be awesome.

The search to fill the position began less than a month ago when longtime Texas assistant Bruce Chambers was fired on Dec. 31.