Football
Mayes, Adrian
Adrian Mayes
- Title:
- Assistant Coach, Tight Ends
- Email:
- UNTFootball@unt.edu
- Alma Mater:
- Kansas, 2007
Adrian Mayes joined the Mean Green coaching staff as the tight ends coach in February 2019.
As Mayes’ primary pupil, Jason Pirtle set career highs with 41 receptions and 380 yards. He added a pair of touchdowns and was named All-CUSA honorable mention.
Additionally, Mayes led a youthful tight end unit that served as key blockers for Conference USA’s top performing rushing attack. Senior Jason Pirtle earned the second All-Conference USA honor of his career in 2020 under the guidance of Mayes. Pirtle finished the season with 16 catches for 154 yards and a touchdown while appearing in all 10 games.
In Mayes’ first season in Denton, Pirtle earned his first all-conference honorable mention recognition from Conference USA. He caught 17 passes for 263 yards and five touchdowns, all career highs. Redshirt senior Kelvin Smith also caught 14 passes for the Mean Green.
In both 2019 and 2022, Mayes served as a coaching intern with the Los Angeles Chargers working with the tight end position during training camp.
Prior to his appointment in Denton, Mayes spent three seasons at Texas State. His final two seasons from 2017-18 he served as tight ends coach after coaching the offensive line in 2016. Mayes also served as the recruiting coordinator for the Bobcats during his time in San Marcos.
In 2018, Mayes coached Pro Football Focus First-Team All-American Keenen Brown, who caught a team-best 51 passes for 577 yards and five scores. Brown, also named to the Sun Belt's first team, had 17 more receptions than the team's second leading receiver.
In 2017, Mayes coached All-Sun Belt Conference Second-Team tight end Gabe Schrade, who caught 20 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns.
Mayes joined Texas State's staff after serving as the director of football recruiting at Houston during the 2015 season. The previous year, he was an offensive graduate assistant at Ohio State in 2014 when the Buckeyes won the first College Football Playoff Championship with victories over Alabama and Oregon.
Mayes went to Ohio State after serving three seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Rice, where he coached both the offensive and defensive lines for the Owls during his tenure. He also spent two seasons as a defensive graduate assistant coach in 2012 and 2013 after beginning his coaching career as an offensive graduate assistant coach in 2011.
He helped coach the Owls to a Conference USA championship, a Liberty Bowl berth in 2013 and a 33-14 victory over Air Force in the 2012 Armed Forces Bowl. His coaching experience also includes completing an internship with the New York Jets while working with the running backs in the spring and summer of 2013.
Mayes began his coaching career after playing four seasons at Kansas, where he developed into a standout offensive guard and was named the Jayhawks' Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior. He initially joined the Jayhawks as a walk-on before being named a two-time Honorable Mention All-Big 12 selection and playing on three bowl championship teams in the 2005 Fort Worth Bowl, 2008 Orange Bowl and 2008 Insight Bowl. He also was named to the Big 12 All-Academic Second Team twice.
Mayes earned his bachelor’s degree in business management leadership and a master’s degree in sports administration at Kansas. He also served a graduate assistant on the strength and conditioning staff at Kansas. He and his wife, Amy, have a son, Aiden.
Coaching History
2011-13: Rice, graduate assistant
2013: New York Jets, internship
2014: Ohio State, graduate assistant
2015: Houston, director of football recruiting
2016: Texas State, offensive line
2017-18: Texas State, tight ends
2019: Los Angeles Chargers, tight end intern
2019-current: UNT, tight ends
2022: Los Angeles Chargers, tight end intern
As Mayes’ primary pupil, Jason Pirtle set career highs with 41 receptions and 380 yards. He added a pair of touchdowns and was named All-CUSA honorable mention.
Additionally, Mayes led a youthful tight end unit that served as key blockers for Conference USA’s top performing rushing attack. Senior Jason Pirtle earned the second All-Conference USA honor of his career in 2020 under the guidance of Mayes. Pirtle finished the season with 16 catches for 154 yards and a touchdown while appearing in all 10 games.
In Mayes’ first season in Denton, Pirtle earned his first all-conference honorable mention recognition from Conference USA. He caught 17 passes for 263 yards and five touchdowns, all career highs. Redshirt senior Kelvin Smith also caught 14 passes for the Mean Green.
In both 2019 and 2022, Mayes served as a coaching intern with the Los Angeles Chargers working with the tight end position during training camp.
Prior to his appointment in Denton, Mayes spent three seasons at Texas State. His final two seasons from 2017-18 he served as tight ends coach after coaching the offensive line in 2016. Mayes also served as the recruiting coordinator for the Bobcats during his time in San Marcos.
In 2018, Mayes coached Pro Football Focus First-Team All-American Keenen Brown, who caught a team-best 51 passes for 577 yards and five scores. Brown, also named to the Sun Belt's first team, had 17 more receptions than the team's second leading receiver.
In 2017, Mayes coached All-Sun Belt Conference Second-Team tight end Gabe Schrade, who caught 20 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns.
Mayes joined Texas State's staff after serving as the director of football recruiting at Houston during the 2015 season. The previous year, he was an offensive graduate assistant at Ohio State in 2014 when the Buckeyes won the first College Football Playoff Championship with victories over Alabama and Oregon.
Mayes went to Ohio State after serving three seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Rice, where he coached both the offensive and defensive lines for the Owls during his tenure. He also spent two seasons as a defensive graduate assistant coach in 2012 and 2013 after beginning his coaching career as an offensive graduate assistant coach in 2011.
He helped coach the Owls to a Conference USA championship, a Liberty Bowl berth in 2013 and a 33-14 victory over Air Force in the 2012 Armed Forces Bowl. His coaching experience also includes completing an internship with the New York Jets while working with the running backs in the spring and summer of 2013.
Mayes began his coaching career after playing four seasons at Kansas, where he developed into a standout offensive guard and was named the Jayhawks' Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior. He initially joined the Jayhawks as a walk-on before being named a two-time Honorable Mention All-Big 12 selection and playing on three bowl championship teams in the 2005 Fort Worth Bowl, 2008 Orange Bowl and 2008 Insight Bowl. He also was named to the Big 12 All-Academic Second Team twice.
Mayes earned his bachelor’s degree in business management leadership and a master’s degree in sports administration at Kansas. He also served a graduate assistant on the strength and conditioning staff at Kansas. He and his wife, Amy, have a son, Aiden.
Coaching History
2011-13: Rice, graduate assistant
2013: New York Jets, internship
2014: Ohio State, graduate assistant
2015: Houston, director of football recruiting
2016: Texas State, offensive line
2017-18: Texas State, tight ends
2019: Los Angeles Chargers, tight end intern
2019-current: UNT, tight ends
2022: Los Angeles Chargers, tight end intern
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