Editor’s Note: The following was provided by the Webb School of Knoxville.
Longtime Webb School of Knoxville football coach and athletic director, David Meske, a native of Whitewater, Wisconsin, and a Class of 1978 Whitewater High School graduate, will be inducted into the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Hall of Fame for 2023. He is one of nine inductees who will be honored at the annual TSSAA luncheon in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April 15, 2023.
Dave Meske served as the head football coach at Webb School of Knoxville for nearly 40 years, compiling an overall record of 291-146. His teams won six TSSAA Division II-AA state championships (2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) and one Division I 2A state championship (1996), and were state runners-up three times (1997, 2005, 2015). Meske also served as the school’s athletic director for 28 years, the Upper School Dean of Students for seven years, and has been a member of the TSSAA Board of Control since 2015. He was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame and TN Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and the stadium at Webb was named “David Meske Stadium” in his honor in 2015. Meske has also received numerous coach of the year honors, served in the military for 20 years, and is set to retire after the 2022-2023 school year.
Editor’s note: According to Wikipedia, “Webb School of Knoxville is a private coeducational day school in Knoxville, Tennessee, enrolling students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade.” Its enrollment is approximately 1000 students.
