Meiko Locksley: How did Mike Locksley’s Son Die?
Mia Horton
Published Feb 22, 2026
In charge at the University of Maryland at the moment is an American football coach named Michael Anthony Locksley. At the University of Alabama, Locksley previously held the position of offensive coordinator.
In 2009, he took over as head coach of the University of New Mexico after working as an assistant coach for a number of college football teams. In 2011, he was fired from UNM and returned to Maryland as the offensive coordinator.
Locksley along with his wife Kia have four children, three sons, Mike Jr., Meiko, and Kai, and a daughter, Kori. On September 3, 2017, Meiko was fatally shot in Columbia, Maryland.
Mike’s son Kai was a college football quarterback who played at Texas and Iowa Western Community College and finished his final two years of eligibility at UTEP.
Meiko Locksley: How did Mike Locksley’s Son Die?
Locksley and his wife, Kia, appeared Thursday with police from Howard County, Maryland, who increased a reward to $20,000 for information about Meiko Locksley’s homicide on Sept. 3, 2017.
Meiko Locksley, 25, was found with a gunshot wound to his chest in Columbia, Maryland, and pronounced dead at an area hospital.