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Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College) was known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, a name suggested by the wife of Ewing Y. Freeland, the first football coach, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus. [1] In 1932, Texas Tech joined the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Texas Tech has had 17 head coaches, and three-interim head coaches. Five coaches have won conference championships with the Red Raiders: Pete Cawthon, Dell Morgan, DeWitt Weaver, Steve Sloan, and Spike Dykes. Mike Leach is the only head Texas Tech football coach to win a division title. Dykes is the all-time leader in games and years coached ...
Joe Newton McGuire (born August 6, 1971) [2] is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Texas Tech University, a position he had held since the 2022 season. McGuire previously served as the associate head coach and outside linebackers coach at Baylor University.
On January 1, 2011, Tuberville became the second head coach in Texas Tech football history to win a bowl game in his first season—an accomplishment unmatched since DeWitt Weaver's first season in 1951–52. [40] On January 18, 2011, Texas Tech announced that Tuberville received a one-year contract extension and a $500,000 per year raise. [41]
The team was known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, a name suggested by the wife of E. Y. Freeland, the first football coach, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus. In 1932, Texas Tech joined the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, also known as the Border Conference.
Kingsbury as Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach, 2013. Kingsbury was named head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders on December 12, 2012. [23] His contract included a salary of $10.5 million over five years. [24] At 33, Kingsbury was the second-youngest head coach of a team in an AQ conference and the third-youngest head coach in college ...
Pages in category "Texas Tech Red Raiders football coaches" The following 129 pages are in this category, out of 129 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In his inaugural game at the helm of the Red Raiders program on August 31, 2019, Wells led Texas Tech to a 45–10 victory over Montana State in the season opener at Jones AT&T Stadium. Texas Tech finished the season with a 4–8 record, including a win over No. 21 Oklahoma State and a 38–17 road win at West Virginia. [16]