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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.
On December 8, 2012, Tuberville resigned as head coach at Texas Tech in order to become the 38th head coach at the University of Cincinnati. He signed a $2.2 million contract to coach the team. [40] [41] Cincinnati's athletic director, Whit Babcock, had previously worked with Tuberville at Auburn; the two had been friends for several years. [42]
During this off-year election, the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections held throughout the year. In total, only the seat representing New York's 23rd congressional district changed party hands, increasing the Democratic Party 's majority over the Republicans in the United States House of ...
2009 (Texas Tech): 8-4, 5-3 Big 12 Mike Leach coaching at Washington State After two seasons from coaching, Leach was hired as the Washington State football coach on November 30, 2011.
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.
Arkansas ends the season 7-6 while Texas Tech falls to 8-5. ... Texas Tech head football coach Joey McGuire hoped to use a Liberty Bowl win over Arkansas Friday night in Memphis to jump start his ...
After failing to make the NCAA tournament, and compiling a 16-42 Big 12 Conference record over his three and a half seasons as head coach, Texas Tech terminated Pat Knight's position has head coach. On March 20, 2011, Texas Tech hired Billy Clyde Gillispie, former head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, Texas A&M Aggies, and UTEP Miners, as the ...
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]