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List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head football coaches

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List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head football coaches
Summary

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The first coach of the Red Raiders, known then as the Matadors, was [[Ewing Y. Freeland]].

The Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 17 head coaches, and three interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1925 season.

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. In 1932, Texas Tech joined the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The school's short-lived Matadors moniker was replaced officially in 1937 with "Red Raiders", the nickname the team has had ever since. Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in 1956, the Red Raiders won nine conference championships, the most held by a Border Conference member. Weaver and his predecessor Dell Morgan each won four conference championships, a record for a Texas Tech head coach.

In 1960, Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference. The Red Raiders won two conference championships in 1976 and 1994, under head coaches Steve Sloan and Spike Dykes respectively. Texas Tech became a charter member in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference in 1996 when the Southwest Conference disbanded. During his ninth season as head coach, Mike Leach led Texas Tech to the program's first division championship in 2008. After Leach was fired at the end of the 2009 season, Ruffin McNeill was named interim head coach for the Alamo Bowl. Tommy Tuberville coached the Red Raiders from 2010 to 2012, resigning after the conclusion of the regular season. Kliff Kingsbury, a former standout quarterback at Texas Tech, coached the Red Raider from 2013 to 2018. Matt Wells, coached the Red Raiders from 2019 to 2021, being fired before the conclusion of the season. Sonny Cumbie will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of 2021. Texas Tech hired Joey McGuire on November 8, 2021, for the 2022 season. McGuire was previously the associate head coach and outside linebackers coach at Baylor University.

Key

Coaches

No.NameSeason(s)GCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLPTCCsDCsNotable awards
1925–1928372110——————————
19291017——————————
1930–1940114763200——
1941–1950107554900—Border Conference Coach of the Year (1949)
1951–196010549510—Border Conference Coach of the Year (1951, 1953)
1961–1969924445000—SWC Coach of the Year (1965)
1970–197459372000—SWC Coach of the Year (1970, 1973)
1975–19773523120000—SWC Coach of the Year (1976)
1977–19803315160000—SWC Coach of the Year (1978)
†1981–19855516370000——
19861174000000—SWC Coach of the Year (1986)
1986–1999150826700SWC Coach of the Year (1989, 1993, 1994)
Big 12 Coach of the Year (1996)
2000–20091278443———0Big 12 Coach of the Year (2008)
George Munger Award (2008)
Woody Hayes Award (2008)
Int2009110—1.000————0————
142010–2012372017———0—
Int2012110—1.000————0————
152013–2018753540—.4661935—.35112—0——
162019–2021221317—.433716—.30400—0——
Int2021523—.40013—.25010————
172022–present533518—2412—22—1——

Notes

References

General

Specific

References

  1. Clark, Kyle. (2003-03-13). "Making Matadors: Spanish style architecture inspires Tech's first mascot". [[The Daily Toreador]].
  2. "Texas Tech Bowl History". College Football Data Warehouse.
  3. (2012-12-12). "Kliff Kingsbury coming home to Texas Tech to be Red Raiders head coach". [[Yahoo! Sports]].
  4. (November 30, 2018). "Texas Tech hires Utah State's Matt Wells to replace Kliff Kingsbury as its coach".
  5. "Texas Tech fires head coach Matt Wells, names Sonny Cumbie as interim".
  6. Rushing, Jane Gilmore. (1975). "Evolution of a University: Texas Tech's first fifty years". Madrona Press.
  7. Andrews, Ruth Horn. (1956). "The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College". [[Texas Tech University Press.
  8. (November 11, 2010). "Texas Tech 2010–11 Athletics Record Book". [[Texas Tech University]].
  9. Zuvanich, Adam. (2008-07-09). "Hall to enter Hall: Former QB among seven Tech honorees". [[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]].
  10. Traughbe, Bill. (2006-09-20). "Steve Sloan Talks About His Career". [[Vanderbilt University]].
  11. Gulick, Joe. (2008-09-17). "Dirk West: Coach hit it big". [[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]].
  12. Staff. (2016). ["Member Biography: Jerry Moore"]({{College Football HoF/url). [[National Football Foundation]].
  13. Freeman, Denne H.. (1987-10-31). "'Horns Concern Tech Players Not Departure of McWilliams". [[The Victoria Advocate]].
  14. (1994-12-04). "Dallas - Texas Tech's bid for its first Cotton Bowl Victory". [[Hearst Corporation]].
  15. "Spike Dykes Endowment Kickoff Luncheon". [[Texas Tech University]].
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