List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head football coaches
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The Texas Tech Red Raiders football
program is a college football
team that represents Texas Tech University
in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference
in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 14 head coaches, and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1925 season
.
Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College
) was known as the "Matador
s" 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. The same year, Pete Cawthon
, Texas Tech's third head coach, led the team to their first conference championship and bowl game
berth, a 7–6 loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers
in the Sun Bowl. Texas Tech suffered four more bowl losses, under two head coaches, before their first postseason win in the 1952 Sun Bowl, under first-year head coach DeWitt Weaver
. Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in 1956, the Red Raiders won eight conference championships and one co-championship, 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 conference co-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 co-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
. The Red Raiders' current head coach, Tommy Tuberville
, was hired on January 9, 2010.
Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University . The team competes, as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
program is a college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
team that represents Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...
in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 14 head coaches, and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1925 season
1925 college football season
The 1925 college football season ended with the University of Alabama's recognition as a football powerhouse. The Rose Bowl was closer to a national championship than had been seen previously, providing an intersectional matchup between two unbeaten teams, the Washington Huskies and the Alabama...
.
Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College
History of Texas Tech University
The history of Texas Tech University dates back to the early 1880s, but the university was not established until 1923.-Establishment:The call to open a college in West Texas began shortly after the arrival of settlers in the area in the 1880s. In 1917, the Texas legislature passed a bill creating a...
) was known as the "Matador
Matador
A torero or toureiro is a bullfighter and the main performer in bullfighting, practised in Spain, Colombia, Portugal, Mexico, France and various other countries influenced by Spanish culture. In Spanish, the word torero describes any of the performers who actively participate in the bullfight...
s" 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
Architecture of the Spanish Renaissance
Renaissance architecture was that style of architecture which evolved firstly in Florence and then Rome and other parts of Italy as the result of Humanism and a revived interest in Classical architecture...
on campus. In 1932, Texas Tech joined the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Border Conference , was an NCAA-affiliated college athletic conference founded in 1931 that disbanded following the 1961-1962 season...
. The school's short-lived Matadors moniker was replaced officially in 1937 with "Red Raiders", the nickname the team has had ever since. The same year, Pete Cawthon
Pete Cawthon
Peter Willis Cawthon was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team from 1930-1941.Cawthon graduated from Houston Central High School in 1917 and went on to attend Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. He lettered in baseball, football, and basketball during his freshman year...
, Texas Tech's third head coach, led the team to their first conference championship and bowl game
Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
berth, a 7–6 loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers
West Virginia Mountaineers football
The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA FBS division of college football. Dana Holgorsen is the team's 33rd head coach. He has held the position since he was promoted in June 2011 after the resignation of Bill Stewart. The Mountaineers play their...
in the Sun Bowl. Texas Tech suffered four more bowl losses, under two head coaches, before their first postseason win in the 1952 Sun Bowl, under first-year head coach DeWitt Weaver
DeWitt Weaver
DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Sr. was the head football coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 1951 to 1960.He was the first head football coach at Texas Tech to win a bowl game during his first season—an accomplishment unmatched at Texas Tech until Tommy Tuberville's first season, in 2010-2011.In...
. Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in 1956, the Red Raiders won eight conference championships and one co-championship, the most held by a Border Conference member. Weaver and his predecessor Dell Morgan
Dell Morgan
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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 conference co-championships in 1976 and 1994, under head coaches Steve Sloan
Steve Sloan
Stephen Charles Sloan is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football as a quarterback at the University of Alabama from 1962 to 1965 and then played for two seasons in the National Football League with the Atlanta Falcons...
and Spike Dykes
Spike Dykes
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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 co-championship in 2008. After Leach was fired at the end of the 2009 season
2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the college football season of 2009–10. The team was coached by Mike Leach during the regular season, and was coached by interim head coach Ruffin McNeill during the 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl. The Red Raiders played...
, Ruffin McNeill
Ruffin McNeill
Ruffin McNeill is the head football coach for the East Carolina Pirates. Before being named head coach, McNeill served the Texas Tech Red Raiders as an interim head coach, assistant head coach, special teams coordinator, and linebackers coach...
was named interim head coach for the Alamo Bowl
2010 Alamo Bowl (January)
The 2010 Alamo Bowl was the seventeenth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday, January 2, 2010. The game featured the Michigan State Spartans against the Texas Tech Red Raiders.The 2010 game was the last one to feature a team...
. The Red Raiders' current head coach, Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
Thomas Hawley Tuberville is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Texas Tech University, a position he has held since the 2010 season...
, was hired on January 9, 2010.
Key
| # | Number of coaches |
| GC | Games coached |
| OW | Wins |
| OL | Losses |
| OT | Ties |
| O% | Winning percentage Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... |
| CW | Wins |
| CL | Losses |
| CT | Ties |
| C% | Winning percentage |
| PW | Wins |
| PL | Losses |
| PT | Ties |
| CCs | Conference |
| DCs | Division |
Coaches
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season2010 NCAA Division I FBS football seasonThe 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...
| # | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CCs | DCs | Notable awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1925–1928 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | ||
| 2 | 1929 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | ||
| 3 | 1930–1940 | 114 | 76 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0— | 0— | |||
| 4 | 1941–1950 | 107 | 55 | 49 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0— | ||||
| 5 | 1951–1960 | 105 | 49 | 51 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0— | ||||
| 6 | 1961–1969 | 92 | 44 | 45 | 3 | 27 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0— | ||||
| 7 | 1970–1974 | 59 | 37 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0— | ||||
| 8 | 1975–1977 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0— | ||||
| 9 | 1977–1980 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0— | ||||
| 10 | 1981–1985 | 55 | 16 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0— | 0— | |||
| 11 | 1986 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0— | ||||
| 12 | 1986–1999 | 150 | 82 | 67 | 1 | 57 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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| 13 | 2000–2009 | 127 | 84 | 43 | 0— | 47 | 33 | 0— | 5 | 4 | 0— | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 14Int | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0— | 1.000 | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 1 | 0 | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | |
| 1514 | 2010–present | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0— | 3 | 5 | 0— | 1 | 0 | 0— | 0 | 0 | 0— |