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Joey McGuire enters his fifth season as Texas Tech’s head football coach where he has quickly built the Red Raiders into a Big 12 champion and a national con...

Clay McGuire enters his second season back on the Texas Tech sidelines as the Red Raiders’ offensive line coach. This is McGuire’s third stint on the Texas Tech coaching staff and first overseeing the offensive line after coaching the position for more than 10 years overall. McGuire previously served his alma mater in various roles from 2006-09, ultimately rising to special teams coordinator (2007-08) and running backs coach (2009) under the late Mike Leach before returning again in 2018 to be the co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach for Kliff Kingsbury. He is believed to be only the second assistant coach in school history to serve three different stints on the Texas Tech coaching staff, joining the late Carlos Mainord. Texas Tech boasted one of the nation’s top offenses during McGuire’s first season back at his alma mater as the Red Raiders closed the season ranked fourth in the FBS for scoring at 37.6 points per game as well as ninth for both total offense a contest (462.7) and passing yards per game (296.7). It marked Texas Tech’s most points per game since its 2016 offense averaged 43.7 a contest behind quarterback Patrick Mahomes II. In addition, Tahj Brooks became Texas Tech’s all-time leading rusher after carving up defenses to the tune of more than 1,500 rushing yards to again rank among the national leaders. This despite relying on an offensive line that utilized six different starting combinations up front throughout the season due to injury. Caleb Roge

Cole Maxwell enters his third season on the Texas Tech coaching staff as he serves as a graduate assistant working specifically with the defensive line. The Red Raiders gave up only 26.0 points per game during Maxwell’s first season on staff, their lowest since 2009, behind the consistent play in the middle from Tony Bradford Jr. and Jaylon Hutchings. Both seniors earned honorable mention All-Big 12 accolades en route to pushing Texas Tech to a 5-4 record in Big 12 play and a victory over Cal in the Radiant Technologies Independence Bowl. The Red Raiders finished 8-5 during Maxwell’s second season following an appearance in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. The 2023 season marked Maxwell’s first in a coaching position following a successful playing career at Baylor where he played under head coach Joey McGuire. Maxwell started in 19 games along the defensive line for the Bears, helping push Baylor to a Big 12 title in 2021 and a victory in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Baylor also made a Big 12 Championship appearance during his 2019 sophomore campaign, which was unfortunately cut short due to injury. For his career, Maxwell totaled 48 tackles, including 2.5 for a loss and 1.5 sacks, while also adding a forced fumble and three pass breakups. He was an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection in 2021 after making 27 stops and 1.5 sacks over 13 starts. Maxwell had three tackles in both the Big 12 Championship win over Oklahoma as well as the victory versus Ole Miss in the AllState Sugar Bowl

Darcel McBath, one of the top defensive backs in school history, enters his second season on the Texas Tech football staff and his first as the Red Raiders’ ...

Dave Martin reunited with head coach Joey McGuire shortly after his hire at Texas Tech as he was named Director of Player Development on his charter staff. The role is an important one for McGuire, who quickly plunked Martin to oversee many of the Red Raiders’ initiatives in the Lubbock community. Martin, a former assistant coach under McGuire at Cedar Hill High School, is also the football liaison for the academic advising staff located at the Marsha Sharp Center for Student-Athletes. On the field, he assists with the secondary. Martin arrived in Lubbock as one of the top high school coaches in his native state of Oklahoma as he was an impressive 138-38 over 14 seasons as the athletic director and head football coach at Jones High School in the Oklahoma City area. Martin led his alma mater to seven district championships and a playoff appearance in all but one season, making Jones easily one of the top programs in the state. The highlight of his tenure came in 2016 when Jones claimed the Class 3A state title, the first for the Longhorns in school history. The monumental win for Jones followed similar close finishes under Martin as the Longhorns appeared in the state title game previously in 2011, his fourth season as head coach, and then the state semifinals in 2012 and 2015. Jones returned to the state semifinals a year after that state title victory in 2017 as well. The 2016 season earned Martin a slew of coaching honors as he was tabbed the All-State Coach of the Year by

Eric Gerald enters his 10th season with the Texas Tech athletics department and his third in the role of Director of Football Video. Gerald oversees all the ...

Garret McGuire enters his first season as Texas Tech’s running backs coach following stints with the Carolina Panthers in the NFL and most recently in helping rebuild Nebraska into a bowl participant. This will be McGuire’s fifth season at either the collegiate or professional level and first in overseeing the running backs position. He previously was the wide receivers coach for Nebraska the past two seasons after beginning his career as a coaching assistant with the Panthers in 2021. McGuire, the son of Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire, was promoted to an offensive assistant with the Panthers a year later ahead of the 2022 season. Nebraska returned to a bowl game for the first time since 2016 with McGuire on staff in 2024 as the Huskers finished 7-6 overall following a victory over Boston College in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. McGuire contributed to consecutive top-25 recruiting classes for the Huskers as he was responsible for four four-star prospects signing with Nebraska for the 2025 class alone. McGuire has been recognized as one of the nation's top up-and-coming coaches since being hired by Nebraska at only the age of 23. Over his two seasons, McGuire, now 25, was named to the 2024 class for the AFCA 35 Under 35 list as well as the 30-Under-30 ranking of top young assistants compiled by 247Sports in 2023. While at Nebraska, McGuire tutored a young wide receiver room with three true freshmen in Jaylen Lloyd, Malachi Coleman and Jaidyn Doss all seeing significan

Imarjaye Albury Sr. enters his first season as Texas Tech's defensive line coach, bringing nearly a decade of experience at both the NFL and collegiate levels. Albury arrives at Texas Tech following six seasons in various roles with the Vikings, including five on the coaching staff where he rose to assistant defensive line coach. The Vikings made two playoff appearances during his tenure thanks to a 14-3 record in 2024 and a 13-4 campaign in 2022. Albury began his tenure in Minnesota as a defensive quality control and assistant linebackers coach from 2020-21 before transitioning to the front office as a pro scout during the 2022 season. He was named a defensive assistant a year later, working with the outside linebackers during the 2023-24 campaigns before being named the assistant defensive line coach this past season. Minnesota ranked tied for fourth in the NFL for sacks during the 2025 season, totaling 49.0 as a team with Albury’s unit combining for 15.0 on their own. Jalen Redmond led the defensive line with 6.0 sacks in only his second NFL season, developing from an undrafted free agent who originally signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2023 to one of the Vikings’ leaders in the middle. The Vikings were previously second in the NFL with 51.0 sacks during Albury’s second season on staff in 2021, their most since 1992. Albury played an integral role in Jonathan Greenard and Andrew Van Ginkel being named to the Pro Bowl for the first time in their respective careers during

Jack Teachey enters his first season as a senior defensive analyst on the Texas Tech staff where he reunites with new defensive coordinator Shiel Wood and pr...

Jackson Kimble enters his second season as an offensive graduate assistant on the Texas Tech coaching staff where he assists with the offensive line. The Red Raiders boasted one of the nation’s top offenses during Kimble’s first season on staff as Texas Tech ranked in the top 10 in the FBS for passing offense, total offense and scoring. The Red Raiders averaged 37.6 points per game – the fourth-highest clip in the country – while also averaging 452.7 total yards and 296.7 passing yards, which both finished ninth in the FBS. Texas Tech’s offense helped push the Red Raiders to an 8-5 record and an appearance in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Caleb Rogers earned honorable mention All-Big 12 accolades after starting at both guard and tackle throughout the 2024 season. He was later selected in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Las Vegas Raiders, marking the first time a Texas Tech offensive lineman had heard his name called in the first three rounds since Le’Raven Clark did so in 2016 by the Indianapolis Colts. A former offensive lineman himself at Baylor, Kimble arrived at Texas Tech following one year in a similar capacity at Buffalo. Kimble helped mentor two All-MAC selections during his lone season as left tackle Gabe Wallace and right guard Tyler Doty were both recognized as third team selections by the conference coaches. It marked the second coaching position of his young career as he was previously a student assistant coach at Baylor during the 2022 campaign. The Be

Jacquies Smith enters his first season as Texas Tech's outside linebackers coach, bringing significant experience in developing edge rushers at both the coll...

Former Red Raider great Jah’Shawn Johnson enters his fourth season on the Texas Tech coaching staff where he serves as an assistant defensive backs coach, wo...

One of the top up-and-coming coaches in college football, Josh Cochran enters his fourth season as a charter member of Joey McGuire’s staff at Texas Tech whe...

Josh Haverfield enters his fifth season on the Texas Tech strength staff and his second in the role of coordinator of football performance and analytics. Hav...

Katie Meade enters her first season as a full-time member of the Texas Tech football staff where she serves as a coordinator for on-campus recruiting. Meade,...

No stranger to the state of Texas, Kenny Perry was one of Joey McGuire’s first hires when he accepted the Texas Tech position prior to the 2022 season. In the three seasons since, Perry has already tutored Texas Tech’s all-time leading rusher in Tahj Brooks as well as the school’s career record holder for punting average in Austin McNamara and the single-season record holder for field goal percentage in Gino Garcia. Perry served as both Texas Tech’s special teams coordinator and running backs coach in each of his first three seasons on staff, helping push the Red Raiders to three bowl appearances and 16 wins during Big 12 Conference play. During that stretch, Texas Tech and Kansas State are the only two Big 12 schools with a winning league record in each of the past three seasons, regardless of conference affiliation. Perry will continue to oversee the Red Raiders’ special teams as he enters his fourth season, while remaining a key voice in the offensive staff room. Perry brings a similar background as McGuire as both were successful head coaches in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex before joining the collegiate ranks. He boasts more than 20 years of coaching experience, including 14 as a high school head coach and then more than a decade at the college level with stops at TCU, Kansas, SMU and now Texas Tech. In only three short seasons, Perry has transformed Texas Tech’s special teams into one of the most-consistent units in the country behind McNamara, a pair of kickers in Tr

Lindsey Scott Jr. enters his first season as Texas Tech's assistant quarterbacks coach in 2025. He joined the staff following two seasons as an offensive ana...

Mac Alexander enters his first season on Texas Tech’s coaching staff as assistant special teams coordinator and specialists coach. Alexander arrives at Texas Tech following three seasons as the associate head coach at Colorado State-Pueblo where he served as special teams coordinator as well as defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator. Alexander has a long history coaching special teams at the Division II level as well as a graduate assistant at Washington State from 2020-21. This will be his second stint in the state of Texas after previously serving as the safeties coach at Tarleton State during the 2019 season. Alexander moved from there to Washington State, then Western New Mexico in 2022 and to Colorado State-Pueblo the past three seasons. CSU Pueblo claimed the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in each of Alexander’s final two seasons, combining for 20 wins during that span with two appearances in the NCAA Division II playoffs. The 2024 conference title was CSU Pueblo’s first since 2014 and was only the eighth 10-win season in program history. Alexander’s special teams units contributed to much of that success as the Thunderwolves combined for 12 blocked kicks the past two seasons alone to rank among the national leaders. He regularly fielded several of the nation’s top special teams units over his three seasons as CSU Pueblo led the country in kickoff return average (29.95) in 2023 and ranked fourth in punt return coverage (2.00) in 2024. Alexander coached 2

Mack Leftwich, one of the top offensive coordinators in the country, enters his first season as Texas Tech’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Leftwich arrived at Texas Tech following two seasons at Texas State where he developed one of the nation's top offenses as the Bobcats led the Sun Belt Conference and ranked in the top 15 nationally for total offense and scoring during the 2023-24 campaigns. Texas State's success offensively has pushed the Bobcats to their first two bowl appearances in school history and 16 combined victories, a significant improvement for a program that had not won more than four games since 2014. Leftwich inherited a Texas State offense that ranked 110th in the country for scoring at only 21.1 points per game prior to his arrival in 2022. He quickly changed that narrative, however, as Texas State used a balanced attack to average 36.7 points per game in 2023 and then 36.5 points in 2024, easily its highest two single-season averages since the Bobcats joined the FBS level in 2012. The Bobcats led the Sun Belt for scoring average in each of his two seasons, while finishing seventh in the FBS in 2023 and then 11th in 2024. The son of an offensive line coach, Leftwich’s offenses burned opponents both through the air and on the ground as Texas State ranked in the top 30 of the FBS rankings for both passing and rushing yards per game both seasons. The Bobcats led the Sun Belt in total offense per game each season, ranking as high as fifth in th

Matt Panker enters his first season as a defensive assistant on the Texas Tech staff, working directly with co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Rob Greene. Panker arrived at Texas Tech following two seasons at Army where he was the defensive quality control coach during the 2025 season. He began his tenure with the Black Knights as a defensive analyst under Army defensive coordinator Nate Woody in 2024. On the field he worked with the cornerbacks. Army put together its best season in the more than 100-year history of the program during Panker’s first year on the staff in 2024, finishing an impressive 12-2 overall, including a perfect 8-0 mark in the Black Knights first season in the American Athletic Conference. The Black Knights ended the season at No. 21 in the Associated Press poll after topping Tulane in the AAC Championship Game as well as Louisiana Tech in the Independence Bowl. Army boasted one of the nations top defenses throughout the 2024 season as the Black Knights finished fourth in the FBS after allowing only 15.5 points per game. Army was also eighth in the country for total defense, giving up just 297.9 yards per game as part of a defense that was also ranked in the top 25 for red zone defense, passing defense, rushing defense and passes intercepted. In 2025 the Army defense finished in the top…(add team stats, rankings here) and ended the season with a win against UCONN in the Fenway Bowl. Panker began his coaching career immediately after his own play

Rob Greene enters his first season as Texas Tech’s safeties coach, bringing with him a strong familiar of the Red Raiders’ new defensive scheme under coordinator Shiel Wood. Greene arrived at Texas Tech following two seasons at Tulane where the Green Wave combined for 20 wins and played for two American Athletic Conference titles during his tenure after finishing 15-1 overall in regular-season conference games. This is his third stint working alongside Wood as the two were previously on staff together at Wofford in 2017 and at Tulane in 2023. Tulane ranked among the nation's most-opportunistic defenses during Greene's two seasons, especially in 2023 when the Green Wave led the AAC for both turnovers gained (27) and total interceptions (17), finishing third and fourth nationally in the two categories. Wood was Tulane's defensive coordinator that season with Greene serving as defensive backs coach for a unit that was also 16th in the FBS for rushing defense (112.7 yards per game), 23rd for scoring defense (20.5 points per game) and 36th for total defense (341.3 yards per game). Greene remained at Tulane following Wood's departure following the 2023 season as a defensive analyst and safeties coach. Tulane closed the 2024 campaign tied for the FBS high with six defensive touchdowns and ranked 15th nationally for passing yards allowed (177.7 yards per game), 24th for both total defense (323.5 yards per game) and scoring defense (20.6 points allowed per game) and then 27th with 14

Sean Kenney enters his fourth season on the Texas Tech personnel staff and his third in the role of Director of Scouting where he assists general manager Jam...

Shiel Wood enters his first season as Texas Tech’s defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach, bringing a reputation of immediately improving defenses from previous stops at Troy, Tulane and Houston. One of the top up-and-coming defensive coaches in the country, Wood boasts 15 years of experience at the Division I level and has been a defensive coordinator each of the past four seasons. Wood arrived at Texas Tech following one season in a similar position at Houston where he helped the Cougars transform into one of the Big 12 Conference's top defenses in 2024. Wood's defenses have ranked inside the top 35 for total defense in all four seasons since he was first named a co-defensive coordinator at Army in 2021. Since then, he has also made stops as the defensive coordinator at Troy in 2022, Tulane in 2023 and then Houston. He was also the defensive coordinator at Wofford, his alma mater, in 2017. His defenses helped push Troy to a 12-win season and Sun Belt Conference title in 2022, while Tulane finished with 11 wins and an appearance in the American Championship in 2023. Troy ended that season ranked as high as No. 19 in the Associated Press poll, marking the first time in program history the Trojans had appeared in the final rankings. Army, meanwhile, was an impressive 9-4 overall during his lone season as co-defensive coordinator after a victory over Missouri in the Armed Forces Bowl. Wood immediately improved a Houston defense that ranked 105th nationally for scori

Taylor Young enters his second season on the Texas Tech coaching staff as a defensive quality control coach working with the Red Raider inside linebackers. Young’s arrival in Lubbock reunited him with many on the Texas Tech staff from his time as a student-athlete at Baylor. Young was one of the Big 12’s most-imposing linebackers over his four-year career, totaling 325 tackles, 39.0 tackles for loss and 15.5 sacks, all while earning All-Big 12 honors three times and also being named Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press in 2014 and the Defensive MVP of the 2015 Cotton Bowl. Young, whose last season coincided with head coach Joey McGuire’s arrival in Waco as an assistant coach, remains one of the top tacklers in Baylor history as he still ranks third in career tackles for loss, fourth for both career solo tackles and sacks and tied for eighth in total tackles. Young made 40 career starts at linebacker for the Bears before being invited to training camp with the Arizona Cardinals after completing his collegiate career. Young was able to help pass along that same wisdom during his first season with the Red Raiders as inside linebacker Jacob Rodriguez earned All-Big 12 first team honors as one of the top tacklers in college football. Rodriguez, only the third Red Raider in program history to garner All-Big 12 first team honors, recorded 127 tackles on the season, ranking third in the FBS for the category, all while finishing as one of the country’s top con

Player Bio (2019-23) Xavier White rejoined the Texas Tech football program in a new role this offseason as he enters his first season as an offensive assista...