Kenny Perry

Biography

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