"The next head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders had been a true underdog candidate at the start of the search process. To folks outside the Lone Star State, he was a relative unknown. This wasn't how these searches normally go. A longtime high school football coach with no college head coaching, coordinator or playcalling experience almost never gets to make the leap to the big job."
"This particular candidate turned down a college head coaching opportunity in 2019 and spent the next two years living with regret, not knowing when he'd get another shot. But here's the thing about McGuire, according to anyone who knows him well: If you get Joey McGuire in the room, he's going to get the job."
"Texas Tech interviewed two sitting head coaches in Jeff Traylor and Sonny Dykes. Some powerful people wanted Mike Leach or Art Briles. Tech officials visited with prominent alumni and coordinators on the rise, including future Texas A&M coach Mike Elko. But after one sit-down with the magnetic McGuire, the members of Texas Tech's search committee were undeniably smitten. "I'll never forget when it ended and he walked out, we were all like, 'We found our guy,'""
Joey McGuire, a longtime high-school football coach, was hired as Texas Tech's head coach in November 2021 despite lacking college head-coaching, coordinator or playcalling experience. He previously turned down a college head-coaching opportunity in 2019 and spent two years regretting the decision. McGuire called his family immediately after the hire and saw their joyful reaction on video. Texas Tech considered several prominent candidates and interviewed sitting head coaches, while some influential figures favored other names. After a single interview, the search committee felt strongly that McGuire was the right choice for the program.
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