Texas Tech has extended new contracts to each of Joey McGuire's top coordinators ahead of the team's first College Football Playoff appearance.
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech's fourth-year head coach Joey McGuire will lead his band of Red Raiders toward the program's first ever College Football Playoff appearance this week as the team returned from their Big 12 Championship celebration to prepare for their quarterfinal game on New Year's Day.
McGuire has been masterful in bringing his vision of toughness and grit to fruition this season, a year that has experienced countless "firsts" for Texas Tech football on the national stage. Even more impressive is how the head coach has been able to have this success with two first-year coordinators on staff in offensive mind Mack Leftwich and defensive savant Shiel Wood moving to Lubbock ahead of this season.
Now after contributing to a storybook season, their story is just beginning with the Red Raiders.
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Texas Tech announced new contract extensions to each of its coordinators, along with general manager James Blanchard and associate head coach/special teams coordinator Kenny Perry, that run through the 2028 season.
“I appreciate [Tech athletic director] Kirby Hocutt and our administration for proactively investing in the future of our football program,” McGuire said in a statement from Tech Athletics.
“Our expectation is to compete annually for championships with this staff and the resources we have in place here at Texas Tech. While we still have goals in front of us this season, we’re thankful to have the support of an incredible fan base and administration that believes strongly in the future of this program.”
Part of the resources that led to this historic season was the state-of-the-art commitment to one of the largest NIL collectives in the country, spearheaded by mega-donor Cody Campbell.
Campbell, an alum of the program, oil-business billionaire and now Chair of the Texas Tech Board or Regents, is thrilled of the news that McGuire's staff will stay intact long-term.
"Keeping the band together!! Let’s goooo!!" he said in reposting the news on social media.
These contract moves come after McGuire inked a new seven-year extension of his own weeks prior, keeping him in the 806 through at least the 2032 season.
McGuire's contract begins at a $6.2 million salary next season, rises to as high as a $7.1 million figure in the term's final year, and includes opportunities throughout for hefty bonuses based on team success, according to the Dallas Morning News.
McGuire constantly preaches culture within his facilities. He frequents the motto of how Texas Tech strives to be "the toughest, hardest-working, most competitive team in the country."
They've done that - and will look to continue to do so - on the field.
Now this is an example of the administration committing to the foundation that has built that culture from the sidelines.
Said McGuire last week about the sustainability of this momentum, both in financial resources and on-field success: "People have asked me all the time is it sustainable, one hundred percent it is...
"I really think people need to get used to it, because we're not going anywhere."
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