Where did Joey McGuire fall on the list of the all-time best DFW coaches?
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Joey McGuire is already held in high accord with West Texas after just four seasons coaching the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team. And after a few more years of the recent in-conference and national success that the program has enjoyed, he could be in the conversation for one of the best coaches in campus history.
In the lore of Texas high school football, McGuire's legacy already reaches those levels.
The Dallas Morning News ranked McGuire No. 5 in the publication's top-10 Dallas-area head coaches of all time.
A 31-year-old McGuire took over a Cedar Hill High School program that had never won a playoff game.
When his time with the Longhorns ended after 14 years at the helm from 2003 to 2016, Cedar Hill had won three state championships, including one that capped an undefeated season.
"Incredibly honored to be mentioned alongside this outstanding group of coaches. Truly humbled to be included on this list," McGuire said on social media this week.
McGuire went 141-42 as a high school head coach. From there, he entered the college ranks as an assistant at Baylor, then took his first head coaching job in Lubbock ahead of the 2022 season.
The top of the list ranks Highland Park's Randy Allen, Celina and Pilot Point's G.A. Moore Jr., Southlake Carroll's Todd Dodge and Duncanville's Reginald Samples ahead of McGuire.
The Red Raiders have entered one of their most successful eras in program history. The 2025 season, in particular, will go down in history because of Tech's conference championship - a first in the school's Big 12 era and its first conference title of any kind in decades.
McGuire has taken that on-field success into the recruiting and fundraising circuit, as well.
Tech recently renovated and opened their state-of-the-art football facility, which McGuire and the athletic department worked to fund with generous donors and supporters in the community. The Red Raiders have also welcomed the top recruiting class in the Big 12 over the last two cycles.
A stacked resume, no doubt, but McGuire will be the first to tell you that, until the Red Raiders host a national championship trophy, work still must be done.
He earned his legacy at Cedar Hill, and he's well on his way to replicating that type of success at Texas Tech.
