Texas Tech football has reportedly found its next head in Baylor associate head coach Joey McGuire and here are instant reactions to the hire.
It seems like the Texas Tech football program knew exactly what it wanted in its next head coach and on Sunday, it was reported by the Lubbock Avalance Journal that the Red Raiders have settled on their guy which will be Baylor associate head coach Joey McGuire.
As @cmsilvajr and I reported Sunday night, Baylor associate head coach Joey McGuire to be named Texas Tech's next head coach. https://t.co/M3mmcX2sbB
— Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) November 8, 2021
It was just a couple of weeks ago that the Red Raiders fired head coach Matt Wells after he started the season with a 5-3 record.
The record was better this season but Texas Tech football had major issues under Wells namely in the recruiting department as the Red Raiders only had one top-50 recruiting class under Wells and if you can’t recruit at a program in the state of Texas, you aren’t going to win.
So the Red Raiders made a change and here are three takeaways to Texas Tech’s hiring of Baylor associate head coach Joey McGuire.
It will help recruiting
McGuire has never been a head coach or even a coordinator at the college level but he has been a high school head coach in the state of Texas and won multiple state championships.
That might not sound like much but for one thing, Texas high school football is extremely competitive and we’ve seen at UTSA how well a former high school coach can do.
Besides, McGuire has been part of rebuilding Baylor and with his ties to the state of Texas through that and his high school days, Texas Tech will surely improve on the recruiting trail.
The Red Raiders are never going to compete with Texas, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma. But with Houston about to join the Big 12 and the top programs leaving for the SEC, the Red Raiders are at a key point and they can’t allow themselves to fall further down the recruiting pecking order.