Joey McGuire

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Joey McGuire
Joey McGuire 2014.jpg
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Texas Tech
Conference Big 12
Record26–16
Biographical details
Born (1971-08-06) August 6, 1971 (age 54)
Texarkana, Texas, U.S. [1]
Alma mater UT Arlington
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996 Crowley HS (TX) (DL)
1997–2002 Cedar Hill HS (TX) (DB)
2003–2016Cedar Hill HS (TX)
2017–2018 Baylor (TE)
2019Baylor (AHC/DE)
2020–2021Baylor (AHC/OLB)
2022–present Texas Tech
Head coaching record
Overall26–16 (college)
142–42 (high school)
Bowls2–1

Joe Newton McGuire (born August 6, 1971) [2] is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Texas Tech University, a position he has held since the 2022 season. McGuire previously served as the associate head coach and outside linebackers coach at Baylor University. Prior to Baylor, he was a head coach at the high school level in Texas, where he won a trio of state championships to go along with numerous bi-district and district titles.

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Coaching career

High school coaching

McGuire began his coaching career at his alma mater Crowley High School in Texas as the defensive line coach. [3] He went on to coach at Cedar Hill High School as their secondary coach in 1997 under former Crowley coach Robert Woods before being promoted to the school's head coach in 2003. [4] At Cedar Hill, McGuire took on a program that had not recorded a winning season in years and had never won a playoff game. As head coach from 2003 through 2016, McGuire went 141-42 and led the Longhorns to four state championship games, winning in 2006, 2013 and 2014 and finishing runner-up in 2012. His teams won seven district titles, nine bi-district championships, and appeared in the playoffs in 12 straight years. [5]

Baylor

McGuire was hired as the tight ends coach at Baylor in 2017 under first-year head coach Matt Rhule. [6] He was promoted to associate head coach in 2019 and reassigned to coach the defensive ends. He served as the program's interim head coach when Rhule left to accept the Carolina Panthers coaching position in 2020. [7] After Dave Aranda was named Baylor's head coach on January 16, 2020, McGuire was retained as associate head coach and shifted to outside linebackers coach. [8] [9]

Texas Tech

McGuire was reported to have been scheduled to interview for the open head coaching position at Texas Tech in 2021. [10]

McGuire was officially named the 17th head coach in Texas Tech program history on November 8, 2021. [11]

2022 Season

In his first season as head coach of the Red Raiders, McGuire defeated both the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners in the same season, a program first. [12] The Red Raiders finished 4th in the Big 12, with McGuire overseeing Texas Tech’s first winning season in conference play since 2009. [13] The Red Raiders finished 8-5 in his first season as head coach.

2023 Season

In his second year at Texas Tech, McGuire led his team to a (7-6) record after beating California in the 2023 Independence Bowl. The highlight win of the season for the Red Raiders was a victory at #16 Kansas on November 11, 16-13.

2024 Season

In his third season at TTU, McGuire's team finished (8-5) after losing to former Southwest Conference rival Arkansas in the 2024 Liberty Bowl, 39-26. Texas Tech's big win of the season came on November 2 at #11 Iowa State, a 23-22 victory over the Cyclones. After the regular season was completed, McGuire fired defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter after the Red Raiders had the worst passing defense in the Big XII. McGuire hired Shiel Wood as his new DC.

2025 Season

McGuire and his staff signed the #1 ranked transfer portal class in the country according to On3.com. [14] Texas Tech is predicted to finish 2nd in the Big XII in 2025 according to 247Sports.com. [15]

Personal life

McGuire and his wife Debbie have a daughter, Raegan, and a son, Garret. Garret is a former quarterback at Baylor and former coaching assistant for the Carolina Panthers and Nebraska Cornhuskers. Garret is now the current running backs coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders under his father. [16] [17] Growing up, McGuire was a fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference)(2022–present)
2022 Texas Tech 8–55–44thW Texas
2023 Texas Tech 7–65–4T–7thW Independence
2024 Texas Tech 8–56–3T–5thL Liberty
2025 Texas Tech 3–00–0
Texas Tech:26–1616–11
Total:26–16

References

  1. ↑ Townsend, Brad (July 11, 2023). "'New Alabama?' How full-tilt Joey McGuire has instilled sky-high belief at Texas Tech". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ Baylor Football [@BUFootball] (August 6, 2021). "Happy Birthday, @CoachMcGuire_BU !" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Former Longhorn Football Coach Proud to Be Coach Lynn's Mentor". Longhorn Newsroom. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ Wixon, Matt (December 15, 2016). "Joey McGuire opens up for the first time since leaving Cedar Hill for Baylor". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ Wixon, Matt (December 14, 2016). "The legacy Joey McGuire is leaving at Cedar Hill". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cedar Hill's Joey McGuire Hired to Rhule's Baylor Staff". Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Report: Joey McGuire Named Baylor Interim HC After Matt Rhule Hired by Panthers". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Baylor's Joey McGuire to remain on head coach Dave Aranda's staff". ESPN. January 23, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Aranda Announces Staff Retention and Support Additions". Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Williams column: 2 more interviews coming, 20+ targets analyzed in Texas Tech coach search". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Texas Tech Tabs Joey McGuire to Lead Football Program". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  12. ↑ Collier, David (November 26, 2022). "FINAL: Texas Tech 51, Oklahoma 48". KAMC . Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Texas Tech rallies for wild 51-48 OT victory over Oklahoma". ABC News. November 26, 2022.
  14. ↑ "2025 College Football Team Transfer Portal Rankings".
  15. ↑ "Big 12 football power rankings: How contenders stack up exiting 2025 spring camp".
  16. ↑ "Garret McGuire's Coaching Journey Starts With the Carolina Panthers". Focus Daily News. April 14, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Joey McGuire - Head Coach - Staff Directory".
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