Joey McGuire
Joey McGuire went 41–18 as a head coach, 2022–2026, at Texas Tech. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 5–0); by them his record is 40–18. Share
- Record
- 41–18 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Born
- Aug 6, 1970
- Best season
- 2025 12–2, No. 7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 8–5 | 4th | Texas Bowl W | ||
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 7–6 | T–7th | Independence Bowl W | ||
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 8–5 | T–5th | Liberty Bowl L | ||
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 12–2 | 1st | Orange Bowl, CFP Quarterfinal L | 7 | |
| 2026 | Texas Tech | 6–0 (Wikipedia: 5–0) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Jacob RodriguezFifth in the 2025 Heisman vote- David BaileyNo. 2 pick, 2026
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 16 | 8–8 | 50% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 8–5 | 62% |
| Conference games | 39 | 27–12 | 69% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 14–5 | 74% |
| At home | 31 | 26–5 | 84% |
| On the road | 23 | 12–11 | 52% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 37 | 31–6 | 84% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 22 | 10–12 | 45% |
His own 59 games on file, 2022–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Leipold 2022–2025 | 3–0 | Kansas | 3 | |
| Neal Brown 2022–2024 | 2–1 | West Virginia | 3 | |
| Kalani Sitake 2023–2025 | 2–1 | BYU | 3 | |
| Kenny Dillingham 2024–2026 | 2–1 | Arizona State | 3 | |
| Chris Klieman 2022–2025 | 1–2 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Dave Aranda 2022–2024 | 1–2 | Baylor | 3 | |
| Sonny Dykes 2022–2024 | 1–2 | TCU | 3 |
Joey McGuire’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Houstonseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| West Virginiaseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Kansasseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| BYUseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Baylorseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
How he was hired
- Hired by Texas Tech for the 2022 season from Baylor, where he was assistant head coach.
Power-conference head-coaching hires since 2010, with each coach’s previous job and ties to the school as collected by hand from Wikipedia: Hiring facts: M. Schuckers, cfb_coach_analytics.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–96 | Crowley HS (TX) high school | Defensive line coach | |
| 1997–2002 | Cedar Hill HS (TX) high school | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2003–16 | Cedar Hill HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 2017–18 | Baylor | Tight ends coach | |
| 2019 | Baylor | Assistant head coach and defensive ends coach | |
| 2020–21 | Baylor | Assistant head coach and outside linebackers coach | |
| 2022–present | Texas Tech | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Matt RhuleBaylor
- Dave ArandaBaylor
Assistants who became head coaches
- Tim DeRuyterTexas A&M, Fresno State
- Zach KittleyFlorida Atlantic
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Rhule | Baylor | 2017–19 | 2017–18: tight ends coach; 2019: assistant head coach and defensive ends coach | |
| Dave Aranda | Baylor | 2020–21 | Assistant head coach and outside linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim DeRuyter | Texas Tech, 2022–24: defensive coordinator | Texas A&M, Fresno State | |
| Zach Kittley | Texas Tech, 2022–24: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Florida Atlantic |
Other assistants under him (7)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Kenny Perry | Texas Tech, 2022–26: associate head coach and special teams and running backs coach | |
| C.J. Ah You | Texas Tech, 2024: defensive coordinator | |
| Darcel McBath | Texas Tech, 2024: staff analyst; 2025–26: cornerbacks coach | |
| Justin Johnson | Texas Tech, 2024: offensive coordinator | |
| Mack Leftwich | Texas Tech, 2025–26: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Shiel Wood | Texas Tech, 2025–26: defensive coordinator | |
| Rob Greene | Texas Tech, 2026: co-defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
McGuire’s teams went for it on 31% of fourth downs and on 60% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 53% of plays and took 22.8 seconds a play, 2022–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 13 g | 52 of 129 40% | 71% | 56% | 21.2 | +0.04 | |
| 2023 13 g | 37 of 111 33% | 63% | 53% | 23.3 | +0.01 | |
| 2024 13 g | 29 of 100 29% | 53% | 55% | 22.6 | +0.10 | |
| 2025 14 g | 22 of 97 23% | 47% | 50% | 23.3 | +0.08 | |
| 2026 6 g | 9 of 41 22% | 47% | 46% | 24.4 | +0.07 | |
| All 59 g | 149 of 478 31% | 60% | 53% | 22.8 | +0.06 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.