Joey McGuire
{{Short description|American football coach (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Joey McGuire
| image = Joey McGuire 2014.jpg
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Texas Tech
| current_conference = Big 12
| current_record = 23–16
| contract =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|08|6}}
| birth_place = Texarkana, Texas, U.S.{{cite web |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-tech-red-raiders/2023/07/10/joey-mcguire-college-football-path-was-unlikely-texas-tech-is-his-mountaintops/ |title='New Alabama?' How full-tilt Joey McGuire has instilled sky-high belief at Texas Tech |last=Townsend |first=Brad |date=July 11, 2023 |website=The Dallas Morning News |access-date=November 16, 2023 }}
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| alma_mater = UT Arlington
| coach_years1 = 1995–1996
| coach_team1 = Crowley HS (TX) (DL)
| coach_years2 = 1997–2002
| coach_team2 = Cedar Hill HS (TX) (DB)
| coach_years3 = 2003–2016
| coach_team3 = Cedar Hill HS (TX)
| coach_years4 = 2017–2018
| coach_team4 = Baylor (TE)
| coach_years5 = 2019
| coach_team5 = Baylor (AHC/DE)
| coach_years6 = 2020–2021
| coach_team6 = Baylor (AHC/OLB)
| coach_years7 = 2022–present
| coach_team7 = Texas Tech
| overall_record = 23–16 (college)
142–42 (high school)
| bowl_record = 2–1
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Joe Newton McGuire (born August 6, 1971){{Cite tweet|number=1423618607527776261|user=BUFootball|title=Happy Birthday, @CoachMcGuire_BU !|author=Baylor Football}} 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.
Coaching career
=High school coaching=
McGuire began his coaching career at his alma mater Crowley High School in Texas as the defensive line coach.{{cite web |title=Former Longhorn Football Coach Proud to Be Coach Lynn's Mentor |url=https://www.chisd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=19252&ViewID=7b97f7ed-8e5e-4120-848f-a8b4987d588f&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=28933&PageID=14706 |website=Longhorn Newsroom |access-date=November 5, 2021}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Wixon |first=Matt |date=December 15, 2016 |title=Joey McGuire opens up for the first time since leaving Cedar Hill for Baylor |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/high-school-sports/2016/12/15/joey-mcguire-opens-up-for-the-first-time-since-leaving-cedar-hill-for-baylor/ |access-date=November 5, 2021 |website=The Dallas Morning News}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Wixon |first=Matt |date=December 14, 2016 |title=The legacy Joey McGuire is leaving at Cedar Hill |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/high-school-sports/2016/12/14/the-legacy-joey-mcguire-is-leaving-at-cedar-hill/ |access-date=November 5, 2021 |website=The Dallas Morning News}}
=Baylor=
McGuire was hired as the tight ends coach at Baylor in 2017 under first-year head coach Matt Rhule.{{cite web |title=Cedar Hill's Joey McGuire Hired to Rhule's Baylor Staff |url=https://baylorbears.com/news/2016/12/14/Cedar_Hill_s_Joey_McGuire_Hired_to_Rhule_s_Baylor_Staff.aspx |website=Baylor University Athletics |access-date=November 5, 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Report: Joey McGuire Named Baylor Interim HC After Matt Rhule Hired by Panthers |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2870180-report-joey-mcguire-named-baylor-interim-hc-after-matt-rhule-hired-by-panthers |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=November 5, 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Baylor's Joey McGuire to remain on head coach Dave Aranda's staff |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28541777/baylor-joey-mcguire-remain-head-coach-dave-aranda-staff |website=ESPN |date=January 23, 2020 |access-date=November 5, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Aranda Announces Staff Retention and Support Additions |url=https://baylorbears.com/news/2020/1/25/football-aranda-announces-staff-retention-and-support-additions.aspx |website=Baylor University Athletics |access-date=November 5, 2021}}
=Texas Tech=
McGuire was reported to have been scheduled to interview for the open head coaching position at Texas Tech in 2021.{{cite web |title=Williams column: 2 more interviews coming, 20+ targets analyzed in Texas Tech coach search |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/williams-column-2-more-interviews-082124096.html |website=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |date=November 4, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2021}}
McGuire was officially named the 17th head coach in Texas Tech program history on November 8, 2021.{{cite web |title=Texas Tech Tabs Joey McGuire to Lead Football Program |url=https://texastech.com/news/2021/11/8/texas-tech-tabs-joey-mcguire-to-lead-football-program.aspx |website=Texas Tech Red Raiders |access-date=November 8, 2021}}
==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.{{cite web |publisher=KAMC |last=Collier |first=David |url=https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/final-texas-tech-51-oklahoma-48/?fbclid=IwAR314IS1FMLWF8gcQLuteexiwgvjB0PnHKtmcR2qwCkmI6fdvabFCndn-kI |title=FINAL: Texas Tech 51, Oklahoma 48 |date=November 26, 2022 |access-date=November 26, 2022}} The Red Raiders finished 4th in the Big 12, with McGuire overseeing Texas Tech’s first winning season in conference play since 2009.{{cite web |publisher=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/texas-tech-rallies-wild-51-48-ot-victory-94025680 |title=Texas Tech rallies for wild 51-48 OT victory over Oklahoma |date=November 26, 2022}} 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.https://www.on3.com/transfer-portal/team-rankings/football/2025/ Texas Tech is predicted to finish 2nd in the Big XII in 2025 according to 247Sports.com.https://247sports.com/longformarticle/big-12-football-power-rankings-how-contenders-stack-up-exiting-2025-spring-camp-249501353/#2645514
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.{{cite web |title=Garret McGuire's Coaching Journey Starts With the Carolina Panthers |url=https://www.focusdailynews.com/garret-mcguires-coaching-journey-starts-with-the-carolina-panthers/ |website=Focus Daily News |date=April 14, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://texastech.com/staff-directory/joey-mcguire/4038 | title=Joey McGuire - Head Coach - Staff Directory }} Growing up, McGuire was a fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Texas Tech Red Raiders
| conf = Big 12 Conference
| startyear = 2022
| endyear =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 8–5
| conference = 5–4
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname = Texas
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2023
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 7–6
| conference = 5–4
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname = Independence
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2024
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 8–5
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname = Liberty
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 23–16
| confrecord = 16–11
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 23–16
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype = no
| legend = no
}}
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|CoachMcGuire_BU}}
- [https://texastech.com/staff-directory/joey-mcguire/4038 Texas Tech profile]
- [https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/joey-mcguire/86 Baylor profile]
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