{"id":52538,"date":"2025-11-17T04:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/52538\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T04:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:22:08","slug":"texas-tech-official-responds-to-lsu-joey-mcguire-rumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/52538\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech Official Responds to LSU-Joey McGuire Rumor"},"content":{"rendered":"

LSU’s national coaching search has been slow-going while the school works through its buyout process with former head coach Brian Kelly. <\/p>\n

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The Tigers appear to have their eyes set on Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin. However, Kiffin is still with the Rebels and is the No. 1 target for Florida.<\/p>\n

There have been a few rumors popping up on social media in recent weeks that a private jet connected to LSU has visited Lubbock. The implication is that the Tigers have an interest in Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire.<\/p>\n

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McGuire has the No. 6 Red Raiders 10-1 after beating UCF 48-9 on Saturday. TTU has a good shot at making the College Football Playoff if it defeats West Virginia on Nov. 29 and appears in the Big 12 championship.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, @4ever_LSU posted another rumor on X about LSU and McGuire.<\/p>\n

“LSU’s private jet was “supposedly” seen at a Lubbock airport …. Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce the next head football coach at LSU — Coach Joey McGuire. All kidding aside, I wouldn’t be angry at this!!” they wrote.<\/p>\n

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Texas Tech Chairman of the Board of Regents and booster Cody Campbell dispelled the rumor Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

“Sorry, bub. Good luck with your coaching search, but Joey McGuire isn\u2019t going anywhere,” Campbell posted on X.<\/p>\n

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Before TTU defeated BYU 29-7 on Nov. 8, McGuire said he planned to stay<\/a> in Lubbock for the remainder of his coaching career.<\/p>\n

“Man, I’m a Texan. I ain’t never lived anywhere else,” McGuire said. “I was born in Texas, and I’ll die in Texas, and hopefully not anytime soon. But I’m gonna die a Red Raider. I’ll be here for the rest of my life.”<\/p>\n

McGuire is 33-17 overall and 23-12 in Big 12 play in his fourth year at Texas Tech, his first stint as a head coach.<\/p>\n

McGuire has not come up on many hot boards in this coaching cycle. However, his name could become more popular as the coaching carousel expands and the Red Raiders make a run to the CFP.<\/p>\n

With that being said, LSU doesn’t appear to be a plausible destination for McGuire in 2026.<\/p>\n

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