{"id":90790,"date":"2025-12-17T01:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/90790\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T01:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:36:13","slug":"texas-tech-football-acts-proactively-signs-coordinators-gm-through-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/90790\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech football acts proactively, signs coordinators, GM through 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Tech football<\/a> put rumors of its coordinators\u2019 departure for head coaching gigs to bed with substantial raises to all three of the Red Raider coordinators\u2019 three-year deals.<\/p>\n

General Manager James Blanchard was also extended a season after Notre Dame attempted to sign the budding recruiter. <\/p>\n

Defensive coordinator Shiel Wood and offensive coordinator Mack Leftwich\u2019s contracts were signed Oct. 30 to increase their tenure and salaries until the 2028 season, with Wood set to make $5.55 million and Leftwich to make $4.8 million. It is a 48% and 45.5% raise, respectively. The Dallas Morning News has put in an open records request for special teams coordinator Kenny Perry\u2019s contract, but his term will also run through the end of the 2028 season.<\/p>\n

Leftwich and Wood have a list of bonuses available to them, but will receive a base salary of $300,000. Wood will make $1.8 million for the 2026 contract year, $1.85 million for 2027 and $1.9 million for 2028. Leftwich will make $1.55 million for the 2026 contract year, $1.6 million for 2027 and $1.65 million for 2028.<\/p>\n

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Wood is a finalist for the Broyles Award<\/a>, given to the nation\u2019s top coordinator, following a season in which Texas Tech posted a pair of shutouts and the nation\u2019s top rush defense. He also serves as the inside linebackers coach, where he aided in Jacob Rodriguez\u2019s career year. The fifth-year linebacker won the Chuck Bednarik Award<\/a>, the Dick Butkus Award, the Lombardi Award and the Bronco Nagurski Trophy.<\/p>\n

Leftwich led a unit that is third in the FBS in scoring offense and fifth in total offense. He managed a two-back system but still produced a 1,000-yard rusher in Cameron Dickey<\/a>, while J\u2019Koby Williams earned 1,158 scrimmage yards.<\/p>\n

Both coordinators\u2019 buyouts would be waived if they were to take a job as an NCAA head coach, an NFL coordinator or if head coach Joey McGuire were no longer the Texas Tech head coach. <\/p>\n

Perry has been a member of McGuire\u2019s staff since the fourth-year head coach arrived in Lubbock. Perry has produced a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award or Ray Guy Award in his past two seasons, while also leading the nation in blocked punts during the 2025 season. <\/p>\n

During the 2023-24 offseason, Perry interviewed for the UTEP head coaching job. He has since pledged a consistent loyalty to Texas Tech.<\/p>\n

The Red Raiders will compete in the Capital One Orange Bowl on Jan. 1 against James Madison or Oregon.<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/a>Former interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas dies at 93<\/a><\/p>\n

As the Big 12\u2019s interim commissioner from 2011-12, Neinas presided over the conference\u2019s additions of TCU and West Virginia.<\/p>\n

\"Texas<\/a>Breaking down Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire\u2019s lucrative 7-year contract extension<\/a><\/p>\n

The fourth-year head coach is eligible for up to $1.2 million in bonuses per year.<\/p>\n

Find more Texas Tech coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Tech football put rumors of its coordinators\u2019 departure for head coaching gigs to bed with substantial raises…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1638,3688,154,27,29,28,415],"class_list":{"0":"post-90790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-brief","9":"tag-colleges","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-texas-headlines","13":"tag-texas-news","14":"tag-texas-tech-red-raiders"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}