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What Texas Tech football coaches are making under new, multi-year contracts
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After the Texas Tech football team's strong finish to the 2022 football season, members of the Red Raiders' coaching staff received raises and extensions.
Hours before the Red Raiders beat Mississippi in the Texas Bowl, Tech announced that head coach Joey McGuire had agreed to a six-year, $26.6-million deal that extended him through the 2028 season. The deal, a one-year extension compared to his original contract, has him making $4.1 million this year with $100,000 annual increases. It also has two $250,000 retention bonuses.
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Tech later announced contract details for defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter and offensive coordinator Zach Kittley and said the other assistants agreed to multi-year deals, the terms undisclosed.
Here are contract terms for the full-time assistant coaches. Tech provided copies of the contracts in response to an open records request from the Avalanche-Journal. The contract years run from Feb. 1 through Jan. 31. For example, the 2023 contract year is from Feb. 1, 2023, through Jan. 31, 2024.
Tim DeRuyter, defensive coordinator
Signed through Jan. 31, 2026
2023:$1 million
2024:$1.05 million
2025:$1.1 million
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If fired without cause: Tech pays 70% of remaining value in monthly installments, offset by coach's earnings from subsequent employment within term of the contract.
If DeRuyter leaves for another job: Coach owes $300,000 within 60 days if before the end of the 2025 season. Payment obligation waived if DeRuyter resigns to become head coach at an NCAA program.
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Zach Kittley, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
Signed through Jan. 31, 2026
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2023:$800,000
2024:$850,000
2025:$900,000
If fired without cause: Tech pays 70% of remaining value in monthly installments, offset by coach's earnings from subsequent employment within term of the contract.
If Kittley leaves for another job: Coach owes $250,000 if before the end of the 2023 season, $200,000 if before the end of the 2024 season or $75,000 if before the end of the 2025 season. Payment obligation is waived if Kittley resigns to become head coach at NCAA program or takes a coaching position in the NFL.
Texas Tech offensive coordinator Zach Kittley is making $800,000 this year in the first season of a three-year, $2.55 million contract. All the Tech football coaches signed new, multi-year agreements after the Red Raiders went 8-5 last season with a victory in the Texas Bowl.
Marcel Yates, defensive passing game coordinator/secondary
Signed through Jan. 31, 2026
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2023:$550,000
2024:$600,000
2025:$600,000
If fired without cause: Tech pays 70% of remaining base salary in monthly installments, offset by coach's earnings from subsequent employment within term of the contract.
If Yates leaves for another job: Coach owes $200,000 in the first year of contract, $150,000 in the second year or $100,000 if before the end of the 2025 season. Payment obligation is waived if Yates resigns to become head coach at an NCAA program, defensive coordinator at a program outside the Big 12 or takes a coaching position in the NFL.
Zarnell Fitch, defensive linemen
Signed through Jan. 31, 2025
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2023:$360,000
2024:$380,000
If fired without cause: Tech pays 70% of remaining value in monthly installments, offset by coach's earnings from subsequent employment within term of the contract.
If Fitch leaves for another job: Coach owes $100,000 if before the end of the 2023 season or $50,000 if before the end of the 2024 season.
C.J. Ah You, outside linebackers
Signed through Jan. 31, 2025
2023: $300,000
2024: $320,000
If fired without cause: Tech pays 70% of remaining value in monthly installments, offset by coach's earnings from subsequent employment within term of the contract.
If Ah You leaves for another job: Coach owes $100,000 if before the end of the 2023 season or $50,000 if before the end of the 2024 season.
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Josh Bookbinder, inside linebackers
Signed through Jan. 31, 2025
2023:$240,000
2024:$250,000
If fired without cause: Tech pays 70% of remaining value in monthly installments, offset by coach's earnings from subsequent employment within term of the contract.
If Bookbinder leaves for another job: Coach owes $75,000 if before the end of the 2023 season or $35,000 if before the end of the 2024 season. Payment obligation waived if Bookbinder resigns to become head coach at NCAA program or takes a coaching position in the NFL.
Justin Johnson, assistant head coach/passing game coordinator/wide receivers
Signed through Jan. 31, 2026
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2023:$550,000
2024:$550,000
2025:$550,000
If fired without cause: Tech pays 70% of remaining value in monthly installments, offset by coach's earnings from subsequent employment within term of the contract.
If Johnson leaves for another job: Coach owes $200,000 if before the end of the 2023 season, $150,000 if before the end of the 2024 season or $100,000 if before the end of the 2025 season.
Assistant head coach Justin Johnson is one of five Texas Tech football assistants in the first year of a three-year contract. Tech coach Joey McGuire hired Johnson off the Baylor staff in the off-season.
Kenny Perry, associate head coach/special teams coordinator/running backs
Signed through Jan. 31, 2026
2023:$550,000
2024:$550,000
2025:$550,000
If fired without cause: Tech pays 70% of remaining value in monthly installments, offset by coach's earnings from subsequent employment within term of the contract.
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If Perry leaves for another job: Coach owes $200,000 if before the end of the 2023 season, $150,000 if before the end of the 2024 season or $100,000 if before the end of the 2025 season.
Stephen Hamby, offensive linemen
Signed through Jan. 31, 2025
2023:$240,000
2024:$250,000
If fired without cause: Tech pays 70% of remaining value in monthly installments, offset by coach's earnings from subsequent employment within term of the contract.
If Hamby leaves for another job: Coach owes $100,000 if before the end of the 2023 season or $50,000 if before the end of the 2024 season.
Josh Cochran, tight ends
Signed through Jan. 31, 2025
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2023:$240,000
2024:$250,000
If fired without cause: Tech pays 70% of remaining value in monthly installments, offset by coach's earnings from subsequent employment within term of the contract.
If Cochran leaves for another job: Coach owes $75,000 if before the end of the 2023 season or $35,000 if before the end of the 2024 season.
College football
Who:Texas Tech at West Virginia
When:2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday
Where:Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, West Virginia
Records:Texas Tech 1-2, 0-0 in the Big 12; West Virginia 2-1, 0-0
Rankings:Both teams unranked
Last game:Texas Tech 41, Tarleton State 3; West Virginia 17, Pittsburgh 6
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Last meeting:Texas Tech 48, West Virginia 10 last year in Lubbock
Line:Texas Tech by 6
Online streaming:ESPN+
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