Induction
Dean W. L. Stangel
1961
- Charter member of Hall of Honor in 1961
- Served on Athletic Council for 23 years
- Female dorm #9 given his name in 1966
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Texas Tech Athletics Hall of Honor
Texas Tech Athletics Hall of Honor inductees.
The Texas Tech Hall of Honor is determined by outstanding contributions to Texas Tech Athletics. To be eligible to receive the award, the recipient shall have made a major contribution to the success of athletics at Texas Tech University, while displaying qualities of sportsmanship, character and integrity. Since the Hall of Honorโs initial ceremony, 40 people have been inducted.
Induction
Pete Cawthon
1961
- Charter member of the Texas Tech Hall of Honor
- Colorful coach who posted a 76-32-6 record
- Winning percentage of .693 is still school's highest
- Changed team nickname to Red Raiders from Matadors
- First coach to fly team to a game (Fort Worth to Detroit) in 1937
- Only Texas Tech coach to have an undefeated regular season (1938)
- Coached team to first Cotton Bowl appearance in 1939
- Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1960
- Most Valuable Player Award given in his name starting in 1962
Induction
Dell Morgan
1963
- Set stage for SWC invitation by establishing series with league members
- Won three Border Conference championships
- Compiled 55-46-3 record
- Coached freshmen from 1930-33
- Courage Award established in his name starting in 1961
Induction
L. Edwin Smith
1965
Hometown: Del Rio
- Athletic Council and Red Raider Club Official
- Take charge quarterback who helped team to Border Conference title as senior
- All-Border Conference second team
- Past president of Double T Association
Induction
Clifford B. Jones
1970
- Personally donated crucial funds to finalize construction of football stadium
- Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium opened in 1947 with a capacity of 29,000
- Stadium rededicated in Jones' name in ceremony after stadium expansion in 1960
- Helped create the university's Southwest Collections in the 1920's
Induction
Lewis Jones
1972
Hometown: Cleburne
- One of school's rare two-year team captains (co-captain in 1936 and 1937)
- Versatile player who lettered early in career as end and fullback, but wound up playing guard
- Helped team to historic 7-0 win over Sammy Baugh and TCU in 1936
- Helped team to first bowl appearance (1937 Sun Bowl)
- Invited to play in College All-Star Game
- Served as school's popular Dean of Men from 1953-68 and Assistant Dean of Students in 1968-69
- Dean of Students in 1969-70
Induction
Berl Huffman
1972
Hometown: Grapevine
- Known as "Living Legend" in filling numerous coaching roles from school's athletic infancy into Southwest Conference
- Served as assistant football coach 1935-42 and 1946-47
- Complied a record of 116-72 as head basketball coach from 1936-42 and 1946-47
- Coached school's first 20-game winner (21-7 in 1940)
- Compiled 80-87 record as head baseball coach in 1961-67
- Served as varsity assistant and freshman football coach from 1961-68
- Popular dinner speaker as Director of Special Coaching Assignments in 1969-70
Induction
Dr. J. William Davis
1974
- Played key role in Texas Tech admission to Southwest Conference at 10:32 a.m., May 22, 1956
- Authored Letter of Intent in 1957, which with only minor changes the NCAA still uses today
- The Athletic Dining Hall bore his name starting in 1980
- Took over head of Athletic Council in 1948
- Led search in the hiring of DeWitt Weaver
- Past President of the Border Conference
Induction
Leete Jackson
1975
Hometown: Lubbock
- Helped team to 1947 Border Conference Championship
- Helped team to Sun Bowl as senior
- Former Executive VP of the Red Raider Club from 1951-86
Induction
Allen (Chuff) Benton
1975
- Head of fund-raising efforts during key time of entrance into the Southwest Conference
Induction
Polk F. Robison
1976
Hometown: Lubbock
- Player, Coach, and Administrator - 39 years
- Known as "Mr. Texas Tech" for his outstanding service covering five decades
- Helped team to three consecutive Border Conference basketball championships (1932-34) as 6-2 center
- Returned to Tech in 1941 as assistant football and basketball coach
- Served 18 seasons as head basketball coach in 1942-61 (except '46-47)
- Compiled 249-196 record
- Won school's first game in NCAA Tournament (third-place game in 1961 Midwest Regional)
- Coached school to first Southwest Conference championship (1961) and won three Border Conference titles
- Had at least a .500 record against every SWC and Border Conference opponent
- Assistant Athletic Director from 1956-61
- Guided program through early Southwest Conference days as Athletic Director from 1961-70
- Finance and Development administrator 1970-77
Induction
Morley Jennings
1976
- Resigned as Baylor head football coach to become athletic director at Texas Tech
- Guided program through tough economic World War II era
- Helped boost program to level to be considered for Southwest Conference admittance
- Hired Polk Robison as basketball coach
- Hired Dell Morgan to replace Pete Cawthon as football coach
- Inducted into Helms Foundation Hall of Honor in 1965
- Chairman of the Dept. of Physical Education for Men from 1941-66
Induction
DeWitt Weaver
1978
Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida
- Played key roles in school's admittance to Southwest Conference in 1956 and Jones Stadium expansion in 1960
- Won four of last five Border Conference championships
- Won school's first bowl game in initial season -- 1952 Sun Bowl
- Coached historic 1954 Gator Bowl win over Auburn
- First college coach to beat Texas in a season-opener in Austin in 1956
- Won school's first Southwest Conference football game -- 28-7 over SMU on Oct. 22, 1960
- Came up with idea of the current Horse and Rider
Induction
R.P. (Bob) Fuller
1979
- Executive Committee Red Raider Club - Past President
- Played key role in financial growth of Texas Tech Athletics in the 1960s and 1970s
- His contributions made possible the track complex which bears his name
Induction
J T King
1980
- Brought football program from infancy in Southwest Conference to upper division conference finishes in five of last six seasons as head coach
- Served as assistant coach on DeWitt Weaver's staff from 1958-60
- Coached five first-team All-Americans from 1961-69
- Took teams to the 1964 Sun Bowl and 1965 Gator Bowl
- Coached in the East-West Shrine Game (1966), the Hula Bowl (1966) and the Blue-Gray Game (1968)
- Hired successful coaches like Jim Carlen and Steve Sloan in football and Gerald Myers in basketball
- Oversaw major projects like the opening of the J. William Davis Dining Hall, the first installation of artificial turf, and a new track facility
- Senior College Coach of the Year in 1965
- Prime mover in Lubbock hosting the Coaches All-America Game in 1970-75
Induction
Richard Cavazos
1982
Hometown: Kingsville
- Helped lead team to Raisin Bowl in 1949 as defensive end
- Former commander of Fort Hood as three-star general
- Twice awarded Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star
- Unable to play in 1950 due to injury
Induction
Dan Law
1984
Hometown: Wetumpka, Alabama
- Played end on 1955 Border Conference championship team
- Two-year baseball letterman (1956-57) who helped revitalize program after 25-year absence
- Instrumental in renovation of baseball facility that has carried his name since 1988
- Long-time supporter of athletic projects
Induction
T.L. Leach
1985
- Staunch supporter of Red Raider Athletics as Athletic Council Member and Chairman - 22 years
- Played important role in Texas Tech admission into Southwest Conference
- Served on Athletic Council in 1956-78
- Past chairman of Agricultural Education
Induction
Jack Dale
1990
- Nationally-known radio play-by-play announcer
- Began calling basketball games for KFYO-Radio in January, 1953
- Began calling football games on the Humble Network in September, 1953
- His voice spanned eight football coaches and six basketball coaches
- Awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Tech Ex-Student's Association in 1983
- Awarded Honorary Dotorate of Human Letters Degree from the School of Mass Communications in 1999
- Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2005
Induction
Arch Lamb
1991
- Founder of Saddle Tramps - 1936
- As school head yell leader, saw need for men's spirit organization
- First president of organization of 10 members
- Saddle Tramps grew into model of spirit, service, and leadership copied around the country
Induction
Parker Prouty
1992
Hometown: Kingfisher, OK
- Ardent supporter of Red Raider athletics as top fund-raiser for many years
- Past President of Matador Club and Red Raider Club
- Past General Manager and President of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
- One of local founders of United Way
Induction
Kal Segrist
1993
Hometown: Dallas
- Upgraded baseball program as head coach in 1968-83
- Instrumental in construction of Tech Diamond in 1981
- Three-time SWC Coach the Year (1969, 1980, 1982)
- Coached nine All-Americans and 33 All-SWC players
- Coached school to first Southwest Conference win -- 8-1 at Rice on March 30, 1968
- Gave school first 30-win season in 1976 (30-22)
- Originated idea of SWC Post-Season Baseball Tournament
- Served on numerous NCAA baseball committees
- Served as assistant from 1965-67
Induction
Jim McNally
1993
Hometown: Austin, Minnesota
- Coached three All-Americans and seven Southwest Conference champions
- Compiled a 137-55 dual meet record
- 1968 team finished No. 16 in the NCAA meet
- Served as assistant coach from 1952-59
- Received award for outstanding contribution to college swimming by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America in 1968
- Received Master Coach Award from the CSCAA in 1978
- Of the 262 Red Raider swimmers from 1960-79, 249 received degrees
Induction
George Philbrick
1993
Hometown: Dallas
- Player, Coach, and Professor - 44 years
- Helped Red Raiders to 10-1 season and Cotton Bowl as senior
- Helped team to 1939 Cotton Bowl as end
- Football letterman in 1936-38
- School's first full-time male P.E. teacher in 1947 and taught for 39 years
- School's first Intramural Sports Director (10 years)
- Tennis coach in 1952-78
- Coached one Border Conference and one Southwest Conference doubles champion
- Teams consistently finished in league's upper division
- Football official for 20 years
- Southwest Football Officials Association Outstanding Service Award in 1968 (South Plains Chapter)
Induction
John Conley
1995
Hometown: Mexia
- Offensive Line Coach from 1961-74
- Assistant Athletic Director from 1975-80
- Athletic Director from 1980-85
- Created Purina Award for best performance vs. SMU
- Engineered the Southwest Conference's first indoor practice facility (Athletic Training Center)
- Played key role in numerous facility renovations
- Helped Red Raiders to six bowl appearances
Induction
Jeannine McHaney
1995
- Integral part of development of women's athletics at Texas Tech
- Played a key role in elevating women's athletics from the intramural level to one of the nation's most successful Division I programs
- Coached women's volleyball on the club level for nine years
- Served as athletic director for 10 years until the men and women merged in 1985
- Hired Marsha Sharp as Lady Raider basketball coach
- Texas Tech "Woman of the Year" in 1976
- President of the Texas AIAW in 1977
- Served on numerous NCAA committees
- First recipient of the Jeannine McHaney High Rider Award in 1993
- Received the Women's Basketball Coaches of the Year Award in 1993
Induction
Jess Stiles
1997
Hometown: Clarksville
- Assistant Football Coach and Administrator - 1969-77, 1982-present
- One of program's best diplomats for four decades
- Coached freshmen to 25-5 record in 1969-74
- Integral part of school's 1976 SWC championship as defensive ends coach (1975-77)
- Served as assistant athletic director in 1982-94 before retiring
- Returned in 1994 on part-time basis to head up special projects
Induction
Dirk West
1998
Hometown: Lubbock
- Creator of Raider Red
- Attracted national attention to school with mascot cartoon characters
- Published mascot cartoons in Avalanche-Journal for four decades
- One of his last works were the football program covers in the school's first year in Big 12
- Texas Tech graduate who served as Mayor of Lubbock in 1978-80
Induction
Dr. R.G. "Wick" Alexander
2000
Hometown: Amarillo
- Two-sport recruit (football & baseball) whose athletic career was shortened by injury
- Suffered career-ending football injury in 1956
- Baseball letterman in 1955 and 1957 as left-handed pitcher
- Key donor to Marsha Sharp Academic Center for Student Athletes
Induction
Spike Dykes
2001
Hometown: Ballinger
- All-time Winningest Tech Football Coach - 1986-99 (82-67-1)
- Defensive coordinator 1984-86
- Head coach from 1987-99 and the 1986 Independence Bowl
- First recipient of Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1996
- Three-time Southwest Conference Coach the Year
- Guided team to Southwest Conference co-championship and first Cotton Bowl appearance in 56 years
- The first Texas Tech coach to lead the Red Raiders to four consecutive bowl games
- The only Texas Tech coach to direct six straight first-team All-Americans
- The first coach in the nation to produce two Doak Walker Award winners
- Defeated rivals Texas and Texas A&M 12 times
- Red Raiders finished in upper division of conference standings every season
- Inducted into the THSCA Hall of Honor in 1991
Induction
Janice Hudson
2001
- First volleyball coach at intercollegiate level and in Southwest Conference for Texas Tech
- Compiled 333-198-6 record in 10 season at Texas Tech
- Southwest Conference Coach of the Year in 1984
- Teams won 10 tournament titles
- Coached six first and second-team All-Southwest players in three seasons
- Instrumental in establishing the Texas High School All-Star competition
Induction
Gene Gibson
2002
Hometown: Lakeview
- Assistant basketball coach under Polk Robison 1956-61
- Coached Red Raiders to Southwest Conference co-championship in first season in 1962
- Coached first Red Raider team to advance to second round of NCAA playoffs in 1962
- Repeated SWC championship in 1965, but forfeited due to ineligible player
- Helped coach school's first Southwest Conference basketball champion in 1961
- All-Border Conference at center in 1950
- Helped 1949 team to 21-win season and two NIT victories
Induction
Danny Mason
2002
Hometown: Monahans
- Coached team to 1971 Southwest Conference championship
- Guided Red Raiders to NCAA Tournament in 1971, 1973, and 1976
- Team finished tied for 15th in 1976
- Recruited pair of SWC individual champions -- Robert McKinney and Jeff Mitchell
- Professor at Texas Tech for four decades
Induction
Joyce Arterburn
2003
Hometown: Lubbock
- Creator of High Riders (women's spirit organization) - 1976
- Served as Texas Tech professor for 37 years
- Woman of the Year at Texas Tech in 1981
Induction
T. Jones
2004
Hometown: Childress
- Hired successful coaches Spike Dykes, James Dickey and Larry Hays
- Oversaw program during Lady Raiders run to the 1993 national championship -- the school's first in any sport
- Oversaw completion of the Athletic Training Center and upgrade of Dan Law Field
Induction
Jim Carlen
2008
- Twice named SWC Coach of the Year ('70 & '73)
- Led '73 Red Raiders to school-best 11-1 finish and Gator Bowl win over Tennessee
- Coached the Red Raiders to four bowls in five years
- Coached 21 All-SWC players and recruited much of the '76 SWC championship team
Induction
Charles Lynch
2009
- Three-year letterwinner and co-captain as a senior
- Later assistant basketball coach through the 1960s
Induction
Joe Kirk Fulton
2010
- Masked Rider ('53-54)
- Tech's first Masked Rider
- Made his debut at the '54 Gator Bowl, a game the Red Raiders won 35-13 over Auburn
Induction
Larry Anderson
2013
- Larry Anderson has served Texas Tech Athletics for many years in many different ways. He served as a player, coach, supporter and most importantly as the ongoing secretary/treasurer for the Letterwinners of Texas Tech. Larry played both football and baseball at Tech from 1961-66 and was a letterwinner in baseball. However, it is not his participation in athletics at Tech that places him name on the ballot as a Hall of Honor nominee, it is what he has done for Tech and the letterwinner's association. Larry has been the cement that held the letterwinners together as the organization moved from the Letterman's Association to the Letterwinners Association to the Double T Association and now to the Double T Varsity Club. He served for 11 years as secretary/treasurer. He has served tirelessly, faithfully and without pay. A few of the things that have been accomplished during his leadership are having the Hall of Fame/Hall of Honor selection placed under the Double T Association board. Under his leadership the awards were divided into two categories, one for famous athletes for the Hall of Fame and the other for ex-Texas Tech athletes who have distinguished themselves in other ways. He was instrumental in hiring an events coordinator to increase the number of events and reunions for Tech Athletics. As the treasurer, Larry has maintained the financial records and filed tax returns for the association.
Induction
Larry Hays
2013
Induction
Corky Oglesby
2014
- Corky Oglesby has been a Red Raider for parts of the past six decades while joining the Texas Tech Athletics Department as an assistant men's basketball coach/recruiting coordinator on April 1, 1969 ... spent six seasons (1969-75) with the Red Raider basketball program while helping lead the team to six consecutive winnings seasons, 98-57 overall record, including a 58-26 record in the Southwest Conference, and to the 1972-73 SWC regular season championship with an appearance at the NCAA Tournament ... was the Tech men's track and field head coach for 20 seasons (1975-95) while mentoring 32 All-Americans, 11 SWC outdoor champions and seven indoor individual champions. To this day, Oglesby coached 12 individuals that still own Tech all-time records, including nine outdoor track and field school records ... for his years of service and dedication to Texas Tech Athletics, the weight room/conditioning area in the Athletic Training Center was renamed the Gerald "Corky" Oglesby Strength & Conditioning Center in 2008 ... Oglesby joined the Red Raider Club staff in 1997 and currently coordinates the car coach program and special projects in athletics development with the RRC.
Induction
Ken Murray
2015
- Murray spent roughly 24 years serving Texas Tech as either its head athletic trainer or as an athletics administrator before retiring in 2011. A fixture in the athletic training profession for over 40 years, Murray began his career as Texas Tech's head athletic trainer in 1978, a role he would continue for 17 years where he served under four different head coaches - Rex Dockery, Jerry Moore, David McWilliams and fellow Hall of Honor inductee, Spike Dykes. He later departed to become director of sports medicine at Covenant Hospital before returning in 2004 as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for sports medicine. In addition to his time at Texas Tech, Murray also served as an assistant athletic trainer for the Atlanta Falcons as well as the head athletic trainer for both Eastern Kentucky and Southwest Louisiana.
Induction
Jennie Bailey
2016 - 2015
- Jennie Bailey, or "Mrs. Bailey" as football student-athletes referred to her for nearly three decades, will be inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Honor for her 28-plus years of service and dedication to the Red Raider football program. Bailey handled many of the behind-the-scenes aspects of the football program, assisting with recruiting letters and setting up prospective student-athlete visits to campus among other duties. She was best known, though, for her role as "Momma Bailey." Few student-athletes passed through the football offices without stopping each day to see Mrs. Bailey. While there, the topic of football rarely came up. Instead, she was more worried about how life was โ how were his parents or what he had done for fun lately. Bailey passed away after a battle with cancer in June 2015. Her courage and spirit in her fight to defeat cancer inspired many and led Texas Tech to establish the Jennie Bailey "Be Brave" Lifetime Scholarship Endowment in September 2015.
Induction
Marsha Sharp
2017
- Sharp was among the top coaches in the country during her 24 years leading the Lady Raiders. She led the Lady Raiders to Texas Tech's only National Championship and coached Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes to the National Player of the Year in 1993. Sharp was named the 1993 and 1994 National Coach of the Year. Under her guidance, Texas Tech claimed five-consecutive Southwest Conference championships, three SWC tournament crowns, three-straight Big 12 Conference regular season titles, two Big 12 tournament titles and 20 postseason appearances. Sharp was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. She also coached USA Basketball to a gold medal in 2002. In addition to her role leading the Lady Raiders, Sharp was named an Associate A.D. at Tech in 1995, a role she continues today.
Induction
Tommy McVay
2022
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- McVay became an easily-recognizable face on the Texas Tech sideline during his 20-plus years as the Red Raiders' Director of Football Operations in a tenure that spanned five different head coaches. McVay was hired at Texas Tech in September 1997 and was tasked with overseeing many of the administrative duties and recruiting efforts for the Red Raiders under Spike Dykes. In fact, Dykes talked McVay back into the coaching profession, giving him an opportunity to join his staff after the two previously met while McVay was working in the appliance and television business, the job that originally brought him to Lubbock in 1988. McVay turned into a fixture on the Texas Tech sideline, known sometimes more for his slicked-back hair and his dark black sunglasses, worn whether it was day or night. He'd continue his tenure after Dykes' retirement in 1999, serving first under Mike Leach and then Tommy Tuberville, Kliff Kingsbury and finally Matt Wells.
- McVay's tenure will likely be best remembered for the discovery of a relatively unknown athlete in Oklahoma named Wes Welker, who received little Division-I interest out of high school other than Texas Tech and the Naval Academy. McVay convinced Leach, at the behest of Welker's high school coach, to sign the undersized recruit as Texas Tech's final member of his initial recruiting class. The gamble paid off as Welker quickly earned the nickname "The Natural" on his way to a successful college career that was capped by an NCAA record eight punt returns for a touchdown. Welker ended his Red Raider career in 2003 with 3,069 career receiving yards, departing as the program's all-time leading receiver before embarking on a successful 12-year NFL career where he redefined the inside receiver position.
- McVay passed away on Aug. 13, 2020, just before what would have been his 24th season on the Texas Tech staff.
Induction
Mike Leach
2023
- The winningest coach (by wins) in program history, Leach becomes the sixth former head coach to be inducted into the Hall of Honor. One of the top offensive minds in college football history, Leach led the Red Raiders through a memorable tenure, highlighted by an 84-43 overall record over 10 seasons, all of which resulted in a bowl trip. In fact, the Red Raiders became a regular in bowl season under Leach, who pushed the Red Raiders to three nine-win seasons (2002, 2005, 2007) and then 11 wins in 2008.
- Texas Tech experienced its most-successful season under Leach with Harrell leading the Red Raider offense, however, as he and wide receiver Michael Crabtree formed one of the top pass-catching duos in college football history. The Red Raiders matched the school record with 11 wins in 2008, which was highlighted by a memorable victory over No. 1 Texas at home that pushed Texas Tech to as high as No. 2 in the national rankings.
- Texas Tech rewrote the NCAA record book under Leach and his "Air Raid" offense, developing quarterbacks such as Kliff Kingsbury, a fellow member of the 2023 class, as well as B.J. Symons, Sonny Cumbie, Cody Hodges and eventually Graham Harrell, a 2020 inductee. Symons snapped the NCAA FBS single-season record for passing yards in 2003, throwing for an unheard-of 5,833 yards and 52 touchdowns through the air.
- Following his tenure at Texas Tech, Leach enjoyed successful stints at both Washington State (2012-19) and Mississippi State (2020-22). His coaching career was highlighted by a 158-107 overall record and 17 bowl trips over his 21 combined seasons as a collegiate head coach. He was in the midst of his third season at Mississippi State when he suddenly passed away on Dec. 13, 2022, at the age of 61.
Induction
Wes Kittley
2024
- Kittley wrapped up his 25th season this past summer as he entered the 2023-24 campaign leading the cross country and track and field programs as the longest-tenured coach in Texas Tech Athletics history, surpassing fellow national championship head coach Marsha Sharp. Overall, Kittley's resume is highlighted by 12 total Big 12 team championships, 36 individual NCAA champions, 18 top-10 team finishes at the NCAA Championships and eight team top-five national finishes.
- The USTFCCCA Hall of Famer brought home the program's second national title back in March, winning the NCAA Men's Indoor National Championship. In 2019 when Texas Tech captured the NCAA Men's Outdoor National Championship, it was the first team championship for a men's sport in school history and the first for any sport since Sharp's Lady Raiders historic title in 1993. Kittley was tabbed the USTFCCCA Men's National Coach of the Year that season, a first for a Texas Tech coach in school history.
- Over his tenure, Kittley's program has produced more than 200 Big 12 individual champions as well as 30 Olympians, including five who have combined for eight medals. He will have seven of his former athletes and four current Red Raiders competing next month at the Paris Olympics.
- Kittley moved to Lubbock after leading one of the most successful programs in the history of collegiate track and field. While at Abilene Christian University, Kittley won an unprecedented 29 national track and field championships, the most in Divisions I and II combined. His total is only three short of the all-time record held by Division III Kenyon College swimming and diving coach Jim Steen.