Tag: Clay McGuire

Clay McGuire returns home to coach Texas Tech offensive line

A former player returns home to Texas Tech once again.

Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire needed to replace his offensive line coach after it was announced that Stephen Hamby would not return to Lubbock for a third year.

The Red Raiders opted to look to the past with their next hire as they pegged a Mike Leach disciple as the next offensive line coach for the Red and Black. Clay McGuire, no relation to Joey, returns home to once again take over the reins of the offensive line. McGuire last coached for Tech under Kliff Kingsbury in the 2018-19 season.

McGuire played under the legendary head coach Mike Leach with the Red Raiders before joining the staff as an intern and eventually becoming the running backs coach for the pirate.

McGuire also coached at East Carolina on Lincoln Riley’s offensive staff as well as with Leach at Washington State. He leaves the latest tenure with the Cougars to return to his alma mater.

The Red Raiders offensive line could use some help up front and it was clear that Hamby wasn’t having the same success he did at Western Kentucky under Zach Kittley.

USC offensive lineman thanks the man who improved his career

The man who changed the trajectory of this year’s #USC offensive line coaches for Washington State. Justin Dedich made sure to thank Clay McGuire before Saturday’s game.

It was heartwarming to see this before Saturday’s game between USC and Washington State: Justin Dedich went up to Clay McGuire and gave him a warm embrace.

Remember Clay McGuire? He’s the man who was hired by Clay Helton to coach USC’s offensive line for the 2021 season. Helton fired Tim Drevno at the end of the 2020 season and replaced him with McGuire. The rationale was obvious and correct: If USC was going to run the Air Raid under offensive coordinator Graham Harrell, it needed to have a man who coached offensive line play within the Air Raid system. McGuire did that at Washington State.

Let’s take note of how McGuire helped Dedich and the USC offensive line: