Kirby Hocutt is going all-in on former Utah State head coach Matt Wells as the new Texas Tech football coach. He’s taken all of the chips he’s accumulated in his seven-plus years on the job and pushed them to the middle of the table to bet on a hire that is wildly unpopular with the fan base.
It is a strange move for an athletic director that just fired one of the most popular figures in program history, Kliff Kingsbury. Yes, a huge portion of the Texas Tech fan base wanted a change after Kingsbury led the team to a 5-7 record this year, his third losing season in-a-row.