Jinks, a former Texas high school football coach at Cibolo Steele, had been linked to several coaching vacancies in recent weeks; including the formerly open position at the University of North Texas, as well as the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Jinks’ presence at Texas Tech was immediately felt upon his hiring back in 2013; the San Antonio-area coach was instrumental in bringing in and developing heralded running backs Justin Stockton and Corey Dauphine to the Texas Tech football program. Jinks himself was very highly regarded within the program, and was even promoted to the title of Associate Head Coach by Kingsbury in 2014.