Matt Wells was fired as head football coach at Texas Tech. Wells was 13-17 during his tenure as the Red Raiders head football coach. Here is a look at the Texas Tech Red Raiders'
football program since 2008 (the
first year that I collected all the variables needed for the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model).
This time period spans the last two seasons of Mike Leach as head football coach (2008-2009),
head coach Tommy Tuberville (2010-2012), head coach Kliff Kingsbury (2013-2018), and Matt Wells
(2019-2021*). After the figure below is a more detailed look at
the Texas Tech Red Raiders football program during head coach Wells'
tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
Matt Wells [
contract]
2019
Texas Tech finished the regular season at 4-8, and were bowl ineligible. The Red Raiders
played against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Red Raiders SOS was within plus or minus one standard deviation of the "league" SOS. Texas Tech's best regular season victory was against #55 ranked Oklahoma State (45-35)
and their worst
loss was to #122 ranked Kansas (34-37).
Texas Tech was the #83 ranked team overall, with the #53 ranked
offense and the #104 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2020
Texas Tech finished the COVID-19 shortened regular season at 4-6, playing against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). Texas Tech's
best regular season victory was against #33 ranked West Virginia (34-27) and their worst
loss was to #97 ranked Kansas State (21-31).
Texas Tech was the #82 ranked team overall, with the #43 ranked
offense and the #118 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2021*
After
a 5-3 start to the 2021 season Wells was fired. Texas Tech played against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS) up to this point in the season. Texas Tech's best win was against currently ranked #16 Houston by a
score of (38-21) and their current worst loss was to #105 ranked TCU by a score of (31-52).
Texas Tech is currently the #28 ranked team overall, with the #29 ranked
offense and the #62 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2021 FBS Head Coaching Changes
