2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team information
American college football season
2000Texas Tech Red Raiders football
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Conference
Big 12 Conference
Division
South Division
Record
7–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Mike Leach (1st season)
Offensive scheme
Air raid
Defensive coordinator
Greg McMackin (1st season)
Base defense
4–3
Home stadium
Jones SBC Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Big 12 Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
North Division
No. 9 Kansas State xy
6
–
2
11
–
3
No. 8 Nebraska x
6
–
2
10
–
2
No. 25 Iowa State
5
–
3
9
–
3
Colorado
3
–
5
3
–
8
Kansas
2
–
6
4
–
7
Missouri
2
–
6
3
–
8
South Division
No. 1 Oklahoma x$#
8
–
0
13
–
0
No. 12 Texas
7
–
1
9
–
3
Texas A&M
5
–
3
7
–
5
Texas Tech
3
–
5
7
–
6
Oklahoma State
1
–
7
3
–
8
Baylor
0
–
8
2
–
9
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24
# – BCS National Champion
$ – BCS representative as conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Mike Leach, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–6 record (3–5 against Big 12 opponents), finished in fourth place in Southern Division of the Big 12, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 330 to 278.[1] The team played its home games at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.
Of the team's staff and players, 23 went on to coach either in the NFL or in college football, including eight head coaches of FBS football teams and eight more who were FBS coordinators.[2] Defensive coordinator Greg McMackin, running backs coach Art Briles, wide receivers coach Sonny Dykes, inside receivers coach Dana Holgorsen, linebackers coach Ruffin McNeill, special teams coordinator Manny Matsakis, and starting quarterback Kliff Kingsbury all went on to become FBS head coaches, with Kingsbury eventually becoming an NFL head coach.
^"2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^Feldman, Bruce (September 11, 2019). "A crazy cradle of coaches: Mike Leach's original Texas Tech staff and team". The Athletic.
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