From the Texas Tech athletics communications office...
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Athletics announced Friday a new three-year contract with football general manager James Blanchard that will raise his yearly compensation and run through the 2027 season.
“The success of our personnel department led by James Blanchard has obviously been noticed nationally with the significant interest he continues to generate annually,” head coach Joey McGuire said. “We’re excited James and his family have chosen to remain Red Raiders and continue the work we started not long ago in building a consistent program that can compete for Big 12 titles. We’re much closer today than when we first arrived, and I look forward to continuing to work with James on further building out this roster.”
Texas Tech signed the top-rated transfer portal class this winter under Blanchard and his personnel department, continuing the Red Raiders’ success in attracting the nation’s top prospects. The Red Raiders began McGuire’s tenure with consecutive top-25 pulls for the 2023 and 2024 classes, which were both ranked as high as No. 23 by the various recruiting services.
Texas Tech landed the top transfer portal class following the 2024 season as the Red Raiders signed 17 newcomers to add to an already-talented list of returners that have arrived under Blanchard such as All-Big 12 first team linebacker Jacob Rodriguez and wide receivers Caleb Douglas and Coy Eakin, among others.
Blanchard, a native of Orange, Texas, near the Louisiana line, has built upon McGuire’s mission to fill the Texas Tech roster with the top players from the Lone Star State. Texas Tech led all power conference schools from the state with 98 players who hail from Texas on its roster at the start of the 2024 season.
Blanchard was McGuire’s first hire upon accepting the Texas Tech position in November 2021 as the two previously worked together at Baylor. Blanchard also has experience at the NFL level as a professional scout for the Carolina Panthers.
EDIT: The number for Blanchard is three years, $1.575 million, per ESPN reporting. That is a total number, not an annual average value.
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Athletics announced Friday a new three-year contract with football general manager James Blanchard that will raise his yearly compensation and run through the 2027 season.
“The success of our personnel department led by James Blanchard has obviously been noticed nationally with the significant interest he continues to generate annually,” head coach Joey McGuire said. “We’re excited James and his family have chosen to remain Red Raiders and continue the work we started not long ago in building a consistent program that can compete for Big 12 titles. We’re much closer today than when we first arrived, and I look forward to continuing to work with James on further building out this roster.”
Texas Tech signed the top-rated transfer portal class this winter under Blanchard and his personnel department, continuing the Red Raiders’ success in attracting the nation’s top prospects. The Red Raiders began McGuire’s tenure with consecutive top-25 pulls for the 2023 and 2024 classes, which were both ranked as high as No. 23 by the various recruiting services.
Texas Tech landed the top transfer portal class following the 2024 season as the Red Raiders signed 17 newcomers to add to an already-talented list of returners that have arrived under Blanchard such as All-Big 12 first team linebacker Jacob Rodriguez and wide receivers Caleb Douglas and Coy Eakin, among others.
Blanchard, a native of Orange, Texas, near the Louisiana line, has built upon McGuire’s mission to fill the Texas Tech roster with the top players from the Lone Star State. Texas Tech led all power conference schools from the state with 98 players who hail from Texas on its roster at the start of the 2024 season.
Blanchard was McGuire’s first hire upon accepting the Texas Tech position in November 2021 as the two previously worked together at Baylor. Blanchard also has experience at the NFL level as a professional scout for the Carolina Panthers.
EDIT: The number for Blanchard is three years, $1.575 million, per ESPN reporting. That is a total number, not an annual average value.
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