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The inaugural 1926 Texas Tech baseball team. Along with the football and men's basketball teams, the Texas Tech baseball team was founded during the university's initial academic year, in 1925–26. The team's first series was against the West Texas A&M Buffaloes in 1926, an 18–9 victory in the first game and 14–9 loss in the second. [2]
Morgan was also the head basketball coach at Texas Tech from 1931 to 1934, tallying a mark of 42–29. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Auburn University from 1934 to 1939 and at Rice University from 1953 to 1961, amassing a career college baseball coaching record of 146–143–2.
A native of Beaumont, Texas, Ault was a varsity baseball star at Texas Tech. He was drafted three times in the MLB Draft, but refused to sign. He was finally signed by the hometown Rangers in 1973 as an amateur free agent. He advanced relatively quickly though the minor League hierarchy, making the majors in 1976 as a late season replacement.
List of Texas Tech University baseball alumni Alumnus Class year Notability Refs Gary Ashby: 1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach (1984–1986) [12] Doug Ault: 1972 Major League Baseball player (1976–1978, 1980) [13] [14] Josh Bard: 1999 Major League Baseball player (2002–present) [13] [15] Dallas Braden: 2004 Major League Baseball player ...
Higginbotham was the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team, leading it to a 14–18 record from 1925 to 1927. [1] Higginbotham coached the Red Raiders baseball team to a 10–17 record from 1928 to 1929. [2]
Charles William Harrison (April 25, 1941 – December 30, 2023) was an American professional baseball player. He was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played between 1965 through 1971 for the Houston Astros (1965–1967) and Kansas City Royals (1969, 1971). Listed at 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 190 lb (86 kg), Harrison batted and threw ...
During the season, he also set a career conference record for Player of the Week awards with 5. Following Texas Tech's victory in the Lubbock Regional, Guterriez was named a 1st Team All-American at first base by Baseball America, 2nd Team by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, 3rd Team by the ABCA, and 2nd Team by D1Baseball.com. [4] [5]
The following year, Beattie Feathers was hired to field the first Texas Tech baseball team in 26 years. Since the 2013 season, Texas Tech alumnus Tim Tadlock has served as the Red Raiders' head coach. Freeland, the first head coach, has the highest winning percentage of any Texas Tech baseball head coach with a 15–11–2 record (.673).