Under Kliff Kingsbury, the Texas Tech football program has made an annual tradition of shuffling the lineup of assistant coaches every offseason. This year, in what virtually everyone considers to be a do-or-die year for the head coach, the Red Raiders are counting on three new assistant coaches to breathe life back into crucial position groups.
The first new addition to the Tech coaching staff is Brandon Jones. The former Texas Tech offensive lineman returns to Lubbock to take over the offensive line.
2016 saw the Red Raider line take a step backwards. It ranked 95th in the nation with 30 total sacks allowed in 12 total games (an average of 2.