Texas Tech Red Raiders wide receiver Jakeem Grant (11) pulls in a second quarter touchdown catch ahead of Baylor Bears safety Terrell Burt (13) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, November 29, 2014. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)
Texas Tech wide receiver Ian Sadler (12) celebrates after an NCAA college football game against Arkansas, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in Fayetteville, Ark. Texas Tech beat Arkansas 35-24. (AP Photo/Samantha Baker)
For several assistant coaches roaming Texas Tech's football training facility, it is their first season with the Red Raiders.
Defensive line coach Kevin Patrick, running backs coach DeShaun Foster, defensive backs coach Karl Scott and special teams coach Joe Robinson are all in their inaugural seasons with the Red Raiders and have barely had time to learn their personnel group, much less stake their claim as Texas Tech's rising star assistant.