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WSU hit by another assistant coaching departure – OL coach Clay McGuire heading back to Texas Tech

Washington State’s coaching staff has been hit hard by attrition this season, and Wednesday brought yet another change.

After six years at WSU, offensive line coach Clay McGuire has left to become the co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach under Kliff Kingsbury at Texas Tech.

McGuire and Kingsburg were teammates at Texas Tech, where McGuire played Mike Leach from 2000-04.

McGuire then got his start in coaching as a video intern at Texas Tech under Leach, eventually rising to running backs coach by 2009.

He worked under Ruffin McNeill at East Carolina from 2010-11, then reunited with Leach in 2012 when Leach was hired at WSU.