Coaches
Sonny Cumbie
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Sonny Cumbie*
Head coach, Louisiana Tech · Played at Texas Tech 2000-2004
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | San Angelo Stampede Express (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2009-2010 | Texas Tech | GA | GA | Mike Leach (2009), Tommy Tuberville (2010) |
| 2011-2012 | Texas Tech | Position | WR | Tommy Tuberville |
| 2013 | Texas Tech | OC | co-OC/WR✓ | Kliff Kingsbury |
| 2014-2016 | TCU | OC | co-OC/QB✓ | Gary Patterson |
| 2017-2020 | TCU | OC | OC/QB✓ | Gary Patterson |
| 2021 | Texas Tech | OC | OC/QB✓ | Matt Wells |
| 2021 | Texas Tech (interim HC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2021 | Texas Tech | Head coachinterim | Head coach (interim) · season pages | Matt Wells |
| 2022- | Louisiana Tech | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Texas Tech | Co-offensive coordinator | 33 | 50 | 40 | 3 | 125 |
| 2014 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 22 | 10 | 20 | 119 | 128 |
| 2015 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 16 | 23 | 8 | 22 | 128 |
| 2016 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 47 | 69 | 35 | 16 | 128 |
| 2017 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 38 | 33 | 29 | 47 | 130 |
| 2018 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 120 | 107 | 89 | 38 | 130 |
| 2019 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 86 | 67 | 64 | 120 | 130 |
| 2020 | TCU | Offensive coordinator | 64 | 65 | 85 | 86 | 127 |
| 2021 | Texas Tech | Offensive coordinator | 24 | 35 | 30 | 72 | 130 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Texas Tech | 2-3 (5 of 13) | - → - | 24 | 100 | 9.8 | 40% wins | 130 |
| 2022 | Louisiana Tech | 3-9 | - → - | 88 | 114 | -17.8 | 25% wins | 131 |
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 3-9 | - → - | 102 | 96 | -12.9 | 25% wins | 133 |
| 2024 | Louisiana Tech | 5-8 | - → - | 128 | 22 | -11.6 | 25% wins | 134 |
| 2025 | Louisiana Tech | 8-5 | - → - | 86 | 15 | -1.3 | 39% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | Louisiana Tech | 7-2 | - → - | 61 | 8 | 2.2 | 62% wins | 138 |
Worked under
- Mike Leach · Texas Tech 2009 (GA)
- Tommy Tuberville · Texas Tech 2010-2012 (GA, Position)
- Kliff Kingsbury · Texas Tech 2013 (OC, Position)
- Gary Patterson · TCU 2014-2020 (OC, Position)
- Matt Wells · Texas Tech 2021 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 10
- Jake Brown · Louisiana Tech 2022-2023 (OC)
- Scott Parr · Louisiana Tech 2022-2024 (OC, Position)
- Scott Power · Louisiana Tech 2022-2023 (DC, Position)
- Jeff Burris · Louisiana Tech 2024 (DC, Position)
- Jeremiah Johnson · Louisiana Tech 2024 (DC)
- Nathan Young · Louisiana Tech 2024-2026 (OC)
- Luke Olson · Louisiana Tech 2025-2026 (DC)
- Paul Randolph · Louisiana Tech 2025-2026 (Position)
- Tony Franklin · Louisiana Tech 2025 (OC, Position)
- Dexter McCoil · Louisiana Tech 2026 (Position)
Coached together
- Brian Mitchell · Texas Tech 2009 · him GA, them Position
- Lincoln Riley*+ · Texas Tech 2009 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Mike Leach · Texas Tech 2009 · him GA, them Head coach
- Ruffin McNeill · Texas Tech 2009 · him GA, them DC, Head coach, Other
- Chad Scott · Texas Tech 2010-2012 · him GA, Position, them Position
- James Willis · Texas Tech 2010-2011 · him GA, Position, them DC
- Neal Brown* · Texas Tech 2010-2012 · him GA, Position, them OC, Position
- Robert Prunty · Texas Tech 2010-2012 · him GA, Position, them Position
- Scott Parr · Texas Tech 2010-2013 · him GA, OC, Position, them Analyst
- Tommy Tuberville · Texas Tech 2010-2012 · him GA, Position, them Head coach
- Travaris Robinson · Texas Tech 2010 · him GA, them Position
- Chad Glasgow · Texas Tech 2011 · him Position, them DC
- Art Kaufman · Texas Tech 2012 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Chris Thomsen · Texas Tech 2012 · him Position, them Head coach, Position
- John Lovett · Texas Tech 2012 · him Position, them Position
- David Raih · Texas Tech 2013 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Eric Morris*+ · Texas Tech 2013 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- John Scott Jr. · Texas Tech 2013 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Kliff Kingsbury · Texas Tech 2013 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Lee Hays · Texas Tech 2013 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Matt Brock · Texas Tech 2013 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Matt Wallerstedt · Texas Tech 2013 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Mike Jinks · Texas Tech 2013 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Mike Smith · Texas Tech 2013 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Zach Kittley* · Texas Tech 2013 · him OC, Position, them Other
- Chad Glasgow · TCU 2014-2020 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Curtis Luper · TCU 2014-2019 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- DeMontie Cross · TCU 2014-2015 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Dick Bumpas · TCU 2014 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Doug Meacham · TCU 2014-2020 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Gary Patterson · TCU 2014-2020 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Kenny Perry · TCU 2014 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Chris Thomsen · TCU 2017-2019 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Sonny Dykes* · TCU 2017 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Kenny Hill · TCU 2018-2020 · him OC, Position, them Analyst, GA
- Jerry Kill · TCU 2020 · him OC, Position, them Other
- David Yost · Texas Tech 2021 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Derek Jones · Texas Tech 2021 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Joel Filani · Texas Tech 2021 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Position
- Keith Patterson · Texas Tech 2021 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC
- Kevin Cosgrove · Texas Tech 2021 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Position
- Matt Wells · Texas Tech 2021 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Head coach
- Nick Holt · Texas Tech 2021 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Analyst
- Paul Randolph · Texas Tech 2021 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Position
- Jake Brown · Louisiana Tech 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them OC
- Scott Parr · Louisiana Tech 2022-2024 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Scott Power · Louisiana Tech 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Jeff Burris · Louisiana Tech 2024 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Jeremiah Johnson · Louisiana Tech 2024 · him Head coach, them DC
- Nathan Young · Louisiana Tech 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them OC
- Luke Olson · Louisiana Tech 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Paul Randolph · Louisiana Tech 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them Position
- Tony Franklin · Louisiana Tech 2025 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Dexter McCoil · Louisiana Tech 2026 · him Head coach, them Position
Played together
- Kliff Kingsbury · Texas Tech 2000-2002
- Mike Smith · Texas Tech 2000-2004
- Lincoln Riley*+ · Texas Tech 2002
- Eric Morris*+ · Texas Tech 2004
- Graham Harrell · Texas Tech 2004