REPORT: Texas Tech to add two defensive coaches with strong Texas ties

New Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire made two new staff hires on Wednesday, according to FootballScoop. The Red Raiders are adding two from Mario Cristobal’s abandoned Oregon staff – defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter and secondary coach Marcel Yates.

Tim DeRuyter coaches outside linebackers for the Oregon Ducks in his first year as the team’s defensive coordinator. DeRuyter has spent most of the last decade on the West Coast but was in Texas in 2010-11.

In his first season at Texas A&M in 2010, DeRuyter was a nominee for the Broyles Award and coached Butkus Award winner and two-time first-team All-American Von Miller. He served as interim head coach for the Aggies prior to the Kevin Sumlin hire.

The 2021 season was Marcel Yates’ first with the Oregon Ducks. Yates has worked with defensive backs for 18 of his 20 seasons as a college coach and has served as a defensive coordinator for eight of the last nine seasons. Prior to Oregon, Yates coached for one season at Cal, four seasons at Arizona and a season at Boise State.

The last time Yates coached in the Lone Star State was in 2013. He spent two seasons as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Texas A&M between stints at Boise State.

Joey McGuire continues to fill out his first staff in Lubbock with coaches with ties to the state.

Quinn Ewers narrows transfer destination to two

Former five-star Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers will visit Texas this weekend, as he has narrowed his search for a new school down to the Longhorns and Texas Tech.

Per On3’s Gerry Hamilton, Ewers recently eliminated TCU from his list, and sources believe he could decide his next destination by Monday. The former No. 1 overall player in the 2021 class according to the On3 Consensus Rankings was spotted in Lubbock on Sunday.

The Dallas native, who enrolled a year early at Ohio State, took just two snaps for the Buckeyes. Current quarterback and Heisman finalist C.J. Stroud will be in Columbus for at least one more year, so Ewers likely would not have gotten much playing time.

According to Hamilton, name, image and likeness opportunities are likely not a factor driving Ewers’ decision; he has reportedly already made in the in excess of $1 million from previous partnerships.