List of Texas Tech University faculty
This is a list of past and present faculty members at Texas Tech University.
Faculty
- M. M. Ayoub, a pioneer in the field of ergonomics
- Alwyn Barr, historian[1]
- David A. Bednar, assistant professor of Management (1984–1986); president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (1997–2004)
- Burwell B. Bell III, US Army general, former ROTC instructor at Texas Tech
- Julien Paul Blitz, cellist, conductor, and teacher; first music director of the Houston Symphony
- David Brandon, guitar professor and musician who toured with guitar virtuoso Christopher Parkening for fifteen years[2]
- Thomas C. Butler, former professor, credited with making oral hydration the standard treatment for diarrhea, lost samples of the bacteria that causes bubonic plague
- Paul H. Carlson, historian of Texas and the American West, on faculty from 1973-2009
- Ralph Carpenter, former sports information director, credited with coining the term, "It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings."[3]
- Jo Carr, English professor who became one of the first women Methodist pastors and church administrators in the South Plains
- Sankar Chatterjee, paleontologist
- Carlos Manuel Chavez, heart surgeon
- Romeo Crennel, defensive assistant from 1975-1977, head coach of the Cleveland Browns
- J. William Davis, former chairman of Texas Tech's Athletic Council, father of the National Letter of Intent for college athletics
- Spike Dykes, former head football coach, second all-time winningest coach in Texas Tech football history
- Dan Flores, historian of the American West, formerly at Texas Tech, later with the University of Montana
- Upe Flueckiger, associate professor of architecture, internationally recognized because of the design of his house
- Alberto Gonzales, former United States Attorney General, political science professor and diversity recruiter
- Larry Hays, former head baseball coach, one of the winningest coaches in college baseball
- William Curry Holden, archaeologist and historian
- Shelby D. Hunt, highly-cited marketing professor[4][5]
- Stephen Graham Jones, Blackfeet author, former associate professor at Texas Tech
- Bob Knight, former head men's basketball coach, all-time winningest NCAA D-1 men's basketball coach; Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
- Magne Kristiansen, pulsed power expert and recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal[6]
- Allan J. Kuethe, historian of Latin America[7]
- Mike Leach, former head football coach, all-time winningest coach in Texas Tech football history
- Danny Mason, Tech golf coach, 1969-1980, physical education professor
- Kishor C. Mehta, Tech's first member of the National Academy of Engineering
- Hasan Bülent Paksoy, Pioneer in Central Asian studies.
- Bill Parcells, assistant football coach from 1975-77, went on to win two Super Bowls as head coach of the New York Giants
- Susan Polgar, four-time women’s classical world chess champion and five-time Olympic chess champion
- Gabor B. Racz MD, FIPP, Pioneer in the treatment of chronic pain[8]
- Marsha Sharp, former women's basketball head coach who led Texas Tech Lady Raiders to the national championship title in 1993; Women's College Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, namesake of a freeway running through the center of Lubbock
- Tom Shires, chair of the Surgery department (1991–1995), trauma surgeon who pioneered administering saline to shock and surgical patients
- Michael Shonrock, educational psychologist, administrator in higher education[9]
- Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, composer
- F. Alton Wade, scientist, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition and namesake of Mount Wade in Antarctica[10]
- Ernest Wallace, historian of the South Plains and the Comanche[11]
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