| Sonny Dykes | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Louisiana Tech |
| Conference | WAC |
| Record | 8–5 |
| Annual salary | $700,000[1] |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 9, 1969 |
| Place of birth | Big Spring, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1993 | Texas Tech |
| Position(s) | First baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000–2004 2005–2006 2007–2009 2010–present |
Monahans HS (baseball asst.) Pearce HS (RB) Navarro (RB) Navarro (PG/QB) Kentucky (GA/TE) Northeast Louisiana (WR) Kentucky (ST/WR) Texas Tech (WR) Texas Tech (Co-OC/WR) Arizona (OC/QB) Louisiana Tech |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–12 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Statistics | |
| College Football Data Warehouse | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 WAC (2011) | |
| Awards | |
| 2006 Mike Campbell Top Assistant Award 2009 Broyles Award nominee 2011 WAC Coach of the Year |
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Sonny Dykes (born November 9, 1969) is an American football coach and former college baseball player. He is currently the head football coach at the Louisiana Tech University, a position he has held since 2010. Dykes was named 2011 WAC Coach of the Year for leading Louisiana Tech to the 2011 WAC title. Prior to becoming the head coach at LA Tech, Dykes served as offensive coordinator at Texas Tech and Arizona. As an assistant coach, Dykes learned the air raid offense under mentors Hal Mumme and Mike Leach. Sonny Dykes is the son of Texas Tech coaching legend Spike Dykes.
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Dykes lettered for three years as a first baseman for the Texas Tech baseball team.
Sonny Dykes' first major college coaching job was with the Kentucky Wildcats as a graduate assistant. He spent two non-consecutive seasons at Kentucky with a year at Northeast Louisiana University (now known as Louisiana-Monroe) in between.
Following that, he spent seven years as an assistant coach at Texas Tech under former Red Raider head coach Mike Leach where he was the receivers coach for five years and a co-offensive coordinator for two years. He left Texas Tech to become the offensive coordinator at Arizona.
Dykes, named to the All-American Football Foundation's Mike Campbell Top Assistant Award, is cited as one of the countries brightest offensive minds and top ten college recruiters by Rivals.com.
During the 2009 season, Dykes was named as one of the nominees for the 2009 Broyles Award, an honor that goes to the nation's top assistant coach.
On January 20, 2010, Dykes was hired to succeed Derek Dooley as Louisiana Tech head coach.[2]
On Decmeber 21, 2011, Dykes signed a two year extension that will pay him more than $700,000 a year.
Sonny Dykes is the son of Spike and Sharon Dykes. His father Spike Dykes is the all-time winningest football coach in Texas Tech history. His mother Sharon Dykes passed away in 2010 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. In 2006, Sonny married the former Kate Golding. The couple has two daughters, Alta Carolina (Ally) who was born in 2008 and Charlotte Reese (Charlie) who was born in 2011. Kate's grandfather, Joe Golding, was one of the most successful high school football coaches in America. Sonny's older brother Rick Dykes served as Texas Tech's offensive coordinator from 1996–1999 and Arizona's offensive coordinator from 2001–2002. Sonny has one sister, Bebe Dykes Petree.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Western Athletic Conference) (2010–present) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Louisiana Tech | 5–7 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2011 | Louisiana Tech | 8–5 | 6–1 | 1st | L Poinsettia | ||||
| Louisiana Tech: | 13–12 | 10–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 13–12 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. | |||||||||
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