When did the coach who  previously held coaching positions at Portland State, Miami, become the head coach for the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University?
Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders The Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University. The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders, while the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name.
1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team The 1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the newly established Big 12 Conference (Big 12) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their tenth season under head coach Spike Dykes, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (5–3 against Big 12 opponents), finished in second place in Southern Division of the Big 12, outscored opponents by a combined total of 323 to 232, and lost to Iowa in the 1996 Alamo Bowl. The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.