LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech had three Red Raiders formally inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame Saturday night throughout a ceremony on the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco.
The 2022 class featured two former Red Raider letterwinners in Dick Stafford (Temple High School) and Rodney Allison (Odessa High School) in addition to new head coach Joey McGuire, who was enshrined as one of two Eddie Joseph coaches’ award winners for his profitable tenure at Cedar Hill High School.
“This is quite the honor, and I couldn’t be prouder to join such a prestigious group in the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame,” McGuire stated. “Over my career, I’ve been blessed to work around so many talented players and coaches, and I can guarantee I wouldn’t be here today without the effort they poured all collectively into our program while I was a Cedar Hill. I can’t thank all those young men and coaches enough.”
Over his 14 seasons main Cedar Hill, McGuire took a Longhorns program that hadn’t received a playoff recreation previous to his arrival and developed it into one of the state’s most successful cultures. Cedar Hill superior to the playoffs over 12-consecutive seasons below McGuire, ending these runs with state titles on three events – in 2006 after which in 2013 and 2014.
McGuire, who additionally led Cedar Hill to a runner-up end in 2012, compiled a powerful 141-42 file throughout his tenure, which featured 9 bi-district titles and 7 district crowns. He was beforehand inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor as half of its 2020 class.
Allison, in the meantime, was an All-State quarterback at Odessa High School within the Permian Basin prior his stellar profession as a Red Raider. Allison rushed for 1,140 yards and threw for an additional 1,115 as a senior at Odessa High, main the tradition-rich program to a win over rival Odessa Permian whereas incomes All-America, All-State and All-Region honors within the course of.
Allison stays one of the highest quarterbacks in Texas Tech historical past after main the Red Raiders to the Southwest Conference title in 1976 as half of a 10-win season that featured an look within the Bluebonnet Bowl. He was named the SWC Most Valuable Player as a junior in 1976 in addition to the MVP of the Bluebonnet Bowl.
After ending his enjoying profession, Allison loved 30-plus seasons as a collegiate coach with assistant stops on the likes of Duke, Southern Miss, Auburn, Clemson and his alma mater in addition to a five-year run as the pinnacle coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga from 2003-08. He is at the moment the chief director of the Double T Varsity Club, the official letterwinners affiliation of Texas Tech Athletics.
“This was truly an honor,” Allison stated. “The lessons I learned as a high school football player in Odessa, Texas, continue to make an impact in my life. My family and I couldn’t be more grateful to have been included in the 2022 class of such a prestigious Hall of Fame.”
Stafford, like Allison, can also be a Red Raider letterwinner, having worn the scarlet and black through the 1959-60 seasons after transferring from Midwestern State. Prior to that, Stafford, who was a defensive finish for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1962 and 1963, obtained Waco Tribune-Herald Super Centex honors as a two-way participant at fullback and linebacker for Temple High School.
The whole 2022 class additionally included the likes of Ray Rhodes (Mexia H.S.), Tony Brackens (Fairfield H.S.), Shea Walker (Port Arthur H.S.), Colt McCoy (Tuscola Jim Ned H.S.), particular contributor Robert Wilcox (Iowa Park) and fellow coach John Parchman (Midland Lee H.S.).