Texas Tech offensive coordinator Zach Kittley remembers everything about telling his dad, Wes Kittley, his future was going to be in football.
He was miserable trying to start a college basketball career at Abilene Christian, where his dad ran track and coached for 15 years. That didn't last long.
“You’d think I sent him to New York City,” said Wes Kittley, who led the Texas Tech men to the 2019 NCAA track title. “He just wanted to get back to Lubbock.” When he took the Houston Baptist job, Zach Kittley said he was choking back tears as he left his office for the last time. He was at his parents' house when McGuire called to offer Zach Kittley the job that brought him back home. Soon after, Zach Kittley took a Sharpie to a Texas Tech football helmet for his 63-year-old dad, who has a picture of it on his phone.On game days in Lubbock, some of those memories come from the track coach's office in the southwest corner of Jones Stadium. Maybe it should be called the Kittley family suite, since his mom, Linda, is there.
“Just being able to see him more and my mom more ... is very special,” Zach Kittley said. “And just being able to say that there’s two coach Kittleys here at Texas Tech is a really cool deal.”
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