TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL MEDIA SUPPLEMENT | 2012
OUTSIDE RECEIVERS
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OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS/ENDS TOMMY MAINORD Third Season
ROBERT PRUNTY Third Season
Tommy Mainord begins his third season as Texas Tech’s outside receivers coach after joining the Red Raiders from Lamar University in February of 2010.
Robert Prunty, the 2010-11 and 2011-12 Big 12 Recruiter of the Year, begins his third season at Texas Tech as defensive ends coach.
The 2011 Red Raiders featured the seventh best passing offense in nation as Texas Tech rang up 4,145 yards passing. A total of 13 different receivers totaled 10 or more catches over the course of the season and were by led Eric Ward’s 84 catches for 800 yards.
Prunty, who joined the Red Raiders in 2010 from Hargrave Military Academy, put his mark on the Red Raider football program almost immediately. Prunty was an integral part in signing the highest rated football recruiting class in school history in 2011. For his efforts, he was named the 2010-11 Big 12 Recruiter of the Year by both Rivals and Scout.
In Mainord’s first year at Tech, the Red Raiders piled up 4,146 receiving yards along with 39 touchdowns. Mainord also tutored one of the most dynamic receivers in the nation in Lyle Leong. Leong finished the 2010 season with 19 touchdown catches, which was the second most in the country. Mainord was named offensive coordinator at Lamar in September of 2008 as the Cardinals began preparations for their return to the gridiron in 2010. Lamar had not fielded a football program in over 20 years.
Mainord came to Sam Houston after working the previous six years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Tarleton State. He served as a student assistant and graduate assistant before taking over as quarterbacks and running backs coach for the Texans in 2002. In 2004, he coached both quarterbacks and running backs, including Derrick Ross who earned NCAA Division II honorable mention All-America honors and was an NCAA All-Region and All-Lone Star Conference first team selection as well. Ross gained 1,560 yards in 10 games. His yardage was the best rushing total by an LSC back in 14 seasons. Mainord produced two All-LSC running backs in 2003 (Joe Morrison and Carl Steward) as the Texans went 8-4 to claim a second consecutive LSC North Division title. Morrison was a first team selection while Steward earned second team honors.
Prunty’s football knowledge and the ability to recruit were the reasons he was brought on board to help Tommy Tuberville install a championship level football program. Since 2002, Prunty served as the head football coach at Hargrave Military Academy where 27 of his players went on to the National Football League (NFL). Since 1999, the academy has been responsible for six first-round draft choices including two first-round players coached by Prunty. The academy has also produced two players faced by Texas Tech in bowl games: Virginia offensive tackle Branden Albert and Mississippi defensive tackle Peria Jerry. Albert and Perrywere first-round picks by Kansas City and Atlanta, respectively. Prior to his tenure at Hargrave, Prunty led a resurgence at Gretna High School in Gretna, Va., as he redirected a program that lost 44 consecutive games between 1991-1995 and went 11-1 in his final season there in 2001. Gretna went on to become a powerhouse, winning multiple state championships. Prunty is a Chatham, Va., native and a 1983 Hargrave Military Academy graduate. He earned his bachelor’s degree in social work from Alabama A&M in 1987. Coach Prunty and his wife Kimberly have a son, Robert Prunty Jr., and a daughter Gabrielle.
Tarleton State rolled up 1,773 yards and scored 24 touchdowns on the ground in 2001 as the Texans went 10-3 to earn a No. 10 national ranking and advance to the NCAA Division II quarterfinals. In 2000, Mainord’s running backs gained more than 1,675 yards. Mainord played varsity baseball at TSU before joining the Texan football program as a student assistant coach in 1999. He earned both a bachelor’s degree in health and sports science (2000) and a masters degree in education (2001) from Tarleton State. Mainord is the son of former Texas Tech assistant coach Carlos Mainord who spent 15 total seasons with the Red Raiders. He and his wife, Tiffany, have a daughter, Maecee and a son, Davis.
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Prior to his stint at Lamar, he served as the co-offensive coordinator at Sam Houston State in 2008 while recruiting west Houston for the Bearkats. Mainord coached D.D. Terry who rushed for a school-record 1,328 yards to rank seventh nationally among football championship subdivision schools and led the Southland Conference with 132.8 yards per game. He was also a first team All-Southland pick and one of 16 finalists for the Walter Payton Award as the Division I FCS Offensive Player of the Year.
His recruiting skills again paid off for the Red Raiders in 2012 as Texas Tech landed its secondhighest rated class in school history. And yet again, Prunty was named the Big 12 Recruiter of the Year by Scout.com and Fox Sports.