Spike Dykes
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| Spike Dykes | ||
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| Sport | Football | |
| Born | March 14, 1938 | |
| Place of birth |  Lubbock, Texas |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 82–67–1 | |
| Bowls | 2–5 | |
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| 1956-1958 | Stephen F. Austin | |
| Position | C | |
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| 1959 1960-1961 1962-1963 1964-1965 1966 1967-1969 1970-1971 1972-1976 1977-1978 1979 1980-1983 1984-1986 1986-1999 |
Eastland HS (Assist.) Ballinger HS (Assist.) SA Central HS (DC) Coahoma HS Belton HS Big Spring HS Alice HS Texas (Assist.) New Mexico (Assist.) Mississippi State (Assist.) Midland Lee HS Texas Tech (DC) Texas Tech |
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William Taylor "Spike" Dykes (born March 14, 1938 in Lubbock, Texas) was the coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team from 1987 to 1999. He is a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
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[edit] Coaching career
Dykes is a 1959 alumnus of Stephen F. Austin State University, where he played center on the Lumberjacks football team. Upon graduation, he served in several high school head and assistant coaching positions, including a stint as defensive coordinator under under Emory Bellard at San Angelo Central High School in San Angelo, Texas. In 1972, Dykes became an assistant coach at the University of Texas. He filled assistant roles at two other universities before returning to the high school level to coach at Midland Lee from 1980 to 1983.
[edit] Texas Tech
Dykes was hired to be the head coach at Texas Tech in 1986. He would become the first coach in school history to lead the team to seven straight bowl-eligible seasons and to coach the team in seven bowl games. He was the school's first coach to defeat the Texas Longhorns in five different seasons. He earned three Southwest Conference and one Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year honors. His record at Tech stands at 82–67–1.
He is the author of the books Spike Dykes' Tales from the Texas Tech Sideline (with Dave Boling) and Principles of Coaching Football (with Mike Bobo).
[edit] Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Texas Tech Red Raiders (Southwest Conference) (1986 – 1995) | |||||||||
| 1986 | Texas Tech | 0–1* | 0–0 | L Independence | — | — | |||
| 1987 | Texas Tech | 6–4–1 | — | — | |||||
| 1988 | Texas Tech | 5–6 | — | — | |||||
| 1989 | Texas Tech | 9–3 | W All-American | 16 | 19 | ||||
| 1990 | Texas Tech | 4–7 | — | — | |||||
| 1991 | Texas Tech | 6–5 | — | — | |||||
| 1992 | Texas Tech | 5–6 | — | — | |||||
| 1993 | Texas Tech | 6–6 | L Sun | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | Texas Tech | 6–6 | L Cotton | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | Texas Tech | 9–3 | W Copper | 20 | 23 | ||||
| Texas Tech: | 54–47–1 | *Dykes coached bowl game after McWilliams left for Texas. | |||||||
| Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (1996 – 1999) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Texas Tech | 7–5 | 5–3 | L Alamo | — | — | |||
| 1997 | Texas Tech | 6–5 | 5–3 | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | Texas Tech | 7–5 | 4–4 | L Independence | — | — | |||
| 1999 | Texas Tech | 6–5 | 5–3 | — | — | ||||
| Texas Tech: | 28–20 | 19–13 | |||||||
| Total: | 82–67–1 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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[edit] Texas Sports Hall of Fame
On March 11, 2008, Dykes was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. The Texas Sports Hall of Fame is located at Baylor University's Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas.[1]
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| Preceded by David McWilliams |
Texas Tech Head Football Coach 1986–1999 |
Succeeded by Mike Leach |
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