Football
Nance, Brian
Brian Nance
- Title:
- Director of Player Personnel
Brian Nance enters his fourth season on the Texas Tech staff where he has helped build the Red Raiders into one of the top recruiting operations nationally under head coach Joey McGuire and general manager James Blanchard.
Texas Tech has signed a pair of top-25 classes and the No. 1 transfer portal class in the country since Nance arrived in Lubbock as part of McGuire’s charter staff in 2022. Texas Tech’s 2023 and 2024 classes ranked as high as No. 23 nationally, marking the first top-25 recruiting ranking for the Red Raiders in more than a decade by the major recruiting services. The 2024 recruiting haul was also regarded as the highest-rated class in the Big 12 Conference.
The Red Raiders boasted the nation’s top transfer class in the country this past offseason as Texas Tech bolstered its roster, mixing in another strong high school class with 20-plus transfers that drew the attention of programs across the country. The process brought rave reviews with On3.com calling it the best portal class in the country and 247Sports ranking the class of 20 transfers at No. 2 nationally.
Nance arrived at Texas Tech first as Director of Scouting before moving into the Director of Player Personnel role prior to the 2023 campaign. He pairs with Blanchard in helping identify future student-athletes as part of Texas Tech’s NFL model in its personnel department.
Nance joined the Red Raider football program after previously serving on the staff at Baylor where he worked alongside both McGuire and Blanchard. Nance joined the Baylor staff in 2019, first as assistant director of football operations under then head coach Matt Rhule before moving to the recruiting side as associate director of player personnel in 2020.
Baylor played in two Big 12 title games during Nance’s three seasons on staff as the Bears fell to Oklahoma in 2019 before topping Oklahoma State in 2022. Both trips led to appearances in the Allstate Sugar Bowl as Baylor was a combined 25-12 overall over his three seasons.
In addition to his time at the collegiate level, Nance joins a long list of Texas Tech staffers who have experience as part of the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) after serving as an assistant coach at Temple High School near Waco in 2018. He joined the Baylor staff immediately following that football season.
Nance was a three-year letterwinner at Baylor from 2014-17 where he developed into one of the top defensive linemen in the Big 12 his senior season. Nance appeared in 38 games with 10 starts as a Bear, capping his tenure with a strong senior campaign that featured career highs with 33 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
A native of Buffalo, New York, Nance graduated from Euless (Texas) Trinity High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in 2012. He earned his degree in kinesiology and leisure studies from Baylor in 2018.
Nance and his girlfriend, Aereal Dickerson, a 2016 Baylor graduate, have three children: Jayvon, Brielle and Brian III.
Texas Tech has signed a pair of top-25 classes and the No. 1 transfer portal class in the country since Nance arrived in Lubbock as part of McGuire’s charter staff in 2022. Texas Tech’s 2023 and 2024 classes ranked as high as No. 23 nationally, marking the first top-25 recruiting ranking for the Red Raiders in more than a decade by the major recruiting services. The 2024 recruiting haul was also regarded as the highest-rated class in the Big 12 Conference.
The Red Raiders boasted the nation’s top transfer class in the country this past offseason as Texas Tech bolstered its roster, mixing in another strong high school class with 20-plus transfers that drew the attention of programs across the country. The process brought rave reviews with On3.com calling it the best portal class in the country and 247Sports ranking the class of 20 transfers at No. 2 nationally.
Nance arrived at Texas Tech first as Director of Scouting before moving into the Director of Player Personnel role prior to the 2023 campaign. He pairs with Blanchard in helping identify future student-athletes as part of Texas Tech’s NFL model in its personnel department.
Nance joined the Red Raider football program after previously serving on the staff at Baylor where he worked alongside both McGuire and Blanchard. Nance joined the Baylor staff in 2019, first as assistant director of football operations under then head coach Matt Rhule before moving to the recruiting side as associate director of player personnel in 2020.
Baylor played in two Big 12 title games during Nance’s three seasons on staff as the Bears fell to Oklahoma in 2019 before topping Oklahoma State in 2022. Both trips led to appearances in the Allstate Sugar Bowl as Baylor was a combined 25-12 overall over his three seasons.
In addition to his time at the collegiate level, Nance joins a long list of Texas Tech staffers who have experience as part of the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) after serving as an assistant coach at Temple High School near Waco in 2018. He joined the Baylor staff immediately following that football season.
Nance was a three-year letterwinner at Baylor from 2014-17 where he developed into one of the top defensive linemen in the Big 12 his senior season. Nance appeared in 38 games with 10 starts as a Bear, capping his tenure with a strong senior campaign that featured career highs with 33 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
A native of Buffalo, New York, Nance graduated from Euless (Texas) Trinity High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in 2012. He earned his degree in kinesiology and leisure studies from Baylor in 2018.
Nance and his girlfriend, Aereal Dickerson, a 2016 Baylor graduate, have three children: Jayvon, Brielle and Brian III.
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