Lou Bunning - Offensive Graduate Assistant - Football Support Staff

Lou Bunning

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Offensive Graduate Assistant

Lou Bunning enters his second season on the Texas Tech coaching staff where he serves as a graduate assistant, specifically with the offensive line.

This is Bunning’s second stint working alongside Texas Tech offensive line coach Stephen Hamby as he previously served in a similar capacity at Western Kentucky prior to their arrival in Lubbock. Bunning was a volunteer coach with the Hilltoppers’ tight ends and special teams in 2020 before being promoted to a graduate assistant coach in 2021.

Prior to joining the coaching profession, Bunning was a standout offensive lineman for Lindsey Wilson College from 2015-19 where he earned first team All-Mid-South conference accolades as a senior. Bunning, a two-time captain for the Blue Raiders, was named as one of five offensive linemen to the Lindsey Wilson College all-decade team in 2021.

Bunning, a native of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, earned a dual degree in criminal justice and communications from Lindsey Wilson in 2019. He is currently enrolled in Texas Tech’s master’s program.

Bunning and his wife, Kenzie, are parents to two children, a son, Zander, and a newborn daughter, Zurii, who was born in spring of 2023.