Michael O'Guin - Defensive Graduate Assistant - Football Support Staff

Michael O'Guin

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Defensive Graduate Assistant

Michael O’Guin enters his second season as a defensive graduate assistant on the Texas Tech staff where he works directly with defensive line coach Paul Randolph and the Red Raider defensive front.

O’Guin arrived in Lubbock after two seasons at the defensive line coach at North Shore High School in the Houston area, which claimed the Class 6A Division-I state title in 2018 thanks to a thrilling Hail Mary pass as time expired. North Shore was later named the top high school team in the country by MaxPreps following the season.

The Mustangs previously advanced to the regional finals during O’Guin’s first season on staff in 2017. He was part of playoff teams in each of his five seasons at the high school level before accepting a graduate assistant position with the Red Raiders.

O’Guin coached Tony Bradford Jr. during his time at North Shore, pushing the eventual Tech signee to Defensive Player of the Year honors at the Touchdown Club of Houston’s area end-of-year awards banquet in 2018. Bradford was also named the District 21-6A Defensive Player of the Year following a strong senior season.

North Shore was the third position for O’Guin, who previously worked at Angleton High School from 2015-17 and John Tyler High School from 2014-15. He was the recruiting coordinator at Angleton, a role he also shared while at North Shore. O’Guin coached or assisted with the defensive line in each of those two stops.

Prior to joining the coaching profession, O’Guin was a scholarship student-athlete at SMU where he saw action in six games as a true freshman in 2010 before a knee injury the following spring unfortunately ended his career. O’Guin remained with the program as a student assistant coach for the next three years, working primarily with the defensive line while also overseeing SMU’s annual Junior Day event and assisting with recruiting.

O’Guin, a native of Missouri City, Texas, earned dual degrees during his time at SMU, graduating with a bachelor’s in history as well as applied physiology and sport management in 2014.