Sources: Texas Tech fires Wells after 13-17 mark

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Matt Wells has been fired at Texas Tech, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Sonny Cumbie, who played quarterback at Texas Tech for Mike Leach between 2000-2004, will be the interim head coach. Cumbie served as an assistant at Tech between 2009-2013, then left for TCU. He returned again this season as offensive coordinator.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram first reported the news.

Wells, in his third season in Lubbock after replacing Kliff Kingsbury, was 13-17. The Red Raiders were 5-3 this season, but he was just 7-16 in Big 12 games, and only two of those wins were against teams that finished with a winning record (in 2019 against an 8-5 Oklahoma State team and in 2020 against 6-4 West Virginia).

Wells was under pressure in Lubbock after last year’s 4-6 finish. He fired offensive coordinator David Yost, who had come with him from Utah State, and replaced him with Cumbie.

Tech blew a 14-point second-half lead in a 25-24 loss to Kansas State on Saturday, the sixth straight win for the Wildcats over the Red Raiders.

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