LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech head mentor Joey McGuire additional an additional member to his recruiting section Monday with the official using the services of of Cody Bellaire as the Red Raiders’ new Director of Scouting.

Bellaire is the second off-the-discipline hire on McGuire’s charter team at Texas Tech, signing up for James Blanchard, who will oversee the entire recruiting operation for the Crimson Raiders as Director of Participant Personnel. Blanchard arrived together with McGuire on his employing as the 17th head coach in plan background pursuing two different stints at Baylor.

In his position, Bellaire will oversee the initial analysis method to identify opportunity university student-athletes at Tech, an place he has an considerable background in immediately after previous stops at LSU, Texas A&M and Baylor. He was most recently the assistant director of player personnel because this past March at LSU, his alma mater.

Bellaire, a indigenous of Houston, previously served as a participant staff assistant at Texas A&M for the 2018-19 seasons the place he aided the Aggies land a pair of best-10 lessons. He joined the Baylor team early in the 2020 period in a comparable position in which he worked alongside McGuire, who was in his fourth yr with the Bears at the time and 2nd as the associate head coach.

Bellaire earned his commence in higher education soccer as a college student assistant in the LSU recruiting department from 2015-18 where he evaluated significant faculty film, slice and evaluated opportunity prospects and helped set up camps for the Tigers. His functionality ultimately landed him his placement at Baylor less than head coach Dave Aranda, who was formerly LSU’s defensive coordinator.

Bellaire attained his undergraduate diploma in interdisciplinary scientific tests from LSU in 2020.