Texas Tech University Softball

Gerry Glasco was named the head coach of the Texas Tech Softball program on Thursday, June 20, 2024. In Glasco's first season in Lubbock he led Tech to its m...

Executive Director for Academic Excellence / Associate Athletics Director, Academic Advising (Sports Administrator: Track & Field)

Hunter Veach joins the Texas Tech softball program after spending the 2024 season with Louisiana Lafayette as the primary defensive coach. While with the Rag...

Kowalik joins the Texas Tech staff following an impressive collegiate career at Kentucky where she played from 2019-23 and was named to three SEC teams and an NFCA All-American in 2021. A New Braunfels native, Kowalik was also apart of Team USA in the 2022 Japan All-Star Series and 2022 Canada Cup and left the Wildcats as the all-time leader in hits, triples, runs and total bases. Most recently, Kowalik has been playing in the Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball League where she played in 14 games, hitting .333 with 14 hits.

Texas Tech head coach Gerry Glasco announced the hiring of Tara (Glasco) Archibald on Tuesday. Archibald will join the staff as the associate head coach and be the pitching coach. Tara (Glasco) Archibald rejoins her father in Lubbock after spending five years as the head coach of Eastern Illinois. She led the Panthers to a 40-17 record and an Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title this past season, while being named the Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the year. The year before that, she led the Panthers to the program’s first ever NCAA Regional appearance after a 34-win season and winning the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. Archibald, who was 135-97 overall during her five seasons as a head coach, will join the staff as a pitching coach, which was her role at Illinois State from 2017-19. She was also an assistant coach at Georgia from 2011-14 where she coached with her father and helped the Bulldogs win the SEC Tournament in 2014 and advance to two NCAA Super Regionals in 2012 and 2014. At Illinois State, Archibald helped increase the number of strikeouts from the pitching staff by 32% in her first year and 47% percent in her second year compared to the seasons prior to her arrival. She also coached second team All-Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher Morgan Day. Archibald has a great track record with pitchers, coaching the 2023 OVC Pitcher of the Year and OVC Female Athlete of the Year Olivia Price. At EIU, she also coached McKenzie Oslanzi who was the 2024 OVC Freshm

Tyler Cook is an assistant strength coach for Olympic Sports at Texas Tech University. He began his strength and conditioning career in 2015 as an undergraduate intern in Exercise Sciences and was promoted to an assistant strength coach as he attained his Bachelor’s and pursued his Master’s, which he was awarded in 2017. He assisted in the implementation/programming for multiple teams including baseball, volleyball, track and field, and women’s soccer while ranking through the program. Cook became the head strength and conditioning coach of the Texas Tech softball program in 2019. He’s also an assistant for the Texas Tech baseball team, collecting accolades for three College World Series teams in 2016, 2018, and 2019, as well as three Big 12 Championship teams in 2016, 2017, and 2019. During his tenure at Texas Tech, Cook has had the opportunity to grow and learn from Master Strength Coaches, Tory Stephens and Katie Munger. Cook has earned his SCCC certification through the CSCCa.