There's no Patrick Mahomes attraction in the Super Bowl this year, but the Texas Tech football program still will have representation.
For Texas Tech football fans, recent Super Bowls have been must-see TV thanks to the star power of former Red Raiders quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The Kansas City Chiefs made the big game five times in six years and won three with Mahomes earning most valuable player recognition in all three victories.
The Chiefs collapsed this season, not even making the playoffs.
However, four former members of the Texas Tech football program are involved in Super Bowl 60, which kicks off at 5:30 p.m. CST Sunday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Three are with the AFC champion New England Patriots and one is with the NFC champion Seattle Seahawks.
Here's a rundown:
Mike Smith, New England Patriots, outside linebackers coach
Smith this season rejoined one of his best friends in coaching, Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel. Smith, a Coronado graduate, was a Red Raiders linebacker from 2000-04, a Baltimore Ravens linebacker from 2005-08 and a Tech assistant under Kliff Kingsbury from 2013-15. Sandwiched around that, he's been an NFL assistant with the New York Jets (2010-12), Kansas City Chiefs (2016-18), Green Bay Packers (2019-21) and Minnesota Vikings (2022-23).
Kobee Minor, New England Patriots, cornerback
Minor was the Mr. Irrelevant of the 2025 NFL draft — the title given the last player taken — but he's made the most of the chance. He played in four games this year, in weeks two, three, 17 and 18, and was credited with one tackle. He's on the active roster and the Patriots' depth chart.
Coming out of Corinth Lake Dallas, Minor played for Texas Tech from 2020-22, then one season each at Indiana and Memphis.
Chuckie Keeton, New England Patriots, offensive assistant
Keeton was a standout quarterback for Utah State from 2011-15 and served as a Texas Tech graduate assistant under Matt Wells from 2019-20. After eight years in college coaching, he broke into the NFL in 2024, coincidentally as an offensive assistant with the Seattle Seahawks.
Karl Scott, Seattle Seahawks, defensive passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach
Scott has been an NFL coach for five years, with the Minnesota Vikings in 2021 and with the Seahawks since. He was the Texas Tech defensive backs coach from 2016-17 under Kliff Kingsbury before going to Alabama from 2018-20.
Scott played college football at Division III McMurry in Abilene and started his career as a volunteer assistant at Hardin-Simmons under Jimmie Keeling, the coach who led Estacado to a 1968 state championship.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: See the former Texas Tech football player, coaches in Super Bowl 60
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