32 Facts About Sonny Cumbie

Sonny Jack Cumbie was born on August 8,1981 and is an American football coach and former quarterback.

Sonny Cumbie currently serves as the head football coach at Louisiana Tech University, a position he has held since the 2022 season.

Sonny Cumbie served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas Christian University.

Sonny Cumbie played college football at Texas Tech and was the team's starting quarterback during the 2004 season, when he led the nation in passing and total offense and a guided the Red Raiders to win in the 2004 Holiday Bowl, earning MVP honors for the game.

Sonny Cumbie played professionally in the Arena Football League, the Indoor Football League, and briefly in the National Football League.

Sonny Cumbie attended Snyder High School in Snyder, Texas, and was a three-sport letterman in football, basketball, and baseball.

Sonny Cumbie declined them both and enrolled at Texas Tech University, about 80 miles from Snyder, and decided to accept an invitation to walk on to the football team from head coach Mike Leach.

Sonny Cumbie walked on at Texas Tech, where he had enrolled as a student.

Sonny Cumbie was on the scout team during the 2000 season, and earned a scholarship to be on the team prior to the 2001 season.

Sonny Cumbie saw his first action during a 2002 win over New Mexico.

Sonny Cumbie earned the starting spot for the 2004 season over highly recruited junior college quarterback Robert Johnson and redshirt junior Cody Hodges.

Sonny Cumbie led the Raiders to 7 regular season wins over SMU, TCU, Kansas, Nebraska, Kansas State, Baylor, and Oklahoma State.

Sonny Cumbie finished the regular season as the national leader in passing yards and passing offense.

Sonny Cumbie finished the season his Senior season with 4,742 passing yards, completing 65.6 percent of his passes for 32 touchdown passes and 18 interceptions, and became the third straight Red Raider quarterback to lead the nation in passing.

In 2006 Sonny Cumbie then joined the Los Angeles Avengers in the Arena Football League.

Sonny Cumbie started 12 games his first season as a rookie, and won Rookie of the Year.

Sonny Cumbie was invited back to the NFL by the Baltimore Ravens and signed a free agent contract in 2006 but was released.

Sonny Cumbie returned as the Avengers starting quarterback in 2007.

In 2007 Sonny Cumbie led the Avengers to the playoffs while throwing for 83 touchdown passes and 4,370 yards.

Sonny Cumbie then became the starting quarterback for the team and led the team to the playoffs and a playoff win.

In 2009, Sonny Cumbie began his coaching career at Texas Tech as a graduate assistant under head coach Mike Leach where he was in charge of the defensive scout team and coaching the quarterbacks.

Sonny Cumbie promoted Cumbie to inside receivers coach, a post held formerly by current University of Southern California head coach Lincoln Riley.

Sonny Cumbie was promoted along with Eric Morris to be co-offensive coordinator prior to the start of the 2013 season.

Stefan Stevenson reported that Sonny Cumbie would become the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas Christian University for the 2014 season.

Gary Patterson hired Sonny Cumbie hoping that he would implement the popular Air raid offense at TCU that he had run at Texas Tech.

Sonny Cumbie interviewed in 2016 for the University of Texas offensive coordinator job, ultimately deciding to stay at TCU when he received a pay raise that made him the highest paid offensive coordinator in the country.

On December 21,2020, Sonny Cumbie was hired and returned to Texas Tech as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under head coach Matt Wells.

Wells was fired on October 25,2021, with Sonny Cumbie being named the interim head coach.

On November 24,2021, Sonny Cumbie was retained as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under new head coach Joey McGuire.

On November 30,2021, Sonny Cumbie was named the 34th head coach at Louisiana Tech University.

Sonny Cumbie was a color commentator for the Texas Tech Football Radio network for three seasons, shortly before joining the Tech coaching staff.

Sonny Cumbie graduated from Texas Tech with a bachelor's degree in history.