The Kliff Kingsbury beard tracker: Texas Tech’s facial hair win streak comes to an end

Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury hasn’t always rocked a beard. The 39-year-old is one of the youngest coaches in major college football, and he’s long been one of its most baby-faced. Most images from past years are like this one, showing relatively little facial hair:

How he looked that day:

Light scruff. Arguably a beard, I guess, but not really a beard.

The score was 47-27. We were putting up posts in the immediate aftermath with Kingsbury’s buyout information, just in case anyone might be looking for it. Things were bad.

TTU wrote in its media game notes for Week 5:

By now, many have likely recognized a new trend involving Kliff Kingsbury, who has been sporting a beard during Texas Tech’s three-game winning streak. Kingsbury reiterated following the Red Raiders’ victory at Oklahoma State that the beard would remain untouched heading into this weekend’s West Virginia game

And indeed, take a look.

Three games. Three beard appearances. Three Red Raider wins.

The Red Raiders lost to the Mountaineers 42-34, dropping the beard to a 3-1 record.

A day later:

The end of an era.