List of Texas Tech University presidents

This is a complete list of Texas Tech University presidents of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

Presidents

Legend
Int.	Interim
^†	Texas Tech University alumni

#	Name	Term	Notability
1	Paul W. Horn	1923–1932	Former National Education Association (NEA) Vice-president. Died in office.[1]
2	Bradford Knapp	1932–1938	Former president of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Oklahoma State University) and Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). Second Texas Tech president to die in office.[2]
Int.	Mrs. John A. Haley^†	1938	Board of Director member who served as interim following Knapp's passing.
3	Clifford B. Jones	1938–1944	[3]
4	William M. Whyburn	1944–1948
5	Dossie M. Wiggins	1948–1952
6	Edward N. Jones	1952–1959
7	Robert C. Goodwin	1959–1966
8	Grover E. Murray	1966–1976
9	M. Cecil Mackey	1976–1979
Int.	Lawrence Graves	1979	Interim
10	Lauro F. Cavazos^†	1980–1988
11	Robert W. Lawless	1989–1996
12	Donald R. Haragan^†	1996—2000
13	David J. Schmidly^†	2000–2003
Int.	Donald R. Haragan^†	2003	Second tenure. Interim.
14	Jon Whitmore	2003–2008
15	Guy Bailey	2008–2012
Int.	Lawrence Schovanec	2012–2013	Interim
16	M. Duane Nellis	2013–2016	Former University of Idaho president[4]
Int.	John Opperman^†	2016	Interim
17	Lawrence Schovanec	2016–present

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