Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville's search for a new defensive coordinator might be starting with one of his old defensive coordinators. Art Kaufman, the defensive coordinator at Mississippi from 1995 through 2000, was at Tech on Tuesday, a source said. The Red Raiders are looking to fill the spot vacated by Chad Glasgow, who coached the defense this season. Kaufman has been at North Carolina since 2009. He was promoted to defensive coordinator this year, but the Tar Heels operated all season under interim head coach Everett Withers.

  Texas Tech officials confirmed Thursday defensive coordinator Chad Glasgow is leaving the staff, a move that had been the subject of speculation for more than a week. “Texas Tech and Chad Glasgow have come to a mutual agreement that he will no longer remain on the Texas Tech football coaching staff,” Tech spokesman Blayne Beal said. Beal declined to characterize the action as a resignation or a dismissal, reiterating it was “a mutual agreement on both parties.”

  Texas Tech’s mid-year signing haul included three players from a Riverside (Calif.) Community College team that finished 11-0 and ranked fifth in the nation. But there was more where those players came from. On Thursday, Riverside CC cornerback Bruce Jones made an oral commitment to sign with Tech. He plans to do so when the national signing period begins Feb. 1, then arrive on campus in May.

Texas A&M assistant coaches were left in a precarious position when Aggies head coach Mike Sherman was fired in early December. Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville evidently saw it as an opportunity. Tech hired Jim Turner, Sherman’s offensive line coach all four of his years at A&M, in a move announced Wednesday. Turner, who turns 47 on Jan. 15, will replace Matt Moore, who was dismissed recently after five years coaching Tech’s offensive line.