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New SMU head football coach Sonny Dykes gestures from the podium after his introduction in Dallas, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. SMU hired the former California and Louisiana Tech coach as its new coach, replacing one Texan with reputation for directing potent offenses for another. Dykes will replace Chad Morris, who left SMU last week to become Arkansas' coach.(AP Photo/LM Otero)

Road leads Sonny Dykes home to Texas and SMU

By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press

This Sept. 26, 2015 photo shows former Texas Tech football coach Spike Dykes walking the field during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Lubbock, Texas. Dykes, the folksy West Texas native who led Texas Tech to its only Cotton Bowl when that game was reserved for the Southwest Conference champion, has died, Monday, April 10, 2017. He was 79. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Spike Dykes, revered former coach at Texas Tech, dead at 79

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