List of presidents of Texas Tech University

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

Presidents

#	Name	Term	Notability
		1923–1932	Former National Education Association Vice-president. Died in office.
		1932–1938	Former president of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College and Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Second Texas Tech president to die in office.
	^†	1938	Board of Director member who served as interim following Knapp's passing.
		1938–1944	The football stadium at the university was named in part for him.
		1944–1948
		1948–1952	Also president of Texas Western prior to his arrival.
		1952–1959	Also president of Texas A&I prior to his arrival.
		1959–1966
		1966–1976
		1976–1979
		1979	Interim
	^†	1980–1988
		1989–1996
		1996—2000
	^†	2000–2003
		2003	Second tenure. Interim.
		2003–2008
		2008–2012
		2012–2013	Interim
		2013–2016	Former University of Idaho president
	^†	2016	Interim
17		2016–present