Tommy Tuberville leaves Texas Tech after three seasons to become to head coach at Cincinnati. (Erich Schlegel/Getty Images)

Texas Tech head coach Tommy Tuberville will replace Butch Jones and become the new head coach at Cincinnati, reports ESPN.com. 

Jones left Cincinnati to become the new coach at Tennessee on Friday. A report says a news conference is set for later Saturday to introduce Tuberville. Tuberville’s buyout to leave Texas Tech for Cincinnati is $900,000.

A Texas Tech official said the school was “completely blindsided” by the decision.

Tuberville had a 20-17 record in three years at Texas Tech. The Red Raiders went 7-5 this season to reach the Meineke Car Care Bowl against Minnesota. The Red Raiders lost four of their final five games to end the season.

Before arriving at Texas Tech, Tuberville spent 10 seasons at Auburn, winning 85 games before resigning after the 2008 season. Tuberville’s career overall record is 130-77.

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby issued a public reprimand to Texas Tech head coach Tommy Tuberville during BCS meetings on Monday for an incident caught on camera between him and a graduate assistant coach, reports CBSSports.com.

Tuberville was caught on camera ripping a headset off of graduate assistant Kevin Oliver on the sideline during the third quarter of Texas Tech’s overtime victory over Kansas. Tuberville later said he apologized to Oliver.

Bowlsby says he doesn’t consider Tuberville’s action Saturday “a slap”. Tuberville says he grabbed the Oliver’s microphone and ripped it.

“I guess I’d be less than forthright if I didn’t acknowledge we’ll be keeping a careful eye on it going forward,” Bowlsby said.

“I have to hold myself to a higher standard,”  Tuberville said to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. “After watching the film when I got home, it was obvious what a lot of people were upset about, and it upset me, too. You don’t do things like that. It was obvious I reached up and grabbed his headset and pulled on it. In the heat of the battle, some things happen sometimes that you’d like to take back.”

Bob Bowlsby issues public reprimand on Tommy Tuberville while inside BCS meetings today.—
Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) November 12, 2012