Cody Campbell (businessman)

Cody Cagle Campbell (born September 29, 1981)^[1] is an American businessman and former college and professional athlete. He played as an offensive lineman for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Indianapolis Colts.^[2][3]

He currently serves as co-CEO, and was the co-founder, of Double Eagle Energy Holdings, an upstream oil and gas company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.^[2] Campbell has been a member of the Texas Tech University System board of regents since April 2021 and the board chair since April 2025,^[4][5] and has played a major role in his alma mater's NIL initiative.^[6]

Campbell was born in Lubbock, Texas, the child of Cliff and Reagan (née Cagle) Campbell.^[5][7] He is the oldest of two children; he has a younger brother, Brady.^[8] His father Cliff played football at Texas Tech University.^[9] His roots at Tech go even deeper—he is a fourth-generation Tech alumnus, with one of his great-grandfathers having been in Tech's first entering class in 1925.^[6]

Campbell grew up in Canyon, Texas, and graduated from Canyon High School.^[10]For his play on Canyon High School’s football team, Campbell was named an All-State offensive lineman.^[11] Additionally, Campbell was a National Merit Scholar.^[12]

Campbell was part of coach Mike Leach's first recruiting class at Texas Tech in 2000; after redshirting the 2000 season, he was a four-year letterman and two-year starter for the Red Raiders.^[13][14]During his time at Texas Tech, Campbell received multiple All Big 12 and Academic Big 12 Honors as an offensive guard.^[15]

Campbell graduated from Texas Tech with a double major BBA in Finance and Business Economics with Honors, and a Master of Science in Finance.^[16]

Campbell was undrafted during the 2005 season but signed a free-agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts immediately after the draft.^[17] Campbell remained a member of the team until August 2006, when his football career was cut short by a severe injury.^[18][19][20]

Campbell began his business career while still a student at Texas Tech, founding a small real estate company with his childhood friend, football teammate, and future Double Eagle co-founder John Sellers.^[12]After Campbell's football career, he re-entered the real estate space and took a position with Paul Kite's company in Indianapolis, Indiana.^[12]

In 2008, Campbell partnered with Sellers to pursue opportunities in the oilfield.^[18] Starting as the two sole employees, Campbell and Sellers began acquiring oil and gas assets in the Haynesville Shale, the Eagle Ford Shale, and the Permian Basin areas.^[18][21] The duo named their company “Double Eagle” in homage to the hometown high school mascot. ^[22]Over time, the pair built an operating team, and began drilling their own wells, eventually moving into highly technical horizontal drilling.^[21]

Campbell and Sellers joined forces with Apollo Global Management in 2013 to pursue opportunities in the Anadarko and Ardmore Basins of Oklahoma, while maintaining their operations in other basins.^[23][24] This joint venture with Apollo, called Double Eagle Energy Holdings, was sold to Aubrey McClendon's American Energy Non-Op in November 2014.^[25]

In 2015, Sellers and Campbell formed Double Eagle Energy Holdings II.^[26] The company was sold to Parsley Energy in 2017.^[27][12]

Following the sale of Double Eagle Energy Holdings II, Sellers and Campbell formed Double Eagle Energy Holdings III in the Midland Basin.^[28]

The pair merged their company with FourPoint Energy to create Double Point Energy in 2018, which sold to Pioneer Natural Resources in April 2021.^[29]

In 2022, Campbell and Sellers subsequently formed Double Eagle Energy Holding IV, this time in partnership with Encap Energy Capital.^[30]The company accumulated a large acreage position once again in the Midland Basin before selling to Diamondback Natural Resources in February 2025.^[31]

In addition to Double Eagle, Sellers and Campbell are also CEOs and co-founders of Tumbleweed Royalty, which is a large mineral and royalty acquisition company that operates across the United States.^[32] Tumbleweed Royalty IV was sold to Viper Energy Inc. in September 2024.^[32]

Governor Greg Abbott appointed Campbell to the Texas Tech System Board of Regents in 2021,^[33]and he was elected Chairman of the Board in 2025.^[4]

Campbell helped fund a renovation of Texas Tech’s athletic facilities.^[34]The football field at Jones AT&T stadium was named “Cody Campbell Field” in his honor.^[34] Campbell, along with John Sellers, founded Texas Tech’s Name Image and Likeness (NIL) Collective, the Matador Club.^[35]

Campbell was named the Texas Tech Rawls College of Business Distinguished Alumnus in 2019.^[4]

Campbell is married to Tara Campbell.^[36]The couple met while students at Texas Tech and have four children together.^[36]

Additionally, Campbell is involved in service to several organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Texas Public Policy Foundation,^[37]and was a board member and is a Distinguished Fellow at the America First Policy Institute.^[38][39] Campbell also serves on the Board of Trustees of All Saints Episcopal School of Fort Worth.^[7]