Billy Tubbs
| Sport(s) | Men's basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 5, 1935 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Alma mater |
Lamar State College of Technology (B.A., 1957) Stephen F. Austin State University (M.A., 1959) |
| Playing career | |
| 1953–1955 | Lon Morris JC |
| 1955–1957 | Lamar Tech |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1960–1971 | Lamar Tech (asst.) |
| 1971–1973 | Southwestern |
| 1973–1976 | North Texas (asst.) |
| 1976–1980 | Lamar |
| 1980–1994 | Oklahoma |
| 1994–2002 | TCU |
| 2003–2006 | Lamar |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2002–2011 | Lamar |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 641–340 |
| Tournaments | 18–12 (NCAA D-I) 11–6 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Billy David Tubbs (born March 5, 1935) is a former men's college basketball coach. The Tulsa, Oklahoma native has been the head coach of his alma mater Lamar University (1976–1980, 2003–2006), the University of Oklahoma (1980–1994) and Texas Christian University (1994–2002). His first head coaching job — from 1971-72 through 1972-73 — was at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, where his teams were 12–16 and 19–8. From there he went to the University of North Texas to serve as assistant coach under Gene Robbins and for one year under Bill Blakely.
Tubbs was known for his high scoring offense and full-court press defense.
Tubbs achieved many coaching milestones during his coaching career. He became the ninth coach in NCAA history to record 100 wins at three different schools (Oklahoma 333, TCU 156 and Lamar 121). He became the 28th coach in NCAA Division I history to record 600 wins in Lamar's 79-67 win over Texas Southern during the 2003-04 season.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Tubbs grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and attended Central High School in Tulsa. Tubbs then attended Lamar State College of Technology (now Lamar University) in Beaumont, Texas and lettered in basketball from 1955 to 1957. As a junior in 1955–56, Tubbs averaged 6.7 points and 3.1 rebounds for Lamar Tech.
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