Chris Beard (basketball)
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Texas Tech |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 18–14 (.563) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 18, 1973 Marietta, Georgia |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1995 | Texas (asst.) |
| 1995–1996 | Incarnate Word (asst.) |
| 1996–1997 | Abilene Christian (asst.) |
| 1997–1999 | North Texas (asst.) |
| 1999–2000 | Fort Scott CC |
| 2000–2001 | Seminole State JC |
| 2001–2011 | Texas Tech (assoc. HC) |
| 2011–2012 | South Carolina Warriors |
| 2012–2013 | McMurry |
| 2013–2015 | Angelo State |
| 2015–2016 | Little Rock |
| 2016–present | Texas Tech |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 114–44 (.726) NCAA 44–18 Junior College |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA Division I) 2–1 (NCAA Division II) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
Sun Belt regular season championship (2016) Sun Belt Tournament championship (2016) |
|
| Awards | |
|
Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year (2016) NABC District 24 Coach of the Year (2016) |
|
Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year (2016)
Christopher Michael Beard (born February 18, 1973) is an American basketball coach and the current head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
He previously coached Little Rock, Angelo State, and McMurry University. Beard graduated from high school from McCullough High School in The Woodlands, Texas. He was a student assistant at Texas under coach Tom Penders graduating from UT in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. He received a Masters of Education from Abilene Christian University where he served as a graduate assistant in 1998.
After serving as a student assistant at Texas and a graduate assistant at Incarnate Word and Abilene Christian, Beard was an assistant coach at North Texas 1997–1999.
From there, he was hired as head coach at Fort Scott Community College where he coached the team to a 19–12 record and its first winning season in 8 years. In 2000, he was hired as the head coach at Seminole State College. In his one-year there he went 25–6 and finished ranked 14th in the country.
Following that season, he was hired as an assistant and later associate head coach at Texas Tech to work under the legendary Bob Knight. During his time at Texas Tech, the Red Raiders made four NCAA Tournament appearances along with a trip to the NIT Final Four. Chris Beard spent 10 years coaching at Texas Tech under Bob Knight and his son Pat Knight, often citing the influence of the two men as his keys to success.
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