Gerald Myers
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 5, 1936 Borger, Texas |
| Alma mater | Texas Tech University |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1962-1966 | Lubbock Monterey High School |
| 1967–1970 | Houston Baptist |
| 1970–1971 | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| 1971–1991 | Texas Tech |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1991–1996 | Texas Tech (asst. AD) |
| 1996–2011 | Texas Tech |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 358–304 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3× SWC Tournament (1976, 1985, 1986) 2× SWC regular season (1973, 1985) |
|
| Awards | |
| 5× SWC Coach of the Year | |
Gerald Myers (born August 5, 1936) is an American former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team and the Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team and athletic director at Texas Tech University.
Originally from Borger, Texas, Myers played basketball for Texas Tech from 1956–1959. As a player, he had an 86.9 percent free throw shooting average for the 1957-58 season. He received a bachelor's degree in education from Texas Tech in 1959 and later earned a Master's Degree in 1965.
Myers coached basketball for Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas from 1962 through the 1966 season posting an impressive 92-18 record at the high school.
In 1967, Myers became the second head coach of the Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball program. Beginning with Myers' first season as head coach, the Huskies competed in the NCAA Division II after 4 seasons in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. At the end of the 1969–70 season, Myers resigned to accept the position of assistant coach with the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball program, where he played collegiality. In three seasons, Myers posted an overall record of 32–43.
In 1970, Myers became an assistant coach for the Red Raiders before being named interim head coach following the resignation of Bob Bass only 13 games into the season.
He became head coach of the team during the 1970–71 basketball season and held this position for twenty years. Under Myers, the Red Raiders won two conference championships, five conference tournaments, and earned four trips to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Myers was named SWC Coach of the Year five times.
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