Tic Price
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Lamar |
| Conference | Southland |
| Record | 46–53 (.465) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 29, 1955 Danville, Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| 1974–1976 | VCU |
| 1976–1979 | Virginia Tech |
| Position(s) | Small forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1980–1984 | Roanoke (asst.) |
| 1984–1989 | Chattanooga (asst.) |
| 1989–1991 | Virginia Tech (asst.) |
| 1991–1993 | Old Dominion (asst.) |
| 1993–1994 | Auburn (asst.) |
| 1994–1997 | New Orleans |
| 1997–1999 | Memphis |
| 2000–2001 | McNeese State (asst.) |
| 2001–2006 | McNeese State |
| 2007–2008 | North Texas (asst.) |
| 2008–2011 | Lamar (asst.) |
| 2014–present | Lamar |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 213–176 (.548) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Sun Belt Tournament championship (1996) 2× Sun Belt regular season championship (1996, 1997) C–USA National Division regular season championship (1998) Southland Tournament championship (2002) Southland regular season championship (2002) |
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| Awards | |
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Southland Conference Coach of the Year (2002) 3× Louisiana Sports Writers Association Coach of the Year (1996, 1997, 2002) 4× NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (1995–1997, 2002) |
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George "Tic" Price (born November 29, 1955) is an American college basketball coach. He currently serves as the head coach for the Lamar Cardinals men's basketball team. From 2002 to 2007, he served as head coach at McNeese State. Prior to that, he served as head coach of Memphis and New Orleans.
Price went to New Orleans as an assistant coach under Tommy Joe Eagles in 1994, but was named head coach after Eagles' unexpected death in July 1994. After a 20-win inaugural season, Price led the Privateers to a mark of 21–9 in 1995–96, claiming the Sun Belt Conference championship with a 57–56 victory over Arkansas–Little Rock and received a bid to the NCAA Tournament where the team lost to North Carolina. In 1996–97, the Privateers posted a record of 22–7 and participated in the National Invitation Tournament. Price became the first coach to win 20 or more games in three consecutive seasons at New Orleans, while setting the Sun Belt Conference career record for winning percentage in league games (.759) and collecting a record 22 consecutive conference home wins.
Price became Memphis's 14th head coach on March 27, 1997. In his first year at the helm, Price and the Tigers exceeded all expectations by going 17–12, winning the National Division of Conference USA and advancing to the NIT. His second season was a disappointment as a young but talented Tiger team posted a 13–15 record. He was forced to resign days before the start of what would have been his third season because of an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student.
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