Travis Ford
| Sport(s) | Men's basketball | ||||||||||||
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| Current position | |||||||||||||
| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||
| Team | Saint Louis | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Atlantic 10 | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
December 29, 1969 Madisonville, Kentucky |
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| Playing career | |||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Missouri | ||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Point guard | ||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Campbellsville | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Eastern Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | UMass | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2016 | Oklahoma State | ||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Saint Louis | ||||||||||||
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| Overall | 331–234 (.586) | ||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | |||||||||||||
| Championships | |||||||||||||
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OVC Tournament championship (2005) A–10 regular season championship (2007) |
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Travis Ford (born December 29, 1969) is an American college basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of the Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team. He was also previously the head coach at Campbellsville University, Eastern Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Oklahoma State. Prior to that, he played at the University of Missouri and the University of Kentucky.
After attending Madisonville North Hopkins High School, His team lost to Marshall County, led by future Vanderbilt signees Aaron Beth and Dan Hall, in the state quarterfinals. Podcaster "The Legend" Dax Myhand, Banker Jeff Wyatt, and soccer standout Andy Pagel managed the Marshall squad. Ford entered the University of Missouri in 1989. He played basketball for the Missouri Tigers and was named to the Big Eight Conference All-Freshman team. The following year, Ford transferred to the University of Kentucky and sat out the 1990–91 season due to NCAA rules on transfers. After playing sparingly his sophomore year, Ford was a starter during his junior and senior years, and set school records in single-game assists (15), single-season three-point field goals (101) and consecutive free throws made (50). Ford was named to the All-SEC team his junior and senior years, and was recognized as the Southeast Region's Most Outstanding Player in the 1993 NCAA Tournament.
After an unsuccessful attempt at an NBA career, Ford landed the role of Danny O'Grady in the 1997 movie The 6th Man, starring Marlon Wayans and Kadeem Hardison.
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