List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head basketball coaches

The

Division I, representing Texas Tech University in the Big 12 Conference.^[1] The program has had 17 head coaches since it began play during the 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season.^[2]

Texas Tech (then known as

1956

, the same year Robison began a three-year conference championship winning streak. Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in 1956, the Red Raiders won five conference championships and one co-championship.

In 1957, Texas Tech was admitted to the

UTEP Miners, as the 14th head coach of the Texas Tech men's basketball program.^[5]

Key

General
#	Number of coaches^{[A 1]}
GC	Games coached
^†	Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame
BT	Basketball Times Coaches of the Year
NCHOF	National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
Border	Border Conference Coach of the Year
SWC	Southwest Conference Coach of the Year
Big 12	Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year

Overall
OW	Wins
OL	Losses
O%	Winning percentage

Conference
CW	Wins
CL	Losses
C%	Winning percentage
RCs	Regular Season Championships^{[A 2]}
TCs	Tournament Championships^{[A 3]}

Postseason^{[A 4]}
PW	Wins
PL	Losses

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

#	Name	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	O%	CW	CL	C%	PW	PL	RCs	TCs	Awards
1	Grady Higginbotham	1925–1927	32	14	18	.438	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Victor Payne	1927–1930	52	31	21	.596	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	W. L. Golightly	1930–1931	20	11	9	.550	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Dell Morgan	1931–1934	69	42	27	.550	15	1	.938	—	—	2	—	—
5	Virgil Ballard	1934–1935	24	14	10	.583	9	1	.900	—	—	1	—	—
6	Berl Huffman	1935–1942, 1946–1947	188	116	72	.617	56	34	.622	1	1	0	—	—
7	Polk Robison	1943–1946, 1947–1961	443	248	195	.560	141	82	.632	2	4	4	—	Border (1954)^[7]
8	Gene Gibson	1961–1969	192	101	91	.526	66	46	.589	1	1	2	—	—
9	Bob Bass	1969–1970	24	14	10	.583	8	6	.571	—	—	0	—	—
10	Gerald Myers	1970–1991	587	326	261	.555	180	142	.559	1	5	2	3	SWC (5x)^[8]
11	James Dickey	1991–2001	287	164	123	.571	75	75	.500	2	3	2	2	SWC (1992 & 1996)^[9]
12	Bob Knight^†	2001–2008	220	138	82	.627	53	49	.520	7	5	0	0	NCHOF (2006)^[10]
13	Pat Knight	2008–2011	111	50	61	.450	16	42	.276	2	1	0	0	—
14	Billy Gillispie	2011–2012	31	8	23	.258	1	17	.056	0	0	0	0	—
15	Chris Walker	2012–2013	31	11	20	.355	3	15	.167	0	0	0	0	—
16	Tubby Smith	2013–2016	96	46	50	.479	18	36	.333	0	1	0	0	Big 12 (2016)
17	Chris Beard^[11]^[12]	2016–2021	105	112	55	.671	49	40	.551	7	1	1	0	Big 12 (2018 & 2019)
18	Mark Adams	2021–2023	68	43	25	.632	17	19	.472	0	0	0	0	—
19	Grant McCasland	2023–Present	23	17	6	.739	6	4	.600	0	0	0	0	—

Notes

^ A running total of the number of head coaches, thus, any coach who have two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
^ Texas Tech was not in an athletic conference from the 1925 through 1931, 1939 through 1941, the 1943–44 season, and the 1956–57 season.^[2]
^ The Border Conference did not hold a conference tournament. The Southwest Conference did not hold their conference tournament until the 1975–76 season.^[6]
^ Postseason wins and losses include tournament games played in the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (now National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and National Invitation Tournament (NIT).

References

General

"2009–10 Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Tech University. Retrieved 2010-02-17.

Specific

^ "2009–10 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2009–10 Texas Tech Red Raiders Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Tech University. Retrieved 2010-01-04.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b Clark, Kyle; Siegrist, Nikki (2003-03-13). "Making Matadors: Spanish style architecture inspires Tech's first mascot". The Daily Toreador. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
^ "A Look Back at the Southwest Conference". Texas Almanac. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
^ Linehan, Courtney (2011-03-20). "Texas Tech hires Billy Gillispie as men's basketball coach". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
^ "Traditions". Texas Tech University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
^ Andrews, Ruth Horn (1956). The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College. Lubbock, Texas: The Texas Tech Press. p. 309.
^ "Tech alumni honored for their services". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 1999-10-16. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
^ "James Dickey Introduced as Houston Men's Basketball Head Coach". Conference USA. 2008-04-01. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
^ "College Basketball Experience". National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
^ "Chris Beard Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
^ "Men's Basketball". Texas Tech University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-03-31.

[6] A running total of the number of head coaches, thus, any coach who have two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.

[7] Texas Tech was not in an athletic conference from the 1925 through 1931, 1939 through 1941, the 1943–44 season, and the 1956–57 season.^[2]

[9] The Border Conference did not hold a conference tournament. The Southwest Conference did not hold their conference tournament until the 1975–76 season.^[6]

[10] Postseason wins and losses include tournament games played in the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (now National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and National Invitation Tournament (NIT).

[1] "2009–10 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved 2010-01-10.

[MediaGuide-2] "2009–10 Texas Tech Red Raiders Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Tech University. Retrieved 2010-01-04.^{[permanent dead link]}

[03-13-08-Toreador-3] Clark, Kyle; Siegrist, Nikki (2003-03-13). "Making Matadors: Spanish style architecture inspires Tech's first mascot". The Daily Toreador. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-15.

[SWC-4] "A Look Back at the Southwest Conference". Texas Almanac. Retrieved 2018-07-04.

[5] Linehan, Courtney (2011-03-20). "Texas Tech hires Billy Gillispie as men's basketball coach". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

[8] "Traditions". Texas Tech University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-01-07.

[11] Andrews, Ruth Horn (1956). The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College. Lubbock, Texas: The Texas Tech Press. p. 309.

[12] "Tech alumni honored for their services". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 1999-10-16. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-02-28.

[13] "James Dickey Introduced as Houston Men's Basketball Head Coach". Conference USA. 2008-04-01. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-04-18.

[14] "College Basketball Experience". National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-05-03.

[15] "Chris Beard Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.

[16] "Men's Basketball". Texas Tech University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-03-31.

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v t e Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball
Venues	Livestock Judging Pavilion (1925–1927) Tech Gymnasium (1927–1956) City Bank Coliseum (1956–1999) United Supermarkets Arena (1999–present)
Culture & lore	Raider Red The Masked Rider "Fight, Raiders, Fight" "The Matador Song" Guns Up Knight School
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics