List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head basketball coaches

The Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball program competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) 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 Texas Technological College) basketball team was formerly named the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus.^[3] The Matadors' first head coach, Grady Higginbotham, started and led the program until Victor Payne replaced him after two seasons. In 1932, Texas Tech was admitted to the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, also known as the Border Conference. In the team's first season of conference play, Texas Tech's fourth head coach, Dell Morgan, went undefeated, winning the first of three consecutive Border Conference championships. At the beginning of the 1937–38 season, Texas Tech's short-lived Matadors moniker was replaced officially with "Red Raiders", the nickname the team has today.^[3] Texas Tech received their first postseason bid in 1942 to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIA) tournament during Berl Huffman's final season with the team in his first term as head coach. Huffman's successor, Polk Robison, led Texas Tech to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 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 Southwest Conference (SWC), in which it experienced similar success as it had in the Border Conference. In the regular season, the Red Raiders won four conference championships and three conference co-championships. At the end of the 1976 regular season, the SWC began an annual conference tournament known as the SWC Classic.^[2] Texas Tech won five SWC Classic titles in their six appearances in the conference tournament championship game; three under Gerald Myers and two under James Dickey. The university remained in the SWC until the conference ceased operations in 1996, when Dickey's 1995–96 team ended the season ranked eighth in both the Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll and won the conference's final regular season and SWC Classic titles.^[4] Following the dissolution of the SWC, the university became a charter member in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference. Since joining the Big 12 Conference, the Red Raiders did not receive a bid to postseason play until 2002, when Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight was hired. During Knight's six-year tenure, Texas Tech received five postseason bids, participating in four NCAA tournaments and one National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The Red Raiders won the third place playoff in the 2003 NIT Tournament, the farthest a Red Raiders men's basketball team has advanced in postseason play. During the 2007–08 season, Bob Knight resigned as head coach and his son, then assistant head coach, Pat Knight became Texas Tech's 13th head coach. In the 2009-10 season, Pat Knight led the Red Raiders to the (NIT) where they were defeated in the quarterfinals. After failing to make the NCAA tournament, and compiling a 16-42 Big 12 Conference record over his three and a half seasons as head coach, Texas Tech terminated Pat Knight's position has head coach. On March 20, 2011, Texas Tech hired Billy Clyde Gillispie, former head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, Texas A&M Aggies, and 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 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

#	Name	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	O%	CW	CL	C%	PW	PL	RCs	TCs	Awards
1	Higginbotham, GradyGrady Higginbotham	1925–1927	32	14	18	.438	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
2	Payne, VictorVictor Payne	1927–1930	52	31	21	.596	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
3	Golightly, W. L.W. L. Golightly	1930–1931	20	11	9	.550	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
4	Morgan, DellDell Morgan	1931–1934	69	42	27	.550	7001150000000000000♠15	7000100000000000000♠1	.938	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠—	—
5	Ballard, VirgilVirgil Ballard	1934–1935	24	14	10	.583	7000900000000000000♠9	7000100000000000000♠1	.900	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠—	—
6	Huffman, BerlBerl Huffman	1935–1942, 1946–1947	188	116	72	.617	7001560000000000000♠56	7001340000000000000♠34	.622	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	6999100000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠—	—
7	Robison, PolkPolk Robison	1943–1946, 1947–1961	443	248	195	.560	7002141000000000000♠141	7001820000000000000♠82	.632	7000200000000000000♠2	7000400000000000000♠4	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠—	Border (1954)^[7]
8	Gibson, GeneGene Gibson	1961–1969	192	101	91	.526	7001660000000000000♠66	7001460000000000000♠46	.589	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠—	—
9	Bass, BobBob Bass	1969–1970	24	14	10	.583	7000800000000000000♠8	7000600000000000000♠6	.571	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	6999100000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠—	—
10	Myers, GeraldGerald Myers	1970–1991	587	326	261	.555	7002180000000000000♠180	7002142000000000000♠142	.559	7000100000000000000♠1	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	SWC (5x)^[8]
11	Dickey, JamesJames Dickey	1991–2001	287	164	123	.571	7001750000000000000♠75	7001750000000000000♠75	.500	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	SWC (1992, 1996)^[9]
12	Knight, BobBob Knight^†	2001–2008	220	138	82	.627	7001530000000000000♠53	7001490000000000000♠49	.520	7000700000000000000♠7	7000500000000000000♠5	6999100000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	NCHOF (2006)^[10]
13	Knight, PatPat Knight	2008–2011	111	50	61	.450	7001160000000000000♠16	7001420000000000000♠42	.276	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	6999100000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	—
14	Gillispie, BillyBilly Gillispie	2011–2012	31	8	23	.258	7000100000000000000♠1	7001170000000000000♠17	.056	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	—
15	Walker, ChrisChris Walker	2012–2013	31	11	20	.355	7000300000000000000♠3	7001150000000000000♠15	.167	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	—
16	Smith, TubbyTubby Smith	2013–2016	96	46	50	.479	7001180000000000000♠18	7001360000000000000♠36	.333	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	6999100000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	Big 12 (2016)
17	Beard, ChrisChris Beard	2016–Present	0	0	0	–	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	–	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠0	6999100000000000000♠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.
1 2 3 "2009–10 Texas Tech Red Raiders Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Tech University. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
1 2 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 2010-01-07.
↑ 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. 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 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
↑ "James Dickey Introduced as Houston Men's Basketball Head Coach". Conference USA. 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
↑ "College Basketball Experience". National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-05-03.

Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball head coaches

Grady Higginbotham (1925–1927)
Victor Payne (1927–1930)
W. L. Golightly (1930–1931)
Dell Morgan (1931–1934)
Virgil Ballard (1934–1935)
Berl Huffman (1935–1942)
Polk Robison (1942–1946)
Berl Huffman (1946–1947)
Polk Robison (1948–1961)
Gene Gibson (1961–1969)
Bob Bass (1969–1970)
Gerald Myers (1971–1991)
James Dickey (1991–2001)
Bob Knight (2001–2008)
Pat Knight (2008–2011)
Billy Gillispie (2011–2012)
Chris Walker # (2012–2013)
Tubby Smith (2013–2016)
Chris Beard (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball

Venues	Livestock Judging Pavilion (1925–1927) Tech Gymnasium (1927–1956) Lubbock Municipal 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

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 1999–00 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

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