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Christopher Beard is an American basketball coach who is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Texas at Austin. He previously coached at Texas Tech, Little Rock, Angelo State, and McMurry.
Beard was named Texas Tech's 17th head coach on April 15, 2016 by Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt and Interim University President Dr. John Opperman. He had previously spent 10 years as an assistant coach at Texas Tech University under the legendary Bob Knight. Under Beard's watch, the Texas Tech Red Raiders made the deepest NCAA Tournament runs in school history. In 2019, the Red Raiders won a school-record 31 games on the way to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game against the Virginia Cavaliers. He was recognized as the 2019 AP National Coach of the Year. Beard was also named the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year in back to back seasons in 2018 and 2019 after reaching the Elite Eight in 2018 for the first time in program history and guiding the team to the Big 12 Conference regular-season championship.
Beard's prolific career at Texas Tech broke multiple team records during his tenure from 2016 to 2021. On January 3, 2017, Beard led Texas Tech to upset #7 West Virginia leading the Red Raiders to their first regular-season win over the Mountaineers in program history. The following year he again led Texas Tech to a 72–71 win over #2 WVU. His 2017-18 team was also the first Texas Tech team to win at Kansas, snapping a 17-game road losing streak against the Jayhawks. On March 23, 2018 Beard coached Texas Tech to its first-ever Elite Eight berth in program history with a 78–65 win over the Purdue Boilermakers. On April 29, 2019, Beard signed a six-year extension worth more than $4.5 million a season, becoming the third-highest-paid college basketball coach in the country. On April 1, 2021, Beard was hired as the 25th head coach at The University of Texas.
A Texas native, Beard graduated from high school from McCullough High School in The Woodlands, Texas. He was a manager at the University of Texas under former Longhorns coach Tom Penders, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology. He received a Masters of Education from Abilene Christian University where he served as a graduate assistant in 1998.
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