List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head basketball coaches
Coaches

List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head basketball coaches

Section Title: Coaches
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#	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)

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)

11	James Dickey	1991–2001	287	164	123	.571	75	75	.500	2	3	2	2	SWC (1992, 1996)

12	Bob Knight†	2001–2008	220	138	82	.627	53	49	.520	7	5	0	0	NCHOF (2006)

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	2016–Present	105	75	30	.714	31	23	.574	7	1	1	0	—

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Virgil Ballard was the fifth head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team during the 1934–35 season.

final_sentence: Virgil Ballard was the fifth head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team during the 1934–35 season.