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American college basketball coach (born 1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grant McCasland (born October 14, 1976) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at Texas Tech University. McCasland previously coached at North Texas[1] from 2017 to 2023, where he guided the Mean Green to two postseason tournament championships: the 2018 College Basketball Invitational and 2023 National Invitation Tournament. Prior to that, he had previously been an assistant at his alma mater Baylor and as head coach at Midwestern State, Midland College, and Arkansas State.
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Texas Tech |
Conference | Big 12 |
Record | 25–11 (.694) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Irving, Texas, U.S. | October 14, 1976
Playing career | |
1995–1999 | Baylor |
Position(s) | Point guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2001–2003 | Northeastern JC (assistant) |
2004–2009 | Midland College |
2009–2011 | Midwestern State |
2011–2016 | Baylor (assistant) |
2016–2017 | Arkansas State |
2017–2023 | North Texas |
2023–present | Texas Tech |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1999–2001 | Texas Tech (Dir. of Ops.) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 377–132 (.741) |
Tournaments | 1–2 (NCAA DI) 6–2 (NCAA DII) 6–1 (NIT) 5–1 (CBI) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
NJCAA Division I tournament (2007) NIT (2023) CBI (2018) C-USA tournament (2021) 2 C-USA regular season (2020, 2022) C-USA West Division (2022) | |
Awards | |
C-USA Coach of the Year (2020) | |
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Midland College Chaparrals (Western Junior College Athletic Conference) (2004–2009) | |||||||||
2004–05 | Midland College | 26–10 | |||||||
2005–06 | Midland College | 25–6 | |||||||
2006–07 | Midland College | 30–8 | NJCAA Division I Champion | ||||||
2007–08 | Midland College | 28–4 | |||||||
2008–09 | Midland College | 33–4 | NJCAA Division I Runner-up | ||||||
Midland College: | 142–32 (.816) | ||||||||
Midwestern State Mustangs (Lone Star Conference) (2009–2011) | |||||||||
2009–10 | Midwestern State | 30–3 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Elite Eight | ||||
2010–11 | Midwestern State | 25–9 | 9–5 | 2nd | NCAA Division II Elite Eight | ||||
Midwestern State: | 55–12 (.821) | 25–9 (.735) | |||||||
Arkansas State Red Wolves (Sun Belt Conference) (2016–2017) | |||||||||
2016–17 | Arkansas State | 20–12 | 11–7 | T–3rd | |||||
Arkansas State: | 20–12 (.625) | 11–7 (.611) | |||||||
North Texas Mean Green (Conference USA) (2017–2023) | |||||||||
2017–18 | North Texas | 20–18 | 8–10 | T–7th | CBI Champions | ||||
2018–19 | North Texas | 21–12 | 8–10 | T–9th | |||||
2019–20 | North Texas | 20–11 | 14–4 | 1st | Postseason not held | ||||
2020–21 | North Texas | 18–10 | 9–5 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
2021–22 | North Texas | 25–7 | 16–2 | 1st (West) | NIT Second Round | ||||
2022–23 | North Texas | 31–7 | 16–4 | 2nd | NIT Champions | ||||
North Texas: | 135–65 (.675) | 71–35 (.670) | |||||||
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
2023–24 | Texas Tech | 23–11 | 11–7 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2024–25 | Texas Tech | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Texas Tech: | 25–11 (.694) | 11–7 (.611) | |||||||
Total: | 377–132 (.741) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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McCasland is a Christian.[2] McCasland is married to Cece McCasland. They have four children together.[3]
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