Texas Tech hires UNT’s McCasland as new coach

Texas Tech has actually employed Grant McCasland to a six-year deal as the Red Raiders’ new males’s basketball coach, the school revealed Friday.McCasland has spent the

past six seasons as head coach at North Texas, winning 3 Conference U.S.A. titles while going 135-65 at the school. The Mean Green (31-7) won the NIT championship on Thursday night to top the school’s first 30-win season.”The dedication and vision for Texas Tech has no limitations and we anticipate loving our team everyday with a greater purpose,” McCasland, who has a master’s degree from Texas Tech, stated in a declaration.”We will make every effort daily for quality in every element of our program, do things properly, winning championships that values relationships throughout.”Editor’s Picks 2 Related McCasland made his bachelor’s degree from

Baylor, where he

was noted

as a 5-foot-9 walk-on player who entered into 47 games over 4 seasons, from 1995-99. He later on was an assistant coach for the Bears from 2011-16 under coach Scott Drew. “Our search committee was right away satisfied not only by Coach McCasland and his capability to win

at every level of college basketball, all while developing a favorable culture built on toughness, however also his enthusiasm for Texas Tech and his vision for our basketball program, “Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said.UNT led the nation in scoring defense the past two seasons after restricting challengers to simply 55.7 points per game in both seasons.

UNT held 27 of its 38 opponents under 60 points this season. “He established a program that has won championships, reached new postseason heights, and brought lots of moments of enjoyment to Mean Green fans,”UNT athletic director Jared Mosley said.” He and his family will be missed out on in Denton, however we are excited about the foundation that has actually been developed and what is to come for UNT Basketball. “McCasland, who has actually also coached at Arkansas State, Midwestern State and Midland College and has a career 211-89 record, will change Mark Adams, who stepped down from his position on March 8 after he was suspended for utilizing what the school called an”inappropriate, undesirable, and racially insensitive remark.”While Texas Tech’s questions determined that Adams’comments were unintentional and a separated occurrence, the coach said he stepped down due to the fact that he and

the university felt the incident had ended up being a distraction for the program.Assistant coach Corey Williams managed interim head-coach responsibilities during the Huge 12 tournament.Texas Tech, which finished 16-16 this season, has actually advanced to 4 of the past five NCAA competitions, consisting of the Sugary food 16 in 2022. McCasland started his profession at Texas Tech as the guys’s basketball director of operations from 1999 to 2001.

He was 27 when he got his very first head training task in 2004, at Midland College in Texas, which he caused the 2007 junior college national championship. He went 56-12 at Midwestern State from 2009-11 with back-to-back NCAA Department II tournament local final looks. “I am thrilled for Coach McCasland, his family and Texas Tech. He has worked enormously hard throughout his profession getting ready for this moment, experiencing great success at every stop along the method,”Drew said.”I believe he will be a property to our conference, Texas Tech and the West Texas area as a whole.”The Associated Press contributed to this report.