Chris Beard will be the next head basketball coach at Texas
Yahoo Sports College reporter Krysten Peek gives you an instant reaction to the hiring of Chris Beard to be the new head coach at Texas after 5 successful years at Texas Tech.
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KRYSTEN PEEK: In Big 12 news, Chris Beard is leaving Texas Tech and taking the head coaching job 175 miles away at the University of Texas.
Beard is a Texas alumni and obviously a fantastic hire for the Longhorns. He took Texas Tech to a national title game in 2019 and an Elite Eight appearance in 2018. He has an overall record of 112 and 55 at Texas Tech and will be taking over a Texas team that won the Maui Invitational this year and the Big 12 tournament.
As far as his replacement at Texas Tech, Abilene Christian head coach Joe Golding is a strong candidate after, oddly enough, upsetting Texas in the NCAA tournament this year.
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