Chris Beard is an American basketball coach. He is currently the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Texas at Austin.
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A native of Georgia, Beard graduated from McCullough High School in The Woodlands, Texas.
He subsequently earned a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology from the University of Texas in 1995 and received a Master of Education from Abilene Christian University, where he served as a graduate assistant in 1998.
On April 1, 2021, Chris Beard was hired as the 25th head coach at the University of Texas.
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Before joining the University of Texas as head coach, he served as the head coach for the South Carolina Warriors (2011–2012), McMurry University (2012–2013), Angelo State (2013–2015), Arkansas–Little Rock (2015–2016) and Texas Tech University (2016–2021).
Did Chris Beard coach Bob Knight?
No, Chris Beard did not coach Bob Knight but rather served him.
Between 2001 and 2011, Beard served as assistant and an associate head coach at Tech, the first seven seasons under legendary coach Bob Knight.
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