Chris Beard is the nation’s hottest coaching commodity after just three years at Texas Tech, a statement as improbable as it is misleading. Lubbock is Beard’s 10th stop. That’s only if you don’t count Las Vegas, where he lasted 20 minutes, as well as a previous stint in Lubbock and a curtain call in Abilene, too. It’s not an up-and-comer’s resume; it’s a bus route. Keep up if you can.
From Austin, where he was a student manager under Tom Penders, Beard moved on to San Antonio and Abilene and Denton. Then it was Fort Scott, Kan., and Seminole, Okla.