After several stops, Texas Tech’s Chris Beard has made himself into the country’s hottest coaching commodity

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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.

West to Lubbock to work for Bob Knight. East to Myrtle Beach, S.C., to coach a semi-pro team.

Back to Abilene.

Down to San…