MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 04: Head coach Chris Beard of the Texas Tech Red Raiders speaks to the media ahead of the Men's Final Four at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 04, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Maxx Wolfson/Getty Images)
Now that he’s departed Lubbock for Austin, we can safely say that the rhetoric Chris Beard spewed over the last five years was nothing but malarkey.
Move over Tommy Tuberville. There’s a new most hated former Texas Tech coach in West Texas, Chris Beard.
But what makes this week’s inimical divorce so different from 2012’s split with Tuberville is the fact that all of the Texas Tech fan base embraced Beard with open arms.