Texas Tech coach Chris Beard dealing with torn ACL, doesn't want to be seen as 'soft'

There is a very important person in the Texas Tech basketball program dealing with a torn ACL. Luckily, it's probably the one key member that is suited to deal with it and battle on.

That officially makes that week one of the worst for Texas Tech basketball this season. It started with a $25,000 fine for its handling of postgame protocol, followed by a loss to the Texas Longhorns on Wednesday. Then came the Iowa State game on Saturday, which the Red Raiders lost 70-52 and as we know now, resulted in a pretty bad injury for its head coach.

Beard rebounded strongly though, coaching the Red Raiders to a win against Oklahoma State on Tuesday. He isn't new to coaching through an injury either,…