The Texas Tech men’s basketball team may have a slew of new faces, but the main constant has been Chris Beard at the helm which means the Red Raiders will always be in the fight for the Big 12 Championship.

Krista Gerlich knows it will take time to put her stamp on, but the former guard who led Texas Tech to a national championship has the knowledge of how to rebuild the Lady Raider program into a powerhouse.

A year after advancing to the NCAA Tournament championship game, Chris Beard may have to endure one of his most difficult coaching jobs at the Division I level.

Marlene Stollings is ready to move forward. In her second year at the helm of the Texas Tech women’s basketball team, Stollings feels she’s laid the foundation for what is expected to be another upward trend.

For Beard, a chance to return to Texas — a state he’s spent a majority of his life in — was a no-brainer. He also had a few extra-special reasons: his daughters Avery, Ella and Margo.

Chris Beard is building something special in Lubbock. Following a year in which the Texas Tech men’s basketball team advanced to the program’s inaugural Elite Eight, Beard was adamant that the deep postseason run was just the beginning of things to come.