Grant McCasland (born October 14, 1976) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at Texas Tech University. McCasland previously coached at North Texas[1] from 2017 to 2023, where he guided the Mean Green to two postseason tournament championships: the 2018 College Basketball Invitational and 2023 National Invitation Tournament. Prior to that, he had previously been an assistant at his alma mater Baylor and as head coach at Midwestern State, Midland College, and Arkansas State.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Midland College Chaparrals (Western Junior College Athletic Conference) (2004–2009)
2004–05 Midland College 26–10
2005–06 Midland College 25–6
2006–07 Midland College 30–8 NJCAA Division I Champion
2007–08 Midland College 28–4
2008–09 Midland College 33–4 NJCAA Division I Runner-up
Midland College: 142–32 (.816)
Midwestern State Mustangs (Lone Star Conference) (2009–2011)
2009–10 Midwestern State 30–3 10–2 1st NCAA Division II Elite Eight
2010–11 Midwestern State 25–9 9–5 2nd NCAA Division II Elite Eight
Midwestern State: 55–12 (.821) 25–9 (.735)
Arkansas State Red Wolves (Sun Belt Conference) (2016–2017)
2016–17 Arkansas State 20–12 11–7 T–3rd
Arkansas State: 20–12 (.625) 11–7 (.611)
North Texas Mean Green (Conference USA) (2017–2023)
2017–18 North Texas 20–18 8–10 T–7th CBI Champions
2018–19 North Texas 21–12 8–10 T–9th
2019–20 North Texas 20–11 14–4 1st Postseason not held
2020–21 North Texas 18–10 9–5 3rd (West) NCAA Division I Round of 32
2021–22 North Texas 25–7 16–2 1st (West) NIT Second Round
2022–23 North Texas 31–7 16–4 2nd NIT Champions
North Texas: 135–65 (.675) 71–35 (.670)
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24 Texas Tech 23–11 11–7 T–3rd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2024–25 Texas Tech 21–6 12–4
Texas Tech: 44–17 (.721) 23–11 (.676)
Total: 396–138 (.742)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

McCasland is a Christian.[2] McCasland is married to Cece McCasland. They have four children and six miniature donkeys together. [3]

References

  1. ^ Vito, Brett (March 13, 2017). "UNT hires Arkansas State's Grant McCasland as next men's basketball coach". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  2. ^ Romano, Jason. "NEW PODCAST: Grant McCasland - North Texas Men's Basketball Coach". Sports Spectrum.
  3. ^ "GRANT MCCASLAND".
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_McCasland
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