When Bobby Knight was fired from Indiana, his son Pat convinced him to hire a young Chris Beard as an assistant coach at Texas Tech in 2001.

After Bob Knight was fired at Indiana, he landed at Texas Tech, where hired an unknown assistant named Chris Beard. Now Beard as taken Texas Tech farther than Knight did: to a Final Four of the ...

Our tenth profile takes a look at Ole Miss coach Chris Beard. Previously: Dusty May, Scott Drew, Mick Cronin, Greg McDermott, Buzz Williams, T.J. Otzelberger, Ben McCollum, Tommy Lloyd, Brad Brownell ...

Beard's extensive coaching history includes a decade as an associate head coach under Bob and Pat Knight at Texas Tech from 2001-11. He coached the Red Raiders from 2016-21, taking them to the ...

Beard worked as an assistant at Tech for 10 years. Pat took over as head coach in 2007, but after the younger Knight was fired in 2010, Beard's went to Division II before ultimately returning to ...

BOSTON — Bobby Knight spent seven years at Texas Tech, and the Hall of Famer never led the Red Raiders past the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. But neither did anyone else at Texas Tech ...