When the Texas Longhorns and the Texas Tech Red Raiders meet during the 2021-22 season and beyond, a Longhorns alum will prowl the sideline on one side of the court and a Red Raiders alum will prowl the other.
On Monday, Texas Tech announced that associate head coach Mark Adams will remain on Lubbock at his alma mater, ending a stretch of six seasons, including a year at Little Rock, during which Adams served as new Texas head coach Chris Beard’s defensive guru.
The hire of Adams by the Red Raiders doesn’t just impact any continued attrition on the South Plains or ensure that another Big 12 school will join Texas and Baylor in running the no-middle defense — it means that Beard won’t have Adams on his bench to coordinate a defense that vaulted the two to within a play of a national championship and Beard back to the Forty Acres.