It’s tempting to only focus on the big numbers during Chris Beard’s 10 years at Texas Tech.
The Red Raiders won 57 percent of their games with Beard on staff under coach Bob and Pat Knight from 2001-2011.
Sixty percent of Texas Tech’s teams during that decade advanced to the postseason.
Just under 40 percent of the Red Raiders’ total 20-win seasons in program history came with Beard on the sideline.
But let’s zoom in on a single number, a single person, that could make this unexpected transition go as seamless as possible.
Toddrick Gotcher.