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Why Chris Beard is the perfect hire for Texas Tech basketball

After the tumultuous week surrounding the Texas Tech basketball program, a week that included the abrupt departure of Tubby Smith for Memphis and the hiring of new head coach Chris Beard less than 24 hours later, the dust has settled in Lubbock (no pun intended) and there is a new man at the helm of the revitalized Red Raider basketball program. Here’s why Chris beard is the right man for the job.

Just three years ago, Chris Beard was as anonymous as a collegiate head basketball coach could be. In March of 2013, Beard was hired to be the head coach of the Division II Angelo State Rams and no one outside of San Angelo, Texas noticed.