Texas Tech student athletes listen as Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt announces that men's basketball coach Tubby Smith has left the program to coach at Memphis on Thursday, April, 14, 2016, in Lubbock, Texas. (Mark Rogers/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)
Texas Tech basketball player Matthew Temple, center, and teammates listen as Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt announces that men's basketball coach Tubby Smith has left the program to coach at Memphis on Thursday, April 14, 2016, in Lubbock, Texas. (Mark Rogers/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)
LUBBOCK, Texas — From the familiar feel of West Texas winds to being closer to his three daughters, Texas Tech basketball coach Chris Beard says returning to the school he considers home was too great to resist.