Chris Ogden
Chris Ogden (born October 16, 1980)
Current position: General manager of men’s basketball
Current team: Texas Longhorns (Head coach: Rodney Terry)
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
Teams coached: UT Arlington Mavericks
UT Arlington record: 44-47 (.484)
Overall record: 44-47 (.484)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Awards:
- Sun Belt Coach of the Year: 1 (2019)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Texas (general manager) |
| 2021-2023 | Texas (asst) |
| 2018-2021 | UT Arlington |
| 2016-2018 | Texas Tech (asst) |
| 2015-2016 | Tennessee (asst) |
| 2008-2015 | Texas (asst) |
| 2004-2008 | Texas (admin. asst) |
| 2003-2004 | Texas (student asst) |
Chris Ogden Facts
- Christopher Kyle Ogden
- Born October 16, 1980
- Hometown: Seminole, Texas
- Alma Mater: University of Texas (BA, 2004)
- Named Texas “Mr. Basketball” in 1999 as a senior at Seminole HS; went on to play at Texas under head coach Rick Barnes
- Started coaching career at UT, serving as a student assistant at Texas while he finished his undergrad
- Spent eleven more years working for Barnes at Texas, four in admin and seven as a full assistant coach for the Longhorns
- Followed Barnes to Tennessee in 2015, spending one season as an assistant with the Volunteers program
- Returned to his home state in 2016, joining head coach Chris Beard‘s first staff at Texas Tech
- Hired in April 2018 to become the head coach at UT Arlington
- Went 17-16 in his first season, earning 2019 Sun Belt COY honors, and is 44-47 through three full seasons
- Left UTA in 2021 to reunite with Beard and return to his alma mater as the managing director of Longhorns’ basketball
- Stayed on staff following Beard’s firing under new head coach Rodney Terry and was named the program’s GM in June 2023
- Along with his wife, Katie, has three children
Chris Ogden Coaching Tree
- Royce Johnson (Texas-Arlington)
- Greg Young (Texas-Arlington)
