Grant McCasland
Grant McCasland (born October 14, 1976)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Texas Tech Red Raiders
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
Midwestern State record^: 56-12 (.824)
Arkansas State record: 20-12 (.625)
North Texas record: 135-65 (.675)
Texas Tech record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record^: 211-89 (.703)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2021)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 1 (2023)
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2022, 2023)
- CBI Championships: 1 (2018)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2018)
- Big 12 Regular Season Champion: 0
- Conference USA Regular Season Champion: 2 (2020, 2022)
- Big 12 Tournament Champion: 0
- Lone Star Conference (Div II) Tournament Champion: 1 (2010)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 2 (2010, 2011)
Awards:
- Conference USA Coach of the Year: 1 (2020)
- Lone Star (Div II) Coach of the Year: 1 (2010)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Texas Tech |
| 2017-2023 | North Texas |
| 2016-2017 | Arkansas State |
| 2011-2016 | Baylor (asst) |
| 2009-2011 | Midwestern State |
| 2004-2009 | Midland College |
| 2001-2003 | Northeastern JC (asst) |
| 1999-2001 | Texas Tech (DBO) |
Grant McCasland Facts
- Grant McCasland
- Born October 14, 1976
- Hometown: Irving, Texas
- Alma Mater: Baylor University (BS, 1999) / Texas Tech University (MS, 2001)
- Played for head coach Harry Miller with the Baylor Bears from 1996-99
- Earned a master’s degree from Texas Tech while also serving as DBO for James Dickey‘s team
- Amassed an overall record of 143-32 as the head coach at Midland College from 2004-2009
- Won the NJCAA national championship in 2007 with Midland
- Spent two seasons as head coach at D-II Midwestern State, reaching two Elite Eights and compiling an overall record of 56-12
- Returned to Texas as a member of Scott Drew‘s staff at Baylor from 2011-2016
- Hired in 2016 to be the Arkansas State head coach, going 20-12 in his lone season with the Red Wolves
- Became the head coach of the North Texas Mean Green in March 2017
- Won the 2018 CBI title in his first season, then won a C-USA title in 2020, earning McCasland C-USA COY honors
- McCasland’s squad won the 2021 C-USA Tournament to earn a NCAA bid and two years later won the 2023 NIT
- Left UNT in March 2023 to be the new head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders
- Along with his wife, Cece, has two daughters and two sons
Grant McCasland Coaching Tree
- Ross Hodge (North Texas)
- Jeff Linder (Wyoming, Northern Colorado)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the Division I and Division II levels only
