Jason Hooten
Jason Hooten (born April 20, 1969)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: New Mexico State Aggies
Current conference: Conference USA (CUSA)
Sam Houston State record: 261-169 (.607)
New Mexico State record: 13-19 (.406)
Overall record: 274-188 (.607)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2019, 2023)
- CIT Appearances: 4 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)
- Conference USA Regular Season Champion: 0
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 2 (2011, 2019)
- Conference USA Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | New Mexico State |
| 2010-2023 | Sam Houston State |
| 2004-2010 | Sam Houston State (asst) |
| 1993-2004 | Tarleton State (asst) |
| 1991-1993 | Weatherford College (asst) |
Jason Hooten Facts
- Jason Hooten
- Born April 20, 1969
- Hometown: Killeen, Texas
- Alma Mater: Tarleton State University (BA, 1993 & MA, 1995)
- After playing two seasons at McLennan CC (TX), Hooten played for head coach Lonn Reisman at Division II Tarleton State (TX)
- Started coaching in 1991, spending two years at Weatherford College (TX) before joining Reisman’s staff at Tarleton as an assistant coach in 1993
- Worked under Reisman for eleven seasons, during which time the Texans were 204-111 overall
- Arrived at Sam Houston State in 2004, working as one of Bob Marlin‘s assistants for the next six seasons
- Took over as the Bearkats head coach in 2010, winning a share of the Southland regular season title in his first year and the outright title in 2019
- Hooten took Bearkats to four CITs in thirteen seasons at the helm, plus the program’s first two NIT bids in 2019 and 2023
- In 2021, the school made the move from the Southland Conference to the WAC
- Left SHSU to become the head coach at fellow WAC program New Mexico State in March 2023
- Along with his wife, Kristen, has one daughter and one son
Jason Hooten Coaching Tree
- Chris Mudge (Sam Houston State)
- Will Weaver (Long Island Nets, overseas)