Tic Price

Teams coached: New Orleans Privateers, Memphis Tigers, McNeese State Cowboys, Lamar Cardinals
New Orleans record: 63-27 (.700)
Memphis record: 30-27 (.526)
McNeese State record: 74-68 (.521)
Lamar record: 112-113 (.498)
Overall record: 279-235 (.543)

George Price
Born November 29, 1955
Hometown: Danville, Virginia
Alma Mater: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (BA, 1979)
Started his playing career at VCU with Chuck Noe but transferred to and finished at Virginia Tech under head coach Charles Moir
Began coaching after graduation, with a number of assistant positions under head coaches Murray Arnold, Mack McCarthy, Frankie Allen, Oliver Purnell and Tommy Joe Eagles
Hired as the head coach at New Orleans in 1994, leading the Privateers to two Sun Belt titles and one trip each to the NCAA Tournament and NIT in three seasons
- Eagles was originally hired by New Orleans in 1994, but passed away from a heart attack before ever coaching a game
Left UNO for Memphis in 1997, coaching the Tigers for the next two seasons
- Won the 1998 Conference USA title and went to the NIT in both years
After one year as an assistant to Ron Everhart, Price spent the next five years as the Cowboys head coach
Spent one season on Johnny Jones‘ staff at North Texas; Jones was a former assistant of Price’s
Worked as an assistant to Steve Roccaforte at Lamar for three seasons before becoming Associate VP of Student Engagement
- Made interim head coach with five games left in the 2013-14 season, then hired as permanent head coach in March 2014
- Fired in March 2021 after compiling a 112-113 record in seven-plus seasons as the Cardinals’ head coach
Along with his wife, Jamie, has one son and one daughter