Travis Ford
Travis Ford (born December 29, 1969)
Teams coached: Campbellsville Tigers, Eastern Kentucky Colonels, UMass Minutemen, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Saint Louis Billikens
Campbellsville record: 58-40 (.592)
Eastern Kentucky record: 61-80 (.433)
UMass record: 62-35 (.639)
Oklahoma State record: 155-111 (.583)
Saint Louis record: 146-109 (.573)
Overall record^: 482-375 (.562)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2008)
- NIT Appearances: 5 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2021, 2022)
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 1 (2007)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 1 (2019)
- Ohio Valley Tournament Champion: 1 (2005)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2000)
Awards:
- Mid-South (NAIA) Coach of the Year: 1 (1999)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-2024 | Saint Louis |
| 2008-2016 | Oklahoma State |
| 2005-2008 | UMass |
| 2000-2005 | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1997-2000 | Campbellsville |
Travis Ford Facts
- Travis Shane Ford
- Born December 29, 1969
- Hometown: Madisonville, Kentucky
- Alma Mater: University of Kentucky (BS, 1994)
- Started his playing career at Missouri, named to the Big Eight All-Freshman team, before transferring to Kentucky
- Played three seasons for the Wildcats under head coach Rick Pitino, twice earning All-SEC honors
- First coaching job was a three-year stint as head coach at NAIA Campbellsville (KY)
- Won Mid-South Coach of the Year honors in 1999 following a 28-3 season
- Spent five years as the head coach at Eastern Kentucky, reaching his first NCAA Tournament in 2005
- Next up was a three-year stint as the head coach at UMass
- Won 62 games (.639 win percentage) with the Minutemen, reaching two NITs and finishing as runner-up in 2008
- Was the head coach at Oklahoma State for eight seasons
- Went to five NCAA Tournaments with OK State, but only once made it past the Round of 64
- Won 20+ games five times in eight years, but was fired in March 2016 after the Cowboys went just 12-20 (3-15)
- Two weeks after getting let go, Ford was hired as the head coach at Saint Louis
- Quickly built up the program to an NCAA berth by year three, by way of an A-10 Tournament crown
- After two more NIT bids, the program dropped to the bottom of the A-10 standings in 2024 and Ford was fired; went 146-109 overall
Travis Ford Coaching Tree
- John Brannen (Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Alabama)
- James Dickey (Houston)
- Richie Riley (South Alabama, Nicholls State)
- Chris Tifft (Cal Poly Humboldt)
- Bobby Washington (Grambling State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and NAIA levels
