Gerald Myers (born August 5, 1936) was an American former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team and the Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team and athletic director at Texas Tech University.

Early years

Originally from Borger, Texas, Myers played basketball for Texas Tech from 1956–1959. As a player, he had an 86.9 percent free throw shooting average for the 1957-58 season. He received a bachelor's degree in education from Texas Tech in 1959 and later earned a master's degree in 1965.

Career

Myers coached basketball for Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas from 1959 through 1966, posting an impressive 150-48 record at the high school.

Houston Baptist

In 1967, Myers became the second head coach of the Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball program. Beginning with Myers' first season as head coach, the Huskies competed in the NCAA Division II after 4 seasons in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. At the end of the 1969–70 season, Myers resigned to accept the position of assistant coach with the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball program, where he played collegiality. In three seasons, Myers posted an overall record of 32–43.

Texas Tech

In 1970, Myers became an assistant coach for the Red Raiders before being named interim head coach following the resignation of Bob Bass only 13 games into the season.

He became head coach of the team during the 1970–71 basketball season and held this position for twenty years. Under Myers, the Red Raiders won two conference championships, five conference tournaments, and earned four trips to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Myers was named SWC Coach of the Year five times, winning the award more times than any other coach.

After resigning as head coach of the Red Raider basketball team, Myers became assistant athletic director at Texas Tech. In June 1996, Myers was named interim Athletic Director following the resignation of Bob Bockrath to take the same position at the University of Alabama. On February 17, 1997, Myers was announced as the university's permanent athletic director after being named sole finalist for the position. On August 26, 2010, Myers announced his retirement and was replaced by Kirby Hocutt on May 31, 2011.

Head coaching record

Record table
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Houston Baptist Huskies (NCAA Division II Independent) (1967–1970)
1967–68Houston Baptist6–20
1968–69Houston Baptist16–12
1969–70Houston Baptist10–11
Houston Baptist:32–43
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Southwest Conference) (1971–1991)
1970–71Texas Tech8–58–5T–3rd
1971–72Texas Tech14–128–65th
1972–73Texas Tech19–812–21stNCAA University Division first round
1973–74Texas Tech17–910–42nd
1974–75Texas Tech18–811–3T–2nd
1975–76Texas Tech25–613–32ndNCAA Division I Sweet 16
1976–77Texas Tech20–912–43rd
1977–78Texas Tech19–1010–64th
1978–79Texas Tech19–119–7T–4thNIT first round
1979–80Texas Tech16–138–8T–4th
1980–81Texas Tech15–138–8T–4th
1981–82Texas Tech17–118–86th
1982–83Texas Tech12–197–96th
1983–84Texas Tech17–1210–64th
1984–85Texas Tech23–812–41stNCAA Division I first round
1985–86Texas Tech17–149–75thNCAA Division I first round
1986–87Texas Tech15–149–7T–3rd
1987–88Texas Tech9–194–12T–7th
1988–89Texas Tech13–158–8T–4th
1989–90Texas Tech5–220–169th
1990–91Texas Tech8–234–12T–7th
Texas Tech:326–261180–145
Total:358–304
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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