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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Former MC head coach Grant McCasland gets extension with Texas Tech through 2030-31
LUBBOCK, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – The former Midland College men's basketball coach Grant McCasland has agreed to a 6-year extension with Texas Tech. The Irving native just finished his second season with the Red Raiders, surpassing 50 wins with a record of 51-20, leading the team to back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament. McCasland served as the head coach at Midland College from 2004-2010, taking his teams to two NJCAA championship games and winning the coveted national title in 2007. The new contract with Tech makes McCasland one of the highest-paid college basketball coaches in the country. According to a Texas Tech spokesperson, the contract totals $31.5 million through the end of the 2030-31 season, with the head coach scheduled to make $5 million in 2025-26 and increasing by $100,000 each year. 'Coach McCasland immediately built upon our men's basketball program's established success and continues working to raise and deliver on high expectations,' Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said. 'We look forward to an exciting future for Texas Tech basketball under Coach McCasland's leadership.' Grant McCasland is now extended through the 2030-31 season. Watch the video above to hear more. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Miami Herald
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Texas Tech extends coach Grant McCasland through 2030-31
Texas Tech signed men's basketball coach Grant McCasland to a contract extension through the 2030-31 season on Monday. The contract is worth $31.5 million, the school confirmed to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, with a salary of $5 million next season and annual $100,000 raises until McCasland makes $5.5 million in the sixth and final year of the deal. "Coach McCasland immediately built upon our men's basketball program's established success and continues working to raise and deliver on high expectations," Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said in a statement. "We look forward to an exciting future for Texas Tech basketball under Coach McCasland's leadership." McCasland, 48, came to Texas Tech two years ago after stints as the head coach of Arkansas State (2016-17) and North Texas (2017-23). His 51-20 record at Texas Tech is the winningest mark for a head coach through his first two season in program history. The Red Raiders went 28-9 in 2024-25 and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament -- beating John Calipari's Arkansas in the Sweet 16 before falling to eventual national champion Florida. McCasland has gone 206-97 as a Division I head coach. At North Texas, he led the Mean Green to a CBI championship in 2018 and an NIT title in 2023. --Field Level Media Field Level Media 2023 - All Rights Reserved
Reuters
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Texas Tech extends coach Grant McCasland through 2030-31
May 20 - Texas Tech signed men's basketball coach Grant McCasland to a contract extension through the 2030-31 season on Monday. The contract is worth $31.5 million, the school confirmed to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, with a salary of $5 million next season and annual $100,000 raises until McCasland makes $5.5 million in the sixth and final year of the deal. "Coach McCasland immediately built upon our men's basketball program's established success and continues working to raise and deliver on high expectations," Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said in a statement. "We look forward to an exciting future for Texas Tech basketball under Coach McCasland's leadership." McCasland, 48, came to Texas Tech two years ago after stints as the head coach of Arkansas State (2016-17) and North Texas (2017-23). His 51-20 record at Texas Tech is the winningest mark for a head coach through his first two season in program history. The Red Raiders went 28-9 in 2024-25 and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament -- beating John Calipari's Arkansas in the Sweet 16 before falling to eventual national champion Florida. McCasland has gone 206-97 as a Division I head coach. At North Texas, he led the Mean Green to a CBI championship in 2018 and an NIT title in 2023. --Field Level Media
Fox Sports
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Texas Tech extends Grant McCasland's contract again, through the 2030-31 season
Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech men's basketball coach Grant McCasland has agreed on a new contract that goes through the 2030-31 season, the school announced Monday. The Red Raiders were 28-9 this past season and made the NCAA Elite Eight before losing to eventual national champion Florida. They finished second in the Big 12 standings behind national runner-up Houston, and were the only team to beat the Cougars in conference play. Tech was eighth in the final Associated Press poll. McCasland is 51-20 at Texas Tech, and has gotten a contract extension after each of his first two seasons. He went 23-11 with an NCAA Tournament appearance in his 2023-24 debut with the Red Raiders. He initially got a six-year deal when he was hired two years ago after going 135-65 in six seasons as head coach at North Texas. 'Coach McCasland immediately built upon our men's basketball program's established success and continues working to raise and deliver on high expectations,' athletic director Kirby Hocutt said. The school didn't release financial terms of the contract. ___ AP college basketball: and in this topic
Winnipeg Free Press
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Texas Tech extends Grant McCasland's contract again, through the 2030-31 season
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech men's basketball coach Grant McCasland has agreed on a new contract that goes through the 2030-31 season, the school announced Monday. The Red Raiders were 28-9 this past season and made the NCAA Elite Eight before losing to eventual national champion Florida. They finished second in the Big 12 standings behind national runner-up Houston, and were the only team to beat the Cougars in conference play. Tech was eighth in the final Associated Press poll. McCasland is 51-20 at Texas Tech, and has gotten a contract extension after each of his first two seasons. He went 23-11 with an NCAA Tournament appearance in his 2023-24 debut with the Red Raiders. He initially got a six-year deal when he was hired two years ago after going 135-65 in six seasons as head coach at North Texas. 'Coach McCasland immediately built upon our men's basketball program's established success and continues working to raise and deliver on high expectations,' athletic director Kirby Hocutt said. The school didn't release financial terms of the contract. ___ AP college basketball: and
