With Texas hiring Chris Beard, UTA is expected to lose its men’s basketball coach
With Texas hiring Texas Tech’s Chris Beard to be its men’s basketball coach, other dominoes will drop from Lubbock to Arlington.
A source said Texas is expected to hire current UTA head coach Chris Ogden to join Beard’s staff in Austin.
Ogden played at Texas 1999 to 2003, and earned his degree in 2004. He was the team captain for the Longhorns’ Final Four team in 2003.
He was a Texas assistant coach from 2008-15 under Rick Barnes; in 2016, he joined Beard’s staff at Texas Tech.
In 2018, Ogden was hired by UTA to replace the popular Scott Cross.
In three seasons under Ogden, UTA was 44-47. He had one winning season, in 2018-19, when UTA finished 17-16.
This story was originally published April 1, 2021 at 2:26 PM.
Mac Engel
Fort Worth Star-Telegram