Chris Long (basketball coach)
| Chris Long | |
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| Sport(s) | Women's college basketball |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 6, 1968 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997–1999 1999–2005 2005–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 |
Vicksburg HS Louisiana Tech (asst.) Louisiana Tech UAB (men's asst.) Clemson (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 71–44 (.617) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Championships
WAC Champions (2006, 2007) WAC Tournament Champions (2006) | |
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Awards
WAC Coach of the Year (2006) | |
Chris Long (born June 6, 1968) is a college basketball coach. He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1991 with a degree in advertising and from Alcorn State University in 1997 with a masters degree in school administration. Long served as the head girl's basketball coach at Vicksburg High School from 1997–1999 while compiling a 46–19 record. He then became an assistant women's basketball coach under Leon Barmore and Kurt Budke at Louisiana Tech University. Long was named head coach of the Lady Techsters in 2005 and served in that position until he was fired during the 2008–09 season.[1] He then took a men's basketball assistant coaching position under Mike Davis at UAB.[2] In 2010, he got back to women's college basketball at Clemson University to serve as an assistant for Itoro Coleman.[3]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (WAC) (2005–2009) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Louisiana Tech | 26–5 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2006–07 | Louisiana Tech | 17–13 | 12–4 | T–1st | |||||
| 2007–08 | Louisiana Tech | 16–15 | 9–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Louisiana Tech | 12–11 | 4–4 | – | – | ||||
| Louisiana Tech: | 71–44 | 40–16 | |||||||
| Total: | 71–44 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
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