List of Lamar Cardinals basketball head coaches

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The following is a list of Lamar Cardinals basketball head coaches and records while at Lamar. This list only includes coaches during the four year college period.

Tenure	Coach	Years	Overall	Pct.	Conference	Pct.
1951-76	Jack Martin	25	334-283	.541	146-112	.566
1976-80	Billy Tubbs	5	76-46	.623	31-9	.775
1980-86	Pat Foster	6	134-49	.732	49-19	.721
1986-88	Tom Abatemarco	2	34-26	.567	9-11	.450
1988-90	Tony Branch	2	19-37	.339	4-16	.200
1990-93	Mike Newell	3	42-44	.488	20-26	.435
1993-99	Grey Giovanine	6	80-85	.485	47-61	.435
1999-03	Mike Deane	4	53-63	.457	36-42	.462
2003-06	Billy Tubbs (2nd Time)	3	46-43	.517	23-25	.479
2006-11	Steve Roccaforte	5	76-78	.494	39-41	.488
2011-14	Pat Knight	3	29–62	.319	14-33	.298
2014–Present*	Tic Price	1	16-19	.457	10-13	.435
Totals	12 coaches	64 seasons	939–835	.529	428–4078	.512

An asterisk (*) denotes a season currently in progress.

(Won/loss record reflects result through March 5, 2015 games.)

References

NCAA Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics (The NCAA Career Statistics database allows the viewer to obtain coaching records for all NCAA coaches by inputting the team and sport or individual's name in the linked window.)
Lamar Basketball 2012-13 Media Info Guide, pages 101-108

Lamar Cardinals basketball

Venues	McDonald Gym (1958–1981) Beaumont Civic Center (1981–1984) Montagne Center (1984–present)

Rivalries	McNeese State

Culture & lore	History Big Red Cardinal "Cardinals Fight!"

People	Head coaches

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