Tic Price

Tic Price
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Lamar
Conference Southland Conference
Record 16–19 (.457)
Biographical details
Born (1955-11-29) November 29, 1955
Danville, Virginia
Playing career
1974–1976 VCU
1976–1979 Virginia Tech
Position(s) Small forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1984 Roanoke (asst.)
1984–1989 Chattanooga (asst.)
1989–1991 Virginia Tech (asst.)
1991–1993 Old Dominion (asst.)
1993–1994 Auburn (asst.)
1994–1997 New Orleans
1997–1999 Memphis
2000–2001 McNeese State (asst.)
2001–2006 McNeese State
2007–2008 North Texas (asst.)
2008–2011 Lamar (asst.)
2014–present Lamar
Head coaching record
Overall 182–141 (.563)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt Tournament championship (1996)
2× Sun Belt regular season championship (1996, 1997)
C–USA National Division regular season championship (1998)
Southland Tournament championship (2002)
Southland regular season championship (2002)
Awards
Southland Conference Coach of the Year (2002)
3× Louisiana Sports Writers Association Coach of the Year (1996, 1997, 2002)
4× NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (1995–1997, 2002)

George "Tic" Price (born November 29, 1955) is an American college basketball coach. He currently serves as the head coach at Lamar University. From 2002 to 2007, he served as head coach at McNeese State University. Prior to that, he served as head coach of the University of Memphis and the University of New Orleans.

Coaching career

University of New Orleans

Price went to New Orleans as an assistant coach under Tommy Joe Eagles in 1994, but was named head coach after Eagles' unexpected death in July 1994. After a 20-win inaugural season, Price led the Privateers to a mark of 21–9 in 1995–96, claiming the Sun Belt Conference championship with a 57–56 victory over Arkansas–Little Rock and received a bid to the NCAA East Regional in Richmond, Virginia, where the team lost to North Carolina. In 1996–97, the Privateers posted a record of 22–7 and participated in postseason competition in the NIT. Price led the University of New Orleans to a 63–27 record, two Sun Belt Conference championships, an NCAA bid and a 1997 NIT appearance. Also at UNO, Price became the first coach to win 20 or more games in three consecutive seasons at New Orleans, while setting the Sun Belt Conference career record for winning percentage in league games (.759) and collecting a record 22 consecutive conference home wins.

University of Memphis

Price became the University of Memphis's 14th head coach on March 27, 1997. In his first year at the helm, Price and the Tigers exceeded all expectations by going 17–12, winning the National Division of C–USA and advancing to the Postseason NIT. With a very talented core returning for his second season, a young but talented Tiger team posted a 13–15 record. He was forced to resign days before the start of what would have been his third season because of an inappropriate sexual relationship.[1]

McNeese State University

During the 2001–02 season, Price took over the McNeese State program and guided the Cowboys to a Southland Conference title, and a berth in the NCAA Championships. Price went 74–68 in his five seasons in Lake Charles. His best season was his first one, a 21–9 Southland Conference championship season in 2001 that produced the Cowboys' second appearance in the NCAA tournament. His first two teams won a record 27 straight home games at Burton Coliseum. Price's 2002–03 squad posted a first round upset victory in the Southland Conference tourney and carried eventual champion Sam Houston State down to the wire in a semifinal matchup and the 2004–05 team won six games in a row down the stretch to make the post season tournament.

Lamar University

Price served as an assistant coach at Lamar from 2008 to 2011. He remained at Lamar as associate vice president of student engagement. However, on February 16, 2014—with five games to go in the 2013-14 season—Lamar president Kenneth Evans fired head coach Pat Knight and named Price interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Price initially said he had no desire to ever coach again, but Evans told him that it wasn't an offer, but an order. Under Price, the Cardinals finished the 2013–14 season with a 1–4 record.[2] On March 18, 2014, Lamar removed the "interim" tag from Price's title and formally named him as its 11th head coach.[3][4] Coach Price's first full season with the Cardinals ended with and overall record of 15–15 and a conference record of 9–9.[5] Both records were marked improvements over the previous two seasons which ended with overall records of 3–28[6] and 4–26[7] respectively.

On April 29, 2015, Tic Price was signed to a three year contract extension as the Lamar Cardinals head coach.[8]

Head Coaching Record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
New Orleans Privateers (Sun Belt Conference) (1994–1997)
1994–95 New Orleans 20–11 13–5 2nd
1995–96 New Orleans 21–9 14–4 1st NCAA First Round
1996–97 New Orleans 22–7 14–4 1st NIT First Round
New Orleans: 63–27 (.700) 41–13 (.759)
Memphis Tigers (Conference USA) (1997–1999)
1997–98 Memphis 17–12 12–4 1st NIT Second Round
1998–99 Memphis 13–15 6–10 4th
Memphis: 30–27 (.526) 18–14 (.563)
McNeese State Cowboys (Southland Conference) (2001–2006)
2001–02 McNeese State 21–9 17–3 1st NCAA First Round
2002–03 McNeese State 15–14 10–10 5th
2003–04 McNeese State 11–16 7–9 9th
2004–05 McNeese State 13–15 8–8 6th
2005–06 McNeese State 14–14 9–7 4th
McNeese State: 74–69 (.517) 41–37 (.526)
Lamar Cardinals (Southland Conference) (2014–present)
2014 Lamar 1–4 1–4
2014–15 Lamar 15–15 9–9 6th
Lamar: 16–19 (.457) 10–13 (.435)
Total: 182–141 (.563)

      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

(Won/loss records reflect results of games through March 5, 2015.)

References

  1. ↑ "Memphis tried hard to keep Calipari". ESPN.com. April 1, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Iles, Trey (2015-01-06). "Former UNO men's basketball coach Tic Price finds love of coaching again at Lamar". The Times-Picayune.
  3. ↑ "Lamar removes interim tag, Tic Price named head coach". NBC Sports. March 18, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Tic Price to Lead Lamar Hoops Program Price served as LU interim head coach in final five games of 2013–14". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Lamar Cardinals Schedule - 2014-15". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lamar 2012-13 Men's Basketball Division I". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Lamar 2013-14 Men's Basketball Division I". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Lamar grants three-year extension to head basketball coach Tic Price". NCAA.org. April 29, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
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