Chris Long (basketball)

Christopher H. 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 master's degree in school administration. Long served as the head girls' basketball coach at Vicksburg High School from 1997 to 1999 while compiling a 46–19 record. He then became a women's basketball assistant 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][4]

Chris Long
Biographical details
Born (1968-06-06) June 6, 1968
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1999Vicksburg HS
1999–2005Louisiana Tech (asst.)
2005–2009Louisiana Tech
2009–2010UAB (men's asst.)
2010–2011Clemson (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall71–44 (.617)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× WAC champions (2006, 2007)
WAC Tournament champions (2006)
Awards
WAC Coach of the Year (2006)

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (WAC) (2005–2009)
2005–06 Louisiana Tech 26–515–11stNCAA First Round
2006–07 Louisiana Tech 17–1312–4T–1st
2007–08 Louisiana Tech 16–159–7T–4th
2008–09 Louisiana Tech 12–114–4––
Louisiana Tech: 71–4440–16
Total:71–44

      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

References
  1. "LATechSports.comChris Long Bio - Louisiana Tech Athletics". Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  2. "Chris Long Joins UAB Men's Basketball Staff as Assistant Coach - UAB OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  3. "Chris Long". Clemson University. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010.Chris Long (@chris9long) on Twitter
  4. Easley High School Archived 2016-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
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