{{short description|American former college basketball coach (born 1936)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Gerald Myers | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|8|5}} | birth_place = Borger, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2026|04|13|1936|8|5}} | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1956–1959 | player_team1 = Texas Tech | player_positions = Guard | coach_years1= 1959–1966 | coach_team1 = Monterey HS (TX) | coach_years2 = 1967–1970 | coach_team2 = Houston Baptist | coach_years3 = 1970–1971 | coach_team3 = Texas Tech (assistant) | coach_years4 = 1971–1991 | coach_team4 = Texas Tech | admin_years1 = 1991–1996 | admin_team1 = Texas Tech (asst. AD) | admin_years2 = 1996–2011 | admin_team2 = Texas Tech | overall_record = 358–304 <small>(college)</small><br>150–48 <small>(high school)</small> | bowl_record = | tournament_record = 1–4 (NCAA Division I)<br>0–1 (NIT) | championships = 3 SWC tournament (1976, 1985, 1986)<br />2 SWC regular season (1973, 1985) | awards = 5× SWC Coach of the Year (1973, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986) | coaching_records = }}
'''Gerald Myers''' (born August 5, 1936) was an American former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team and the Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team and athletic director at Texas Tech University.
==Early years== Originally from Borger, Texas, Myers played basketball for Texas Tech from 1956–1959. As a player, he had an 86.9 percent free throw shooting average for the 1957-58 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-fullseas.html |title=Full Season Individual Records |access-date=March 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407115842/http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-fullseas.html |archive-date=April 7, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He received a bachelor's degree in education from Texas Tech in 1959 and later earned a master's degree in 1965.
==Career== Myers coached basketball for Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas from 1959 through 1966, posting an impressive 150-48 record at the high school.
===Houston Baptist=== In 1967, Myers became the second head coach of the Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball program.<ref name=HBUMediaGuide>{{cite news |title=Year-By-Year Results |publisher=Houston Baptist University |page=67 |work=2012-13 Houston Baptist Huskies Basketball Media Guide}}</ref> Beginning with Myers' first season as head coach, the Huskies competed in the NCAA Division II after 4 seasons in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.<ref name=HBUMediaGuide /> At the end of the 1969–70 season, Myers resigned to accept the position of assistant coach with the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball program, where he played collegiality.<ref name=Pettit >{{cite news |title=Cage Coach Returns To Pro Circuit |first=Burle |last=Pettit |newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |date=January 16, 1971 |pages=1A, 11A}}</ref> In three seasons, Myers posted an overall record of 32–43.<ref name=HBUMediaGuide />
===Texas Tech=== In 1970, Myers became an assistant coach for the Red Raiders before being named interim head coach following the resignation of Bob Bass only 13 games into the season.<ref name=Pettit />
He became head coach of the team during the 1970–71 basketball season and held this position for twenty years. Under Myers, the Red Raiders won two conference championships, five conference tournaments, and earned four trips to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/irim/|title=Institutional Research | Institutional Research | TTU|website=www.depts.ttu.edu}}</ref> Myers was named SWC Coach of the Year five times, winning the award more times than any other coach.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Andy |title=Tech alumni honored for their services |url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/101699/loc_1016990028.shtml |date=July 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714002953/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/101699/loc_1016990028.shtml |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref>
After resigning as head coach of the Red Raider basketball team, Myers became assistant athletic director at Texas Tech.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://lubbockonline.com/stories/101699/loc_1016990028.shtml |title = Tech Alumni Honored For Their Services |last = Jones |first = Andy |date = October 16, 1999 |publisher = Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004084522/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/101699/loc_1016990028.shtml |archivedate = October 4, 2012 |accessdate = April 2, 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> In June 1996, Myers was named interim Athletic Director following the resignation of Bob Bockrath to take the same position at the University of Alabama.<ref name=AP>{{cite news |title=Gerald Myers Officially New AD At Texas Tech |first=Mark |last=Babineck |agency=Associated Press |date=February 18, 1997}}</ref> On February 17, 1997, Myers was announced as the university's permanent athletic director after being named sole finalist for the position.<ref name=AP /> On August 26, 2010, Myers announced his retirement and was replaced by Kirby Hocutt on May 31, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/25/hocutt-bolts-miami-for-ad-job-at-texas-tech/ |title=Hocutt bolts Miami for AD job at Texas Tech |last=Taylor |first=John |date=February 25, 2011 |publisher=NBC Sports |accessdate=April 2, 2013}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB Yearly Record Start|type=coach|conference =|postseason=}} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name =Houston Baptist Huskies | conference=NCAA Division II Independent | startyear = 1967 | endyear = 1970 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1967–68 | name = Houston Baptist | overall = 6–20 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1968–69 | name = Houston Baptist | overall = 16–12 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1969–70 | name = Houston Baptist | overall = 10–11 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Houston Baptist | overall = 32–43 | confrecord = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name =Texas Tech Red Raiders | conference=Southwest Conference | startyear = 1971 | endyear = 1991 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1970–71 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 8–5{{#tag:ref|Bob Bass resigned after the first 13 games of the 1970–71 season. Myers was named interim head coach for final 13 games.|group="n"|name=Bass}} | conference = 8–5<ref name=Bass group=n/> | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1971–72 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 14–12 | conference = 8–6 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1972–73 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 19–8 | conference = 12–2 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA University Division first round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1973–74 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 17–9 | conference = 10–4 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1974–75 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 18–8 | conference = 11–3 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 1975–76 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 25–6 | conference = 13–3 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1976–77 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 20–9 | conference = 12–4 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1977–78 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 19–10 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1978–79 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 19–11 | conference = 9–7 | confstanding = T–4th | postseason = NIT first round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1979–80 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 16–13 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = T–4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1980–81 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 15–13 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = T–4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1981–82 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 17–11 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1982–83 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 12–19 | conference = 7–9 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1983–84 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 17–12 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = confboth | season = 1984–85 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 23–8 | conference = 12–4 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA Division I first round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 1985–86 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 17–14 | conference = 9–7 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = NCAA Division I first round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1986–87 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 15–14 | conference = 9–7 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1987–88 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 9–19 | conference = 4–12 | confstanding = T–7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1988–89 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 13–15 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = T–4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1989–90 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 5–22 | conference = 0–16 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1990–91 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 8–23 | conference = 4–12 | confstanding = T–7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Texas Tech | overall = 326–261 | confrecord = 180–145 | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 358–304 }}
Source:<ref name=HBUMediaGuide /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/text/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/MBB_Record_Book.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213213914/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/text/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/MBB_Record_Book.pdf|title=Fearless Champions Records|archivedate=February 13, 2013|website=grfx.cstv.com}}</ref>
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