Grant McCasland
Grant McCasland (born October 14, 1976) is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach for North Texas of Conference USA. McCasland joined the Mean Green in 2017 from Arkansas State, where he led the program for the 2016–17 season. He had previously been an assistant at his alma mater Baylor and as head coach at Midwestern State and Midland College.[1]
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | North Texas |
Conference | C-USA |
Record | 61–41 (.598) |
Biographical details | |
Born | October 14, 1976 |
Playing career | |
1995–1999 | Baylor |
Position(s) | Point guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2001–2003 | Northeastern JC (assistant) |
2004–2009 | Midland |
2009–2011 | Midwestern State |
2011–2016 | Baylor (assistant) |
2016–2017 | Arkansas State |
2017–present | North Texas |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1999–2001 | Texas Tech (Dir. of Ops.) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 81–53 (NCAA DI) |
Tournaments | 5–1 (CBI) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
CBI (2018) C-USA regular season (2020) | |
Awards | |
C-USA Coach of the Year (2020) |
Head coaching record
NCAA Division I
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Arkansas State Red Wolves (Sun Belt Conference) (2016–2017) | |||||||||
2016–17 | Arkansas State | 20–12 | 11–7 | T–3rd | |||||
Arkansas State: | 20–12 (.625) | 11–7 (.611) | |||||||
North Texas Mean Green (Conference USA) (2017–present) | |||||||||
2017–18 | North Texas | 20–18 | 8–10 | T–7th | CBI Champions | ||||
2018–19 | North Texas | 21–12 | 8–10 | T–9th | |||||
2019–20 | North Texas | 20–11 | 14–4 | 1st | |||||
North Texas: | 61–41 (.598) | 30–24 (.556) | |||||||
Total: | 81–53 (.604) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
McCasland is a Christian.[2] McCasland is married to Cece McCasland. They have four children together.[3]
References
- Vito, Brett (March 13, 2017). "UNT hires Arkansas State's Grant McCasland as next men's basketball coach". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
- Romano, Jason. "NEW PODCAST: Grant McCasland - North Texas Men's Basketball Coach". Sports Spectrum.
- "GRANT MCCASLAND".