Chris Ogden | |
Current Title: | General Manager |
Current Team: | Texas |
Current Conference: | Big 12 |
Birth Date: | 16 October 1980 |
Birth Place: | Seminole, Texas, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1999–2003 |
Player Team1: | Texas |
Coach Years1: | 2008–2015 |
Coach Team1: | Texas (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Coach Team2: | Tennessee (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2016–2018 |
Coach Team3: | Texas Tech (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 2018–2021 |
Coach Team4: | UT Arlington |
Coach Years5: | 2021–present |
Coach Team5: | Texas (General Manager / Assistant Coach) |
Overall Record: | 44–47 |
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Christopher Kyle Ogden (born October 16, 1980)[1] is an American college basketball coach who is the currently an assistant coach at Texas.[2] He was previously the head coach at UT Arlington.[3] [4]
Ogden was a four-year player at Texas from 1999 to 2003, playing for Rick Barnes where he was a member of four NCAA tournament teams, and graduated as the school's all-time winningest player, as he was a part of 97 wins.[1] [5]
While completing his undergraduate studies, Ogden assumed a student assistant role, and move into various administrative roles for Texas until 2008, when he was elevated to assistant coach.[1] He remained on staff with Barnes through 2015, and followed Barnes to Tennessee as an assistant coach for the 2015–2016 season.[6] Ogden returned to his home state as an assistant coach under Chris Beard at Texas Tech for two seasons.[7]
On April 6, 2018, Ogden was named the eighth head coach in UT Arlington basketball history, replacing Scott Cross.[4] [8]
Ogden returned to his alma mater in 2021 as an assistant under Beard, who took the Texas job on April 1.