Todd Buchanan Explained

Todd Buchanan
Current Title:Head Coach
Current Team:Allen Community College Red Devils
Current Conference:KJCAA
Current Record:42–49
Birth Date:1 March 1967
Coach Years1:1992–1995
Coach Team1:Murray State (Asst.)
Coach Years2:1995–1996
Coach Team2:Oral Roberts (Asst.)
Coach Years3:1996–1998
Coach Team3:Montevallo
Coach Years4:1998–2000
Coach Team4:East Carolina (Asst.)
Coach Years5:2000–2005
Coach Team5:Houston (Assoc. HC)
Coach Years6:2005–2010
Coach Team6:Houston Baptist
Coach Years7:2010–2013
Coach Team7:Houston
Overall Record:145–160
Championships:C-USA Regular Season Championships (2011)
Awards:C-USA Coach of the Year (2011)

Todd Buchanan (born March 1, 1967) is an American college basketball coach and former head coach of the Houston Cougars women's basketball team.

Career

He was the sixth head coach of the Houston Cougars, and officially began in that position on April 20, 2010, resigning on December 21, 2013.[1] Prior to his appointment with Houston, he served as the head coach of Houston Baptist, where he transitioned the team from the NAIA to Division I of the NCAA.[2] [3] In his first season as head coach at Houston, Buchanan achieved the second best season record in the program's history, and the best ever as a first year coach for the program.[4]

From 2000 through 2005, Buchanan served as an associate head coach for Houston under coach Joe Curl.

He is a graduate of Murray State University where he was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: UH set to hire HBU's Buchanan as women's hoops . Campbell, Steve . 2010-04-20 . . 2010-12-20.
  2. Web site: University of Houston Women's Basketball: Weekly Release . 2010-12-19 . Houston Cougars athletics . 2010-12-20.
  3. News: Buchanan a 'perfect fit' . Campbell, Steve . 2010-04-21 . . 2010-12-20.
  4. Web site: Houston Women's Basketball Season Review . Houston Cougars athletics . 2011-04-04 . 2011-04-06.
  5. Book: The Shield Yearbook . Murray State University . 1989 . December 9, 2021 . 274.