LARRY TIDWELL, A 45 YEAR COACHING VETERAN WITH ROOTS DEEP IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW HEAD WOMENS BASKETBALL COACH AT DALLAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, AN NAIA DII SCHOOL IN THE NCCAA CONFERENCE.
TIDWELL COMES TO DALLAS CHRISTIAN WITH 27 YEARS OF NCAA D-1 EXPERIENCE THAT INCLUDED HEAD COACHING POSITIONS AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY (6YRS) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY (5YRS). TIDWELL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST WINS AT BOTH INSTITUTIONS AND IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR HEAD COACHES IN NCAA D-1 WOMENS BASKETBALL HISTORY TO HAVE THE MOST WINS AT TWO D-1 UNIVERSITIES.
WHEN TAKING OVER LAMAR UNIVERSITY, TIDWELL INHERITED A PROGRAM WITH TWELVE CONSECUTIVE LOSING SEASONS AND PRODUCED IMMEDIATE RESULTS THAT INCLUDED SIX STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS, SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS, NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTH AND THREE POST SEASON APPEARANCES.
AT UTRGV, THE VAQUEROS HAD ENDURED THIRTY STRAIGHT LOSING SEASONS AND TIDWELL PROMPTLY TURNED THE PROGRAM WITH THREE POST SEASON APPEARANCES AND BROUGHT RESPECT BACK TO THE PROGRAM.
IN 11 SEASONS AS AN NCAA D-1 HEAD COACH, WHILE INHERITING TWO PROGRAMS WITH 42 CONSECUTIVE LOSING SEASONS, TIDWELL HAS POSTED A 213 – 141 RECORD WITH A TOTAL OF SIX POST SEASON APPEARANCES WHILE AVERAGING 19+ WINS PER YEAR. AND, HAS THE SAME PLANS TO BRING WINNING AND POST SEASON APPEARANCES TO LADY CRUSADER BASKETBALL.
TIDWELL ALSO HAS PREVIOUS STOPS AT BAYLOR, TCU, TEXAS TECH AND KANSAS AND HAS SERVED AS EITHER ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH, RECRUITING COORDINATOR OR CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THOSE HIGHLY RESPECTED PROGRAMS. TIDWELL OWNS A 12 YEAR TEXAS HS RECORD OF 289-83, HAS COACHED THE BAHAMAS NATIONAL TEAM, WORKS NUMEROUS EVENTS FOR FIBA WHILE TRAVELING EXTENSIVELY IN 40 COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IS A VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES AND THE TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION SINCE 1976.
“COMING TO DALLAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE IS A SPIRITUAL THING,” SAYS TIDWELL “AS I HAVE HAD A VERY BLESSED COACHING CAREER AND WANT TO GIVE BACK THANKS TO THE LORD FOR TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY DURING SOME CRITICAL TIMES WITH HEALTH ISSUES. MY PLAN IS TO MAKE LADY CRUSADER BASKETBALL THE BEST THAT IT CAN POSSIBLY BE AND TO REPRESENT THIS INCREDIBLE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE WITH A FIRST CLASS TEAM BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT. WE DEFINITELY WILL BE ACTIVE IN THE DFW COMMUNITY WITH OUR TEAM COMMUNITY SERVICE.”
TIDWELL’S GAME PLAN FOR THE TEAM INCLUDES A VERY FAST PACED OFFENSIVE ATTACK, A STIFLING DEFENSE THAT WILL GUARD 94′ AND A TEAM THAT WILL PLAY TOUGH AND PLAY TOGETHER. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A KEY COMPONENT TO BUILDING THE PROGRAM AND TIDWELL HAS EXCELLED AT THIS. HE HAS PRODUCED PROVEN RESULTS IN HIS 27 YEAR NCAA D-1 CAREER AS OVER 40+ PLAYERS HAVE PLAYED AT THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL AND THAT INCLUDES SEVEN PLAYERS IN THE WNBA.
DALLAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE WOMENS BASKETBALL WILL BEGIN PRACTICE IN THE COMING WEEKS WITH THE FIRST GAME SET FOR NOV. 5, 2020.
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