Lane Lord

Biography

Lane Lord, a five-time conference and three-time NCAA Regional Coach of the Year who spent 11 years as the head coach at Pittsburg State, was announced as the new head coach of the UTRGV women's basketball team on May 21, 2018. Lord compiled a 231-102 (.694) record during his tenure at Pitt State, including five trips to the NCAA Division II National Tournament in the last seven years and the program's first two Elite Eight appearances. During that time Pitt State averaged 24.4 wins per season while going 171-50 (.774). Pitt State won 20 or more games seven times in Lord's 11 years. For his career, Lord has a 467-199 (.701) head coaching record in 24 seasons, including 14 seasons at the collegiate level, during which time he is 326-137 (.704). Lord earned MIAA Coach of the Year honors in 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017, NCAA Regional Coach of the Year recognition in 2009, 2012 and 2017, and Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Four Year Women's College Coach of the Year honors in 2018. He came to Pitt State from Barton Community College, where he led the women's basketball program to a 77-20 (.794) record from 2004-07. Lord began his coaching career as the head girls' basketball coach at Wichita Heights High School from 1995-to-2004, during which time he compiled a 141-62 (.695) record. Originally from Waco, Lord earned a bachelor's degree in physical education and special education from Tabor College in 1993 and a master's degree in school leadership from Friends University