Beard, Chris

Mississippi Viewing: Active Coaches Rank #31 of 350 Coach Score: 70.79

Career & Tournament Summary

Career record

230–117

NCAA record

13–6

NCAA win%

0.684

Appearances

Average round

2.9 (Round of 32)

Current NCAA streak

0 years

Deep March resume

🏆 0 FF 1

Avg ATS margin

-0.72

Most Frequent Matchups All H2H →

Huggins, Bob West Virginia	9–7	16 games
Self, Bill Kansas	5–10	15 games
Dixon, Jamie TCU	11–4	15 games
Drew, Scott Baylor	4–10	14 games
Smart, Shaka Marquette	8–5	13 games
Boynton, Mike Michigan	8–5	13 games

Betting Trends

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45.5% cover rate · 171 games · last 5 seasons

5-season decay-weighted cover rate (most recent season weighted heaviest). Spread data from 2021–22 onward. HOT/COLD requires most recent season ≥ 10 games and >5 pts from weighted avg.

Cover %

45.5%

171 games

As Favorite

45.3%

106 games

As Underdog

46.2%

65 games

Recent Season

42.4%

2025-26

Current Season

42.4%

33 games · 2025-26

Fails to cover the spread slightly more often than not.

Season-by-season

Season	School	W	L	Win%	WAB	WAP	TASE	Seed	ATS	Furthest RoundNCAA	Final Four LocationF4 Location
►2026-27	Mississippi	0	0	0.000 0.00	—	—	—	—	—		Detroit, MI

►2025-26	Mississippi	15	20	0.429 0.43	-1.1	-1.7	—	—	-0.92	No NCAA	Indianapolis, IN

►2024-25	Mississippi	24	12	0.667 0.67	+7.1	+3.3	+0.98	#6	-0.75	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG S16	San Antonio, TX

►2023-24	Mississippi	20	12	0.625 0.62	+2.1	+2.5	—	—	-1.47	No NCAA	Phoenix, AZ

►2022-23	Texas	7	1	0.875 0.88	+9.7	+3.9	-2.27	#2	+0.93	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	Houston, TX

►2021-22	Texas	22	12	0.647 0.65	+4.2	-0.5	-0.02	#6	-1.06	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	New Orleans, LA

►2020-21	Texas Tech	18	11	0.621 0.62	+2.2	-2.0	-0.02	#6	-0.17	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	Indianapolis, IN

►2019-20	Texas Tech	18	13	0.581 0.58	+1.7	—	—	—	—	COVID	Atlanta, GA

►2018-19	Texas Tech	31	7	0.816 0.82	+9.6	—	+3.21	#3	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG 2nd	Minneapolis, MN

►2017-18	Texas Tech	27	10	0.730 0.73	+7.3	—	+1.21	#3	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG E8	San Antonio, TX

►2016-17	Texas Tech	18	14	0.562 0.56	+1.1	—	—	—	—	No NCAA	Phoenix, AZ

►2015-16	Little Rock	30	5	0.857 0.86	—	—	+0.52	#12	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	Houston, TX

Abbreviations: R64=Round of 64, R32=Round of 32, S16=Sweet 16, E8=Elite 8, FF=Final Four, CG=Championship Game (runner-up or champion). 🏆 indicates a national title. Gold highlight = Final Four appearance or better.