Christopher Kyle Ogden (born October 16, 1980) is an American college basketball coach who is the currently an assistant coach at

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. He was previously the head coach at

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Playing career

Ogden was a four-year player at

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.

Coaching career

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. He remained on staff with Barnes through 2015, and followed Barnes to

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as an assistant coach for the 2015–2016 season. Ogden returned to his home state as an assistant coach under

Chris Beard Christopher Michael Beard (born February 18, 1973) is an American basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at the University of Texas at Austin for the men's team. He previously coached at Texas Tech, Little Rock, Angelo State, and ...

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for two seasons. On April 6, 2018, Ogden was named the eighth head coach in UT Arlington basketball history, replacing Scott Cross. Ogden returned to his alma mater in 2021 as an assistant under Beard, who took the Texas job on April 1.

Head coaching record

References

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