Chris Mudge (born June 15, 1984) is an American basketball coach. He is the head coach of the

Sam Houston Bearkats men's basketball The Sam Houston Bearkats men's basketball team, represents Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The Bearkats were one of four programs, all from Texas, that left the Southland Conference on July 1, 2021 to join the We ...

team.

Coaching career

Mudge served as a student manager and graduate assistant at

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under

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before landing his first assistant coaching job at

Midland College Midland College (MC) is a Public college, public community college in Midland, Texas. It was established as an independent junior college in 1972 and held its first classes on campus in 1975. Since that time, the campus has expanded to a main ...

, a

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, where he stayed from 2008 to 2010. He'd join

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's staff in 2010, and would stay on through 2023 where he was part of six postseason appearances for the Bearkats. After Hooten left to accept the head coaching position at

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, Mudge was promoted to the head coaching position. On April 3, Sam Houston State promoted Mudge to become their next head coach.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Sam Houston Bearkats profile
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