Lane Lord

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Lane Lord
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team UTRGV
Conference Southland Conference
Record69–106 (.394)
Biographical details
Born (1970-05-19) May 19, 1970 (age 53)
Waco, Texas
Alma mater Tabor College (KS)
Friends University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–2004 Wichita Heights HS
2004–2007 Barton CC
2007–2018 Pittsburg State
2018–present UTRGV
Head coaching record
Overall141–62 (.695) (high school)
377–228 (.623) (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MIAA regular season championship (2017)
KJCCC West regular season co-championship
2 KSHSAA 6A State championships
4 City League championships
Awards
5 MIAA Coach of the Year (2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017)
3 NCAA Regional Coach of the Year (2009, 2012, 2017)

Lane R. Lord (born May 19, 1971) is an American college women's basketball coach currently coaching at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). He was previously the head coach at Pittsburg State University, a position he held from 2007 to 2018. While Lord was at Pittsburg State, the program won a conference regular season championships and appeared in four NCAA tournaments. [1] Prior to his most recent post, Lord was the head coach for at Barton Community College from 2004 to 2007, where he led the school to three consecutive winning seasons, and one Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference West Division co-regular season championship. Lord also taught and coached at Wichita Heights High School from 1995 to 2004. [2]

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Career

High school career

Lord, a Waco, Texas native, began his coaching career in 1995 at Wichita Heights High School, [3] where he spent nine seasons as the head coach leading the women's basketball team to two state tournament championships, six sub-state tournaments, four City League conference championships, and three state tournament appearances. [4]

Barton Community College

After nine seasons at the high school level, Lord was named the Barton Community College head women's basketball coach. [5] During his three seasons at Barton, Lord led the Cougars three consecutive 20-plus win seasons, one Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference West Division co-regular season championship, and two trips to the National Junior College Athletic Association Regional VI tournament. [6]

Pittsburg State University

In April 2007, Pittsburg State University announced that Lord would become the new head coach for the women's basketball team. [7] During his time at Pittsburg State, an NCAA Division II school, the Gorillas have won one conference regular season championship, have made five NCAA Division II Tournament appearances, and Lord has earned the MIAA Coach of the Year award five times – 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2017. [8]

University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley

On May 21, 2018, Lord was named the head coach for the UTRGV women's basketball program. [9]

Head coach record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Wichita Heights HS Falcons (City League)(1995–2004)
1995–96Wichita Heights HS 10–11
1996–97Wichita Heights HS 9–11
1997–98Wichita Heights HS 10–12KSHSAA 6A Sub-State runner-up
1998–99Wichita Heights HS 9–12
1999–2000Wichita Heights HS 14–8KSHSAA 6A Sub-State runner-up
2000–01Wichita Heights HS 24–1KSHSAA 6A State Tournament 3rd Place
2001–02Wichita Heights HS 24–1KSHSAA 6A State Tournament champions
2002–03Wichita Heights HS 21–4KSHSAA 6A State Tournament champions
2003–04Wichita Heights HS 20–2KSHSAA 6A Sub-State runner-up
Wichita Heights HS:141–62 (.695)
Barton Cougars (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference)(2004–2007)
2001–02Barton County 22–124thRegion VI runner-up
2002–03Barton County 28–52ndRegion VI runner-up
2003–04Barton County 27–3T–1stIneligible due to NJCAA infractions [10]
Hastings:77–20 (.794)
Pittsburg State Gorillas (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(2007–2018)
2007–08Pittsburg State 10–174–1410th
2008–09Pittsburg State 20–914–63rd
2009–10Pittsburg State 14–1412–84th
2010–11Pittsburg State 16–1213–95th
2011–12Pittsburg State 27–617–32ndNCAA Division II Elite Eight
2012–13Pittsburg State 17–1011–75th
2013–14Pittsburg State 23–816–3T–2ndNCAA Central Regional Tournament
2014–15Pittsburg State 27–715–4T–2ndNCAA Central Regional Tournament
2015–16Pittsburg State 29–618–4T–2ndNCAA Division II Elite Eight
2016–17Pittsburg State 25–616–31stNCAA Central Regional Tournament
2017–18Pittsburg State 23–715–42nd
Pittsburg State:231–102 (.694)151–65 (.699)
UTRGV Vaqueros (Western Athletic Conference)(2018–2024)
2018–19UTRGV 18–1510–63rd WBI First Round
2019–20UTRGV 13–178–84th
2020–21UTRGV 6–142–87th
2021–22UTRGV 14–198–10T-7th
2022–23UTRGV 12–186–1211th
2023–24UTRGV 6–235–15T-10th
UTRGV Vaqueros (Southland Conference)(2024–present)
2024–25UTRGV
UTRGV:69–106 (.394)39–59 (.398)
Total:518–290 (.641)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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