Grant McCasland (born October 14, 1976) is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach for North Texas of Conference USA. McCasland joined the Mean Green in 2017 from Arkansas State, where he led the program for the 2016–17 season. He had previously been an assistant at his alma mater Baylor and as head coach at Midwestern State and Midland College.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | North Texas |
| Conference | C-USA |
| Record | 104–58 (.642) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1976-10-14) October 14, 1976 (age 46) |
| Playing career | |
| 1995–1999 | Baylor |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001–2003 | Northeastern JC (assistant) |
| 2004–2009 | Midland |
| 2009–2011 | Midwestern State |
| 2011–2016 | Baylor (assistant) |
| 2016–2017 | Arkansas State |
| 2017–present | North Texas |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1999–2001 | Texas Tech (Dir. of Ops.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 179–82 (.686) |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA DI) 6–2 (NCAA DII) 1–1 (NIT) 5–1 (CBI) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| CBI (2018) 2× C-USA regular season (2020, 2022) C-USA tournament (2021) C-USA West Division (2022) | |
| Awards | |
| C-USA Coach of the Year (2020) | |
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Midwestern State Mustangs (Lone Star Conference) (2009–2011) | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | Midwestern State | 30–3 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Elite Eight | ||||
| 2010–11 | Midwestern State | 25–9 | 9–5 | 2nd | NCAA Division II Elite Eight | ||||
| Midwestern State: | 55–12 (.821) | 19–7 (.735) | |||||||
| Arkansas State Red Wolves (Sun Belt Conference) (2016–2017) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | Arkansas State | 20–12 | 11–7 | T–3rd | |||||
| Arkansas State: | 20–12 (.625) | 11–7 (.611) | |||||||
| North Texas Mean Green (Conference USA) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | North Texas | 20–18 | 8–10 | T–7th | CBI champions | ||||
| 2018–19 | North Texas | 21–12 | 8–10 | T–9th | |||||
| 2019–20 | North Texas | 20–11 | 14–4 | 1st | Postseason Cancelled | ||||
| 2020–21 | North Texas | 18–10 | 9–5 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
| 2021–22 | North Texas | 25–7 | 16–2 | 1st (West) | NIT Second Round | ||||
| North Texas: | 104–58 (.642) | 55–31 (.640) | |||||||
| Total: | 179–82 (.686) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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McCasland is a Christian.[2] McCasland is married to Cece McCasland. They have four children together.[3]
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