The Texas Tech Red Raiders and Head Coach Mark Adams have agreed to a contract extension through the 2026-27 season. In his first season as the Head Coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, he led the program to the 2022 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen where they lost to the Duke Blue Devils. The program saw enough to extend Adams long-term and continue to let him run the program. He also quickly endured himself to Red Raiders fans after Chris Beard left the program for the Texas Longhorns.
Texas Tech coach Mark Adams signed a new contract, which is five years, and set to pay him a base of $300,000 and $3 million in total compensation in 2022-2023. It increases to $3.2 million by the 2026-27 season.
— Carlos Silva Jr. (@cmsilvajr) April 26, 2022
In his first season as the Head Coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, Mark Adams finished with an overall record of 27-10 with a Big 12 record of 12-6. He also won the AP Big 12 Coach of the Year Award. Adams cemented himself as the future of the Texas Tech Red Raiders program and kept them near the top of the Big 12 despite the departure of Chris Beard.
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— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) April 26, 2022
Texas Tech could have easily folded as a program and finished near the bottom of the Big 12 when Chris Beard left for the Texas Longhorns. Mark Adams managed to keep the program together and performed better than Texas despite the early expectations for the Longhorns. Despite a disappointing end to the season, Texas Tech is still on the right track and will continue to be a top program in the Big 12. Adams gets a pay raise and continues to coach at his dream program.
