Bubba Jennings

Jennings attended Clovis High School in Clovis, New Mexico.{{cite web| title =Bubba Jennings profile| work =Coach Bio| publisher =Texas Tech University| year =2008| url =http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jennings_bubba00.html| accessdate =August 18, 2013| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221755/http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jennings_bubba00.html| archivedate =December 17, 2013}} He had a highly successful prep career, and in his final season in 1979–80 he set a state record for points in a game (75, December 1979, at Reese Air Force Base) and season. The NHSCAA named him to their All-America and Academic All-America teams; by another voting outlet, he was the New Mexico Player of the Year in 1980. Jennings also led Clovis to a New Mexico AAAA state championship in his junior season of 1978–79 and was named to the Class 4A all-state team. Upon high school graduation, he was inducted into the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame.

Between 1980–81 and 1984–85, Jennings played four seasons at Texas Tech University (he redshirted his true sophomore season in 1981–82 when he broke his foot in the third game of the season).{{cite news|title=Raiders' general; Bubba Jennings is Texas Tech's little big man|first=Eddie|last=Sefko|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|pages=1, 5, Sec. 2|date=March 8, 1985}} In each of his four years he was named an All-Southwest Conference (SWC) selection. During the 1982–83 season, the Red Raiders team consisted of only eight players. Jennings was the catalyst for an historic season during his senior year in 1984–85. His 19.5 points paced the Red Raiders to a 23–8 overall record (12–4 SWC) conference championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament, Texas Tech's first appearance in nine years. He was named the SWC Player of the Year as well as the SWC Defensive Player of the Year, honored with the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, was an honorable mention All-American, and was the SWC Athlete of the Year (regardless of sport).{{cite web| title ="Bubba" Jennings Named Asst. Basketball Coach| work =Texas Tech| publisher =Scout.com| date =July 8, 2008| url =http://texastech.scout.com/2/767815.html| accessdate =August 18, 2013| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081205021512/http://texastech.scout.com/2/767815.html#| archive-date =2008-12-05| url-status =dead}} He led the team in scoring in three of his seasons while he also paced them for two seasons in both steals and assists. Jennings started all 117 games he played as a Red Raider.

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|-1980-81 totals: 28 gm, 28 gs, 953 min, 131-284 fg, 43-54 ft, 40 reb, 80 ast, 18 stl, 2 blk, 305 pts

|style="text-align:left;"|1980–81

|style="text-align:left;"|Texas Tech

|28||28||34.0||.461||—||.796||1.4||2.9||0.6||0.1||10.9

|-1981-82 totals: 3 gm, 3 gs, 75 min, 13-24 fg, 7-7 ft, 1 reb, 14 ast, 7 stl, 0 blk, 33 pts

|style="text-align:left;"|1981–82

|style="text-align:left;"|Texas Tech

|3||3||25.0||.542||—||1.000||0.3||4.7||2.3||0.0||11.0

|-1982-83 totals: 26 gm, 26 gs, ? min, 164-361 fg, 88-103 ft, 51 reb, 112 ast, 44 stl, ? blk, 416 pts

|style="text-align:left;"|1982–83

|style="text-align:left;"|Texas Tech

|26||26|| ||.454||—||.854||2.0||4.3||1.7|| ||16.0

|-1983-84 totals: 29 gm, 29 gs, 912 min, 156-309 fg, 89-105 ft, 49 reb, 91 ast, 45 stl, 6 blk, 401 pts

|style="text-align:left;"|1983–84

|style="text-align:left;"|Texas Tech

|29||29||31.4||.505||—||.848||1.7||3.1||1.6||0.2||13.8

|-1984-85 totals: 31 gm, 31 gs, 1073 min, 250-456 fg, 105-121 ft, 72 reb, 95 ast, 42 stl, 6 blk, 605 pts

|style="text-align:left;"|1984–85

|style="text-align:left;"|Texas Tech

|31||31||34.6||.548||—||.868||2.3||3.1||1.4||0.2||19.5

|-Career totals: 117 gm, 117 gs, ? min, 714-1434 fg, 332-390 ft, 213 reb, 392 ast, 156 stl, ? blk, 1750 pts

| align="center" colspan=2| Career

|117||117|| ||.498||—||.851||1.8||3.4||1.3|| || 15.0

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Following college, the Dallas Mavericks chose him in the fourth round (86th overall) in the 1985 NBA draft, although he never played in the league. He instead went to Europe to play for the London Docklands Crystal Palace, although his career was short-lived.

Jennings began his basketball coaching career as a graduate assistant at Texas Tech. He then got a head coaching job at Artesia High School in Artesia, New Mexico, where in nine seasons the team won two state championships. He also served as the head golf coach at Artesia and led them to one state title in that time. Jennings' next stop was Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas. He led the school to back-to-back district and bi-district championships and was named the city coach of the year and District 3–5A. Eventually he returned to Texas Tech, also located in Lubbock, and spent several years as the men's basketball team's video operations manager. He moved his way up the college coaching ranks and in 2008 was named a full-time assistant coach.{{cite news| last =Graham| first =Mike| title =Bubba Jennings to remain on Texas Tech basketball staff| newspaper =Dallas Morning News| date =June 17, 2011| url =http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2011/06/bubba-jennings-to-remain-on-texas-tech-b.html/| accessdate =August 18, 2013| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://archive.today/20130818204202/http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2011/06/bubba-jennings-to-remain-on-texas-tech-b.html/| archivedate =August 18, 2013}} In March 2013, the entire staff except for interim head coach Chris Walker were fired by Texas Tech officials.

In July 2018, after five years working as a loan officer at First Bank and Trust in Lubbock, Texas, Jennings returned to coaching.{{cite web| last =Murphy| first =Forrest| title =Red Raider great Jennings eager for start with Peaster| publisher =Weatherford Democrat| date =November 8, 2018| url =https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/sports/red-raider-great-jennings-eager-for-start-with-peaster/article_92fda950-e3a2-11e8-9604-ffa1cd90fd88.html| accessdate =March 31, 2019}} He became the head boys' basketball coach at Peaster High School, a school where he coached for three seasons and won 85 games before accepting the head coach position at Arlington Baptist University in 2021.{{cite news |last=Prince |first=Jeff |date= May 15, 2021 |title= COACH AND KID: Peaster Head Coach Bubba Jennings and star shooter Braxton Bosher headed for Arlington Baptist |url=https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/sports/coach-and-kid-peaster-head-coach-bubba-jennings-and-star-shooter-braxton-bosher-headed-for/article_313757ce-b41b-11eb-9b46-f3add219bdd9.html |work=Weatherford Democrat |location=Weatherford, Texas |access-date=January 18, 2023}} In his very first season, Jennings led the Arlington Baptist Patriots to the Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA) national championship.{{cite news |last=|first=|date= March 16, 2022 |title= Men's Basketball Concludes Season as ACCA National Champions |url=http://abpatriots.com/mens-basketball-concludes-season-as-acca-national-champions/ |work= |location=Arlington, Texas |access-date=January 18, 2023}}

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