Larry Tidwell

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Larry Tidwell

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| current_title = Head Basketball Coach

| current_team = Schulenburg High School

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|05|14}}

| birth_place = Sanger, Texas

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| alma_mater = Austin College

| player_years1 = 1971–1972

| player_team1 = TCU

| coach_years1 = 1978–1983

| coach_team1 = Frisco HS

| coach_years2 = 1984–1992

| coach_team2 = Schulenburg High School

| coach_years3 = 1992–1998

| coach_team3 = Baylor (asst.)

| coach_years4 = 1998–1999

| coach_team4 = Mexia HS

| coach_years5 = 1999–2007

| coach_team5 = TCU (assoc. HC)

| coach_years6 = 2007–2013

| coach_team6 = Lamar

| coach_years7 = 2013–2018

| coach_team7 = Texas–Pan American/Rio Grande Valley

| coach_years8 = 2019–2024

| coach_team8 = Kansas (assoc. HC)

| coach_years9 = 2024-present

| coach_team9 = Schulenburg High School

| overall_record = 161–97 ({{winpct|161|97}})

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| championships = 2009–2010 Southland Conference Regular Season and Conference Tournament champions

| awards = {{Plainlist|

Texas Girls Coaches Association Margaret McKown Distinguished Service Award (2008)
Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year (2010)
Kedric Couch – Austin College Alumni – Coach of the Year Award (2010)
Texas Association of Basketball Coach Division I Women's Basketball Coach of the Year(2015)

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Larry Dan Tidwell (born May 14, 1953) is the head coach for the Schulenburg High School women’s basketball team. Before moving to Kansas, he served as women's basketball head coach from 2013–2018 at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley,{{Cite web|url=http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/news/207_8687.htm|title = Lamar University News}}{{cite web|title=Larry Tidwell Head Coach|url=http://utpabroncs.com/staff.aspx?staff=417|publisher=Texas-Pan American Broncs Athletics|accessdate=November 9, 2014}} having been retained when his former institution, the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA), merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville. Prior to this position, he was head coach of the Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team for six seasons from 2007–2013, as well as the Lamar athletics director from June 2010 to May 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.lamarcardinals.com/genrel/051111aaa.html |title=Larry Tidwell steps down as Lamar Director of Athletics LAMAR CARDINALS Official Athletic Site |website=www.lamarcardinals.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929034327/http://www.lamarcardinals.com/genrel/051111aaa.html |archive-date=2011-09-29}}

Lamar

In the 2009–10 season, the Lady Cardinals posted a 26–8 overall record and a 13–3 mark in the Southland Conference. Lamar won the Southland Conference regular-season and tournament titles, as the Lady Cards advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991. The 26 wins were the second-most in school history. Tidwell was named the Texas Basketball Coaches Association Division I Women's Basketball Coach of the Year for his efforts.{{cite web |url=http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/tidwell_larry00.html |title=Player Bio: Larry Tidwell LAMAR CARDINALS Official Athletic Site |website=www.lamarcardinals.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713182732/http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/tidwell_larry00.html |archive-date=2011-07-13}} One of Tidwell's 2009–10 players, Jenna Plumley, was named Southland Conference Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. Plumley was among the national leaders in three–pointers, assists, and steals.

The Lady Cardinals almost matched the 2009–10 record the following season finishing 25–8 overall and 13–3 in conference. The Lady Cardinals also competed in the WNIT. After his Lady Cardinals competed in the 2013 Women's Basketball Invitational tournament finishing the season with a 22–11 overall record, Larry Tidwell resigned as Lady Cardinals head basketball coach on April 4, 2013 to take a similar position at UTPA.{{cite web|title=Larry Tidwell resigns as Lamar women's basketball coach|url=http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/040413aab.html|publisher=Lamar University Department of Athletics|date=4 April 2013|accessdate=15 October 2014}} Tidwell's teams had a 128–66 overall record in his six seasons as head coach of the Lady Cardinals. He ranks first on Lamar's all-time list for wins.

Texas-Pan American and UTRGV

Tidwell came to UTPA in 2013 after serving six seasons as head coach of the Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team. He left Lamar as that program's winningest coach in school history winning 128 victories and making three post season appearances (NCAA, WNIT, and WBI). In his first season at Texas-Pan American, his team tied program records for wins in a season and for conference wins in a season. Tidwell's 2014–15 team showed continued improvement finishing the season with a 19–15 overall record and a conference record of 9–5. Competing in the 2015 WAC women's basketball tournament, the Broncs reached the championship game where they fell to New Mexico State. Under Coach Tidwell, the Broncs received an invitation to the 2015 Women's Basketball Invitational, the first postseason invitation in the program's history.

{{cite web|title=Women's Basketball to Compete in Postseason Tournament for First Time|url=http://www.utpabroncs.com/news/2015/3/16/WBB_0316155407.aspx?path=wbball|publisher=The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs Athletics|accessdate=March 31, 2015}}\

Head coaching record

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

|name=Lamar Lady Cardinals

|conference=Southland Conference

|startyear=2007

|endyear=2013

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2007–08

| name =Lamar

| overall =19–13

| conference =10–6

| confstanding =2nd

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2008–09

| name =Lamar

| overall =20–11

| conference =10–6

| confstanding =3rd

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2009–10

| name =Lamar

| overall =26–8

| conference =13–3

| confstanding =1st

| championship =conference

| postseason =NCAA First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2010–11

| name =Lamar

| overall =25–8

| conference =13–3

| confstanding =2nd

| championship =

| postseason =WNIT First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2011–12

| name =Lamar

| overall =16–15

| conference =8–8

| confstanding =3rd (East)

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2012–13

| name =Lamar

| overall =22–11

| conference =12–6

| confstanding =3rd

| championship =

| postseason = WBI Second Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal|

| name =Lamar

| overall =128–66 ({{winpct|128|66}})

| confrecord =66–32 ({{winpct|66|32}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

|name=Texas-Pan American Broncs/Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros

|conference=Western Athletic Conference

|startyear=2013

|endyear=2018

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2013–14

| name =Texas-Pan American

| overall =14–16

| conference =8–8

| confstanding = 5th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2014–15

| name =Texas-Pan American

| overall = 19–15

| conference = 9–5

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = WBI First Round

| championship =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2015–16

| name = Texas–Rio Grande Valley

| overall = 19–14

| conference = 9–5

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = WNIT First Round

| championship =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2016–17

| name = Texas–Rio Grande Valley

| overall = 19–14

| conference = 8–6

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =WBI Second Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2017–18

| name = Texas–Rio Grande Valley

| overall = 14–16

| conference = 4–10

| confstanding = 6th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal|

| name = Texas-Pan American/Rio Grande Valley

| overall = {{winpct|85|75|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|38|34|record=y}}

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|overall={{winpct|213|141|record=y}}

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Awards

In 2010, the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) named Tidwell "Division I Coach of the Year" for women's college basketball.{{cite web |url=http://www.tabchoops.org/may10.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-03-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728080935/http://www.tabchoops.org/may10.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-28 }} The honor was repeated at the conclusion of the 2014–15 season with Tidwell being honored as the TABC "Division I Coach of the Year" for women's division I basketball for a second time.{{cite web|title=Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Coaches of the Year|url=http://tabchoops.org/awards/coaches-of-the-year/|publisher=TABC|accessdate=June 19, 2015}}

In 2002, he earned AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year.

He is a member of the Austin College and Sanger High School's Halls of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://gofrogs.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/tidwell_larry00.html |title=Player Bio: Larry Tidwell :: Women's Basketball |website=gofrogs.cstv.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104074802/http://gofrogs.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/tidwell_larry00.html |archive-date=2006-11-04}}

Larry Tidwell

Lamar

Texas-Pan American and UTRGV

Head coaching record

Awards

References

Further reading