Todd Buchanan
{{Short description|American basketball coach}}
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| current_title = Asspociate Head Coach
| current_team = Western Kentucky
| current_conference = Conference USA
| current_record = 46-56
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|3|1}}
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| coach_years1 = 1992–1995
| coach_team1 = Murray State (Asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1995–1996
| coach_team2 = Oral Roberts (Asst.)
| coach_years3 = 1996–1998
| coach_team3 = Montevallo
| coach_years4 = 1998–2000
| coach_team4 = East Carolina (Asst.)
| coach_years5 = 2000–2005
| coach_team5 = Houston (Assoc. HC)
| coach_years6 = 2005–2010
| coach_team6 = Houston Baptist
| coach_years7 = 2010–2013
| coach_team7 = Houston
| coach_years8 = 2015-2018
| coach_team8 = Allen Community College
| coach_years9 = 2018–2019
| coach_team9 = Akransas State (Asst.)
| coach_years10 = 2019–2023
| coach_team10 = Texas-El Paso (Assoc. HC)
| coach_years11 = 2023–present
| coach_team11 = Western Kentucky (Assoc. HC)
| overall_record = 145–160
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| championships = C-USA Regular Season Championships (2011)
| awards = C-USA Coach of the Year (2011)
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Todd Buchanan (born March 1, 1967) is an American college basketball coach and former head coach at the University of Houston and Houston Christian University.
Career
He was the sixth head coach of the Houston Cougars, and officially began in that position on April 20, 2010, resigning on December 21, 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkc/women/6966869.html |title=UH set to hire HBU's Buchanan as women's hoops |author=Campbell, Steve |date=2010-04-20 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |accessdate=2010-12-20}} Prior to his appointment with Houston, he served as the head coach of Houston Baptist, where he transitioned the team from the NAIA to Division I of the NCAA.{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/hou/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/weekly-release.pdf |title=University of Houston Women's Basketball: Weekly Release |date=2010-12-19 |publisher=Houston Cougars athletics |accessdate=2010-12-20}}{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/houston/6969709.html |title=Buchanan a 'perfect fit' |author=Campbell, Steve |date=2010-04-21 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |accessdate=2010-12-20}} In his first season as head coach at Houston, Buchanan achieved the second best season record in the program's history, and the best ever as a first year coach for the program.{{cite web |url=http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/040411aaa.html |title=Houston Women's Basketball Season Review |publisher=Houston Cougars athletics |date=2011-04-04 |accessdate=2011-04-06}}
From 2000 through 2005, Buchanan served as an associate head coach for Houston under coach Joe Curl.
He is a graduate of Murray State University where he was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.{{cite book | title=The Shield Yearbook | publisher=Murray State University | issue= | year=1989 | url=https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/yearbooks/21/ | access-date=December 9, 2021 | page=274}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Montevallo Falcons
| conference= Gulf South
| startyear = 1996
| endyear = 1998
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1996–97
| name = Montevallo
| overall = 12–17
| conference = 5–10
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1997–98
| name = Montevallo
| overall = 7–19
| conference = 3–12
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Montevallo
| overall = 19–36
| confrecord = 8–22
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Houston Baptist Huskies
| conference= RRAC
| startyear = 2005
| endyear = 2007
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2005–06
| name = Houston Baptist
| overall = 28–4
| conference = 20–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Sweet Sixteen
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2006–07
| name = Houston Baptist
| overall = 27–7
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NAIA Elite Eight
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Houston Baptist Huskies
| conference= Independent
| startyear = 2007
| endyear = 2008
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = Houston Baptist
| overall = 14–11
| conference = —
| confstanding = —
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Houston Baptist Huskies
| conference= Great West
| startyear = 2008
| endyear = 2010
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Houston Baptist
| overall = 8–21
| conference = —
| confstanding = —
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = Houston Baptist
| overall = 3–25
| conference = 1–11
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Houston Baptist
| overall = 80–68
| confrecord = 36–14
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Houston Cougars
| conference= C-USA
| startyear = 2010
| endyear = 2013
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2010–11
| name = Houston
| overall = 26–6
| conference = 16–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA First round
| ranking = 22
| ranking2 = 22
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Houston
| overall = 3–26
| conference = 2–14
| confstanding = 12th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Houston
| overall = 13–17
| conference = 7–9
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Houston Cougars
| conference= The American
| startyear = 2013
| endyear =2013
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–7
| conference = —
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Houston
| overall = 46–56
| confrecord = 25–23
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 145–160
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References
External links
- [http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/buchanan_todd00.html Profile at Houston]
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