Texas Basketball Coach Chris Beard Arrested Early Monday Morning
Texas basketball coach Chris Beard was arrested early on Monday morning.
According to records from the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Beard was arrested at 4:18 a.m. in Austin for “Assault on a family/household member.” He also apparently was preventing the victim from breathing. Beard was booked with a third degree felony.
Beard is in his second season as the head coach of the Texas basketball program. He took the job prior to the 2021 season after a successful run at Texas Tech. Beard spent five seasons in Lubbock, where he led the Red Raiders to an NCAA Championship Game appearance in 2019 and finished with a 112-55 record. In his first year with the Longhorns, Beard went 22-12 and 10-8 in Big 12 play. Texas made the NCAA Tournament, but lost in the second round. Beard had a ton of returning talent this season and has the Longhorns off to a 7-1 start and ranked No. 2 in the country.
The future of Chris Beard coaching the Texas Longhorns is obviously in doubt for the short-term and long-term, and we will provide any updates here at Heartland College Sports.
Texas basketball is set to play Rice on Monday Night. The game tips off at 7:00 p.m. on the Longhorn Network.
Update 12/22 (10:59 a.m.): Texas has released a statement, which reads: “The University is aware of the situation involving Chris Beard. We are continuing to gather information and monitoring the legal process.”
Update 12/22 (1:22 p.m.): Authorities have released a booking photo of Texas basketball coach Chris Beard after his arrest early Monday morning relating to a domestic violence charge.
