Chris Ogden

Christopher Kyle Ogden is an American college basketball coach who is the currently the General Manager at Texas. He was previously the head coach at UT Arlington.

Playing career

Ogden was the 1999 Texas Mr. Basketball Winner, as the best player in the state.
Ogden was a four-year player at Texas from 1999 to 2003, playing for Rick Barnes where he was a member of four NCAA tournament teams, and graduated as the school's all-time winningest player, as he was a part of 97 wins.

Coaching career

While completing his undergraduate studies, Ogden assumed a student assistant role, and move into various administrative roles for Texas until 2008, when he was elevated to assistant coach. He remained on staff with Barnes through 2015, and followed Barnes to Tennessee [Volunteers basketball|Tennessee] as an assistant coach for the 2015–2016 season. Ogden returned to his home state as an assistant coach under Chris Beard at Texas Tech [Red Raiders basketball|Texas Tech] for two seasons.
On April 6, 2018, Ogden was named the eighth head coach in UT Arlington basketball history, replacing Scott Cross.
Ogden returned to his alma mater in 2021 as an assistant under Beard, who took the Texas job on April 1. Ogden continued to work on the staff as General Manager under Rodney Terry and current head coach Sean Miller.