Louisiana Tech University Men's Basketball

For head coach Talvin Hester, who enters his fourth year at the helm of the Bulldogs, attitude and effort are the two pillars that define the Louisiana Tech men's basketball program. In a game full of variables, he believes these are the two things you can always bring and always control. Emphasizing attitude and effort helped the 19th head coach in program history orchestrate a 20-win campaign in his latest season and three All-Conference selections, highlighted by Daniel Batcho who was named CUSA Defensive Player of the Year. Hester was named NABC District 11 Coach of the Year and a Ben Jobe Award finalist after guiding LA Tech to a 22-10 overall record in his second season at the helm. Hester brought 20 years of coaching experience to Louisiana Tech, including three seasons as an assistant coach with the Bulldogs before departing for Texas Tech, where he helped the Red Raiders reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. During his three successful years at LA Tech under Eric Konkol, Hester helped the Bulldogs register three winning seasons of 20-plus victories, including a 24-8 overall record in 2020-21 when the team claimed a CUSA West Division title and a third-place finish in the National Invitation Tournament. Hester also spent three seasons at Houston under Kelvin Sampson, helping turnaround the Cougars program which reached the 2020 Final Four. As a student-athlete, Hester played at Dallas Christian College during the 1996-97 season and received his bachelor's degree

Blake Talos joined the Louisiana Tech Athletic Department in July of 2017 as the Director of Basketball Strength and Conditioning. In 2021, Talos was promoted to

Brooke Reed begins year four as director of basketball operations on Louisiana Tech men's basketball head coach Talvin Hester's staff.   Reed, who oversees all

Darshawn McClellan enters his fourth season as an assistant coach on Talvin Hester's coaching staff at Louisiana Tech. In his latest season, McClellan was part

Kane McGuire enters his 14th year at his alma mater as a member of the Strategic Communications department at Louisiana Tech University, having recently been promoted

Kavin Gilder-Tilbury enters his third season as an assistant coach (player development) for the Louisiana Tech men's basketball program. In his second year with

Louisiana Tech Vice President and Director of Athletics Ryan Ivey, along with Associate Vice President/Deputy Athletics Director Mary Kay Hungate, announced the hiring of Lindsey McKaskle in the spring of 2024. McKaskle serves as Senior Associate AD for Student-Athlete Success Services. Under the leadership of McKaskle, LA Tech student-athletes excelled academically during the 2024-25 academic year. Her guidance contributed to the department having a cumulative GPA of 3.267, the highest on record at the university, with 634 AD Honor Roll recipients across the academic year's three quarters. A school-record 40 student-athletes earned Academic All-District honors. There were also 220 student-athletes named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll, the third most in school history, with 63 of those also being CUSA Academic Medalists. McKaskle, a native of West Monroe, Louisiana, came to Ruston after spending nearly four years at Eastern Kentucky where she was Executive Associate AD for Administration, overseeing all areas of student-athlete success and well-being including NCAA compliance, academics, sports medicine, sports performance, and mental health services. She served as liaison between athletics and human resources by facilitating all aspects of the hiring process for athletic department staff members and coaches. She was also sport administrator for men's basketball and beach volleyball. Prior to working at EKU, McKaskle spent over three years at Nicholls State.

Associate Vice President and Deputy Athletics Director Mary Kay Hungate enters her 40th year as a member of the Louisiana Tech Athletics Department and has proven

Tim McGraw enters his fourth season as a member of Talvin Hester's staff, serving as assistant coach (special assistant to the head coach) at Louisiana Tech.   McGraw

Tyson Batiste heads into his second season with the Bulldog staff as an assistant coach. In his first season at LA Tech, Batiste helped the program to a 20-win

Winston Hines enters his fourth season as a member of the Louisiana Tech men's basketball coaching staff, serving as assistant coach. The 17-year coaching veteran