Texas Tech plans $200M football stadium, facilities project
Texas Tech is planning a $200 million project consisting of new four-story building in the south end zone that will include locker rooms, offices for coaches and a field-level club area that the Red Raiders will go through before football games.
Texas Tech womens coach fired 2 days after report of abuse
LUBBOCK, Texas Texas Tech fired women's basketball coach Marlene Stollings on Thursday, two days after a scathing newspaper report alleging a culture of abuse in her program. Over two years, 12 of 21 players left the program, including seven recruited under Stollings, according to the report. The pandemic-shortened season that ended in March was Stollings second at Texas Tech. Texas Tech finished 18-11 in Stollings second season after going 7-23 the year before she arrived. Brazilian center Marcella LaMark said she was called dangerous by Stollings because the coach said her fitness lagged so far behind her teammates.
Report: Texas Tech women's staff fostered culture of abuse
Texas Tech women's basketball players have accused Stollings and her staff of fostering a culture of abuse that led to an exodus from the program, according to a report published Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in USA Today. (AP Photo/Rod Aydelotte, File)LUBBOCK, Texas Texas Tech women's basketball players have accused coach Marlene Stollings and her staff of fostering a culture of abuse that led to an exodus from the program, according to a report published Wednesday. DeGrate played two seasons at Texas Tech after transferring from Louisville. Texas Tech finished 18-11 in Stollings second season after going 7-23 the year before she arrived. We know change is difficult and that has been no different at Texas Tech, Stollings said.