The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Ogden promoted to Men's Basketball assistant coach
04.29.2008 | Men's Basketball
AUSTIN, Texas -- Former University of Texas player Chris Ogden has been named assistant basketball coach at The University of Texas, head coach Rick Barnes announced today. The 27-year-old Ogden will begin his post at Texas immediately. He assumes the post vacated by Ken McDonald, who left the Texas coaching staff on April 6 to take the head coaching position at Western Kentucky University.
Ogden has served as an administrative assistant on the UT coaching staff for the previous four seasons. In that role, he supervised the film exchange process, played a major role in summer camp administration and assisted in all internal operations of the basketball program.
"This is a great opportunity and one that I'm excited to begin," Ogden said. "I've thought about advancing into this position since I became a student assistant coach. Having played here and being a part of the coaching staff over the last few years, I definitely feel an obligation to not only keep the Texas program among the nation's elite, but also to work every day to help win a National Championship."
In his first four years on the coaching staff in Austin, Ogden has helped the Longhorns post a 106-35 (.752) record and advance to four straight NCAA Tournaments. The 106 wins are the most victories in a four-year period in school history. During the last three seasons, Texas has twice reached the "Elite Eight" of the NCAA Tournament and registered a combined 86-24 (.782) mark. UT has topped the 30-win mark twice in the last three years, including a single-season record for wins this past season (31-7 mark), and claimed two Big 12 Conference regular season titles (2006 and 2008).
Ogden played four years (2000-03) at forward for the Longhorns and was a member of four NCAA Tournament teams. He completed his career at Texas as the winningest player in school history with 97 total victories.
The team captain as a senior during UT's run to the Final Four in 2002-03, Ogden played in 85 career games, including three starts, and totaled 144 career points, 88 rebounds and 40 assists. He earned the team's Jay Arnette Award as a junior (2001-02), honoring a player for his behind-the-scenes efforts and contributions to the team.
Following his collegiate playing career, he joined the UT basketball staff as a student assistant coach for one year while he completed his undergraduate degree. Ogden was responsible for making personnel, team and post-game edits and supervised the film exchange process in that role. He earned a bachelor's of science degree in education from The University of Texas in May 2004.
"From the moment Chris stepped onto campus as a freshman, he has represented our program in a first-class manner," Barnes said. "Truth be told, I'm not sure we've had a better ambassador for Texas Basketball than Chris Ogden. Since he became a student assistant coach, he has worked hard every day to improve our program and to further his individual growth as a coach. Chris has a long and bright future ahead in the coaching profession, and this is simply the next step for him."
A native of Seminole, Texas, Ogden played four years of varsity basketball at Seminole High School. He was tabbed the state of Texas' Mr. Basketball in his senior year (1998-99), when he averaged 17.3 points, 10.6 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game while leading his team to a 36-4 record and a runner-up finish at the Class 3A state tournament.
Born October 16, 1980, Ogden and his wife, Katie, reside with their son, Bo (born March 7, 2008), in Austin.
THE Chris Ogden FILE
Full Name: Christopher Kyle Ogden
Date of Birth: October 16, 1980
Hometown: Seminole, Texas
College: Texas `04
Wife: Katie
Child: Bo (son)
