TODD DUNCAN | HEAD COACH

Todd Duncan is entering his 12th season leading the men’s basketball program after becoming the seventh head coach in program history and making his Lubbock Christian debut with the 2011-12 season. A perennial contender, the Chaparrals have turned into a powerhouse in the Lone Star Conference and a program recognized on a national stage.

Duncan holds an all-time record of 202-111 overseeing the Chaps through the 2020-21 season. He has led the team to four NCAA South Central Regional appearances in seven years of postseason eligibility at the Division II level, back-to-back Lone Star Conference Championships in, four top four top-four finishes in six seasons in the Heartland Conference, and a pair of Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament appearances.

Competing in the LSC for three seasons now, Duncan and the Chaps have already made their mark on the league with two straight league titles in 2021 and 2022. Duncan’s Chaps in the 2021-22 season brought the program to its highest point yet. LCU set a program record for wins with 27, including a 20-game win streak to start this season, which was also a program-best. In the middle of the season, Lubbock Christian reached No. 1 in the national polls and spent more than six weeks at that spot, which was another program first. Finally, the Chaps earned the No. 1 seed and host duties at the South Central Regional for the first time in school history.

With the performance, Parker Hicks and Lloyd Daniels were named to the All-LSC First Team. Hicks also repeated as the league’s Player of the Year honors and Duncan was named the LSC Coach of the Year for the second-straight season. Daniels and Hicks also repeated on the NABC All-Region Team, and Hicks was named an All-American for the second-straight season.

A lot of the records broken in the 21-22 season had been set just the year before, when Lubbock Christian when 18-13 in the COVID-adjusted season. got off to a program-best start of 16-0 and reaching as high as the No. 2 ranking in the D2SIDA National Top-25 Poll. The Chaps went on to claim the LSC crown with a road win over West Texas A&M to close out the regular season.

LCY got off to a 16-0 start and reached as high as the No. 2 ranking in the D2SIDA National Top-25 Poll. The Chaps went on to claim the LSC crown with a road win over West Texas A&M to close out the regular season. A No. 2 seed was granted to the Chaps in the NCAA regional, and they advanced to the regional championship game before their run came to an end. After the season, Duncan was recognized on a national stage with the Clarence Gaines D-II National Coach of the Year award, presented annually by CollegeInsider.com.

Duncan has coached 32 All-Conference selections, including 21-22 First Team selections Hicks and Daniels, second team selection Aamer Muhammad and honorable mention team pick Rowan Mackenzie.

The ’19-’20 season was the beginning of the LSC era, as Duncan led the Chaps – along with a number of former Heartland schools – to join a new 18-team LSC. Despite losing their top-two scorers from the season before, the Chaps had a great showing in their first year of LSC play, going 19-10 overall and tying for fourth in the league with a 15-7 LSC record.

The 2018-19 season was one of the Chaps’ best with Duncan as the head coach. LCU started the season with wins over ranked teams Regis and Colorado School of Mines to set the tone for a year that saw them go 21-10 overall, including a win over No. 2 St. Edward’s. LCU placed third in the Heartland Conference and reached the NCAA South Central Regional for the second time ever. At the regional, the Chaps upset Colorado School of Mines in the first round.

LCU missed the NCAA Tournament in the 2017-18 season, posting a winning 9-7 record in the Heartland Conference despite being a game below .500 at 14-15 for the season. In the 2016-17 season, the Chaps were 19-11, against finishing third in the Heartland and winning their first-ever Heartland Conference Tournament game, but were not selected for the regional tournament.

Duncan first led Lubbock Christian into the South Central Regional in the 2015-16 season, which was its first to be postseason eligible after the transition to NCAA Division II Status. The Chaps were 21-10 overall that season, and reached the tournament as the No. 6 seed where they upset host and No 1 seed Midwestern State in overtime.

The 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons were LCU’s two seasons of transition from the NAIA to NCAA, but that did not stop Duncan and the Chaps from winning. They announced their arrival in Division II with a the third-best 20 game start in program history at 14-16  on the way to a 17-8 overall record. The second season at the Division II level featured a 16 wins, 13 of which came in conference play, comparted to just 11 overall losses.

Prior to his success at LCU, Duncan spent 15 seasons as the athletic director and head boy’s basketball coach at Trinity Christian School in Lubbock. At TCHS, Duncan led the Lions to eight Final Four appearances in the TAPPS State Tournament, including a number four ranking during his final season where the Lions finished the year with a 32-4 record.  Duncan amassed over 400 career wins during his tenure and led his team to a state championship in 1999.

After graduating from local Coronado High School, Duncan began his college career at Midland College, where he played alongside Mookie Blaylock from 1985-1987.  Duncan holds Midland College’s single-season records for three-point shooting percentage (.584) and free throw shooting (86.9%) from the 1986-87 season.  He returned home in 1987 after transferring to Texas Tech University and suiting up with the Red Raiders from 1987-1989. Duncan is the Red Raiders’ career three-point shooting percentage leader with a mark of 46%. In just two seasons with the Red Raiders, Duncan knocked down 132 three-pointers to rank ninth all-time.

Duncan played in several pro leagues following his tenure at Tech, including stops in the Global Basketball Association with the Pensacola HotShots and also in the Chinese Professional League.  Duncan was also very active with the Sports For Christ, bringing basketball and ministry to Panama and Trinidad & Tobago. He is also very instrumental in the Todd Duncan Basketball Camps, which he has conducted annually since 1989.

Duncan and wife, Holly, reside in Lubbock with their two children, daughter Ashton and son Ethan. Ashton played for the Lady Chaps for five seasons and is the program’s all-time leader in three-pointers made, while Ethan followed in his father’s footsteps and is now a member of the Texas Tech men’s basketball team.