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Biography
Krista Gerlich (born November 16, 1970, in Spearman, Texas) is an American college basketball coach. She is the head coach of the Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team.
West Texas A&M
On September 18, 2006, Gerlich was named the women's basketball coach at West Texas A&M.
She inherited a 28–4 Lone Star Champion Lady Buff program that lost in the South Central Region Tournament semifinals, including Lone Star player of the year Emily Brister.
UT Arlington
Gerlich was named the head coach of the Lady Mavericks on April 11, 2013. She accumulated a program-best 121 wins with the Lady Mavs.
Texas Tech
Texas Tech announced the hiring of Gerlich to lead the Lady Raiders on August 18, 2020, taking over following the scandal of the previous coach Marlene Stollings.
Head Coaching Record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Texas A&M (Lone Star Conference) | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | West Texas A&M | 28–5 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA DII South Central Regional | ||||
| 2007–08 | West Texas A&M | 26–5 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA DII South Central Regional | ||||
| 2008–09 | West Texas A&M | 28–6 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA DII Elite 8 | ||||
| 2009–10 | West Texas A&M | 30–4 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA DII South Central Regional | ||||
| 2010–11 | West Texas A&M | 17–11 | 10–4 | 4th | |||||
| 2011–12 | West Texas A&M | 19–10 | 16–4 | 2nd | NCAA DII South Central Regional | ||||
| 2012–2013 | West Texas A&M | 20–12 | 14–6 | 4th | |||||
| West Texas A&M: | 168–53 (.760) | 88–18 (.830) | |||||||
| UT Arlington (Sun Belt Conference) | |||||||||
| 2013–2014 | UT Arlington | 4–25 | 3–15 | 10th | |||||
| 2014–2015 | UT Arlington | 17–13 | 11–9 | T-4th | |||||
| 2015–2016 | UT Arlington | 15–16 | 10–10 | 6th | |||||
| 2016–2017 | UT Arlington | 22–9 | 14–4 | 2nd | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2017–2018 | UT Arlington | 18–12 | 12–6 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2018–2019 | UT Arlington | 24–8 | 15–3 | T-1st | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2019–2020 | UT Arlington | 21–11 | 14–4 | 3rd | |||||
| UT Arlington: | 121–94 (.563) | 79–51 (.608) | |||||||
| Texas Tech (Big 12 Conference) | |||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Texas Tech | 10–15 | 5–13 | T-7th | |||||
| 2021–2022 | Texas Tech | 11–19 | 4–14 | 8th | |||||
| 2022–2023 | Texas Tech | 20–15 | 6–12 | 8th | WNIT Super 16 | ||||
| 2023–2024 | Texas Tech | 17–16 | 5–13 | T-11th | |||||
| 2024–2025 | Texas Tech | 7–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Texas Tech: | 65–66 (.496) | 20–52 (.278) | |||||||
| Total: | 354–213 (.624) | ||||||||
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Personal life
Krista is married to former Red Raider linebacker Bryan Gerlich.
Daughter Bryn Gerlich played basketball at Texas Tech after transferring from Oklahoma State.
