Career
He was the head coach of the Texas Technical Red Raiders men"s basketball team and the Houston Baptist Huskies men"s basketball team and athletic director at Texas Technical University. Originally from Borger, Texas, Myers played basketball for Texas Technical from 1956–1959. As a player, he had an 86.9 percent free throw shooting average for the 1957-1958 season.
He received a bachelor"s degree in education from Texas Technical in 1959 and later earned a Master"s Degree in 1965.
Myers coached basketball for Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas from 1962 through the 1966 season posting an impressive 92-18 record at the high school. Houston Baptist
In 1967, Myers became the second head coach of the Houston Baptist Huskies men"s basketball program
Beginning with Myers" first season as head coach, the Huskies competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II after 4 seasons in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. At the end of the 1969-1970 season, Myers resigned to accept the position of assistant coach with the Texas Technical Red Raiders basketball program, where he played collegiality.
In three seasons, Myers posted an overall record of 32–43.
Texas Technical
In 1970, Myers became an assistant coach for the Red Raiders before being named interim head coach following the resignation of Bob Bass only 13 games into the season. He became head coach of the team during the 1970-1971 basketball season and held this position for twenty years. After resigning as head coach of the Red Raider basketball team, Myers became assistant athletic director at Texas Technology
In June 1996, Myers was named interim Athletic Director following the resignation of Bob Bockrath to take the same position at the University of Alabama.
On February 17, 1997, Myers was announced as the university"s permanent athletic director after being named sole finalist for the position. On August 26, 2010, Myers announced his retirement and was replaced by Kirby Hocutt on May 31, 2011.
