Talvin Hester (born July 16, 1978) is an

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who is the current head coach of the

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team.

Playing career

Hester played a single season of college basketball at

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Coaching career

In 2002, Hester began his coaching career at

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as an assistant coach, while also serving on the staff of the Texas Rim Rockers of the

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. He'd move on to serve as an assistant coach at

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, where he'd earn his degree, and a year later, would join the coaching staff at

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. Hester would get his start in the Division I ranks at

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on the staffs of both

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and Byron Rimm II from 2005 to 2010, before moving on to

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as an assistant. After two seasons with the Spartans, Hester would return to Texas and have two single-season stops at both

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and

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before joining

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's initial coaching staff at

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. In 2017, Hester would spend a season on staff at

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before joining Louisiana Tech as an assistant with

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. He was on the Bulldogs' staff for its third place squad in the 2021 NIT. For the 2021–22 season, Hester was on staff at

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under

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, which reached the Sweet 16 in the 2022 NCAA tournament. When Konkol left to take the head coaching position at

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, Hester returned to Louisiana Tech as the 19th coach in program history.

Head coaching record

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