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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 29, 1955 Danville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1974–1976 | VCU |
| 1976–1979 | Virginia Tech |
| Position(s) | Small forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1980–1984 | Roanoke (assistant) |
| 1984–1989 | Chattanooga (assistant) |
| 1989–1991 | Virginia Tech (assistant) |
| 1991–1993 | Old Dominion (assistant) |
| 1993–1994 | Auburn (assistant) |
| 1994–1997 | New Orleans |
| 1997–1999 | Memphis |
| 2000–2001 | McNeese State (assistant) |
| 2001–2006 | McNeese State |
| 2007–2008 | North Texas (assistant) |
| 2008–2011 | Lamar (assistant) |
| 2014–2021 | Lamar |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 279–235 (.543) |
| Tournaments | 0–2 (NCAA Division I) 1–2 (NIT) 0–2 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Sun Belt tournament (1996) 2× Sun Belt regular season (1996, 1997) C-USA National Division (1998) Southland tournament (2002) Southland regular season (2002) | |
| Awards | |
| 4x NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (1995, 1996, 1997, 2002) 3× LABC Coach of the Year (1996, 1997, 2002) 3x Louisiana Sports Writers Association Coach of the Year (1996, 1997, 2002) Sun Belt Coach of the Year (1997) Southland Coach of the Year (2002) | |
George "Tic" Price (born November 29, 1955) is an American college basketball coach. He last coached the Lamar Cardinals men's basketball team. From 2002 to 2007, he served as head coach at McNeese State. Prior to that, he served as head coach of Memphis and New Orleans. Price's daughter is Sports Illustrated model Chanel Iman, who married NFL wide receiver Sterling Shepard in 2017. He is married to the former Jamie Lynn Simms, and the couple has two children - son, Ryan, a college basketball coach who played for his father at McNeese, and daughter, Chanel. He has three granddaughters - Bella Grace Price, Cali Clay Shepard and Cassie Snow Shepard.
Currently, Price works as an analyst on ESPN+ college basketball broadcasts for the Southland Conference and the University of New Orleans. He is also releasing a book focusing on his life and coaching career titled Locker Room Talk in 2022.