Lubbock, Texas

==Sports==
[[File:Ebritton.jpg|thumb|upright|left|A [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football]] game]]
The [[Texas Tech Red Raiders]] are in the [[Big 12 Conference]] and field 17 teams in 11 different varsity sports. Men's varsity sports at Texas Tech are baseball, basketball, [[Cross country running|cross country]], football, golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Women's varsity sports are basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The university also offers 30 club sports, including cycling, [[equestrianism]], ice hockey, [[Lacrosse (sport)|lacrosse]], [[polo]], [[rodeo]], [[Rugby union|rugby]], running, sky diving, swimming, water polo, and wrestling. In 2006, the polo team, composed of Will Tankard, Ross Haislip, Peter Blake, and Tanner Kneese, won the collegiate national championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polobarn.com/events/events2006/march06/032306_nationals.html |title=2006 Collegiate Polo Championships |publisher=The Polo Zone |access-date=October 11, 2008 |archive-date=May 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517153803/http://www.polobarn.com/events/events2006/march06/032306_nationals.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|football]] program has been competing since October 3, 1925. The Red Raiders have won 15 conference titles and been to 50 bowl games, winning five of the last seven.

The [[Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball|men's basketball]] program, started in 1925, <!-- out of date and presently coached by [[Billy Gillispie]],--> has been to the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Tournament]] 18 times—advancing to the Sweet 16 seven times, and the Elite Eight twice, and in 2019 they reached the Final Four and were the NCAA Tournament Runner-Up under coach [[Chris Beard]]. [[Bob Knight]], [[Basketball Hall of Fame|hall-of-famer]] and second-winningest coach in men's college basketball history, coached the team from 2001 to 2008.

Of the varsity sports, Texas Tech has had its greatest success in women's basketball. Led by [[Sheryl Swoopes]] and head coach [[Marsha Sharp]], the Lady Raiders won the [[NCAA Women's Basketball Championship]] in 1993. The Lady Raiders have also been to the NCAA Elite Eight three times and the NCAA Sweet 16 seven times. In early 2006, Lady Raiders coach Marsha Sharp resigned and was replaced on March 30, 2006, by [[Kristy Curry]], who had been coaching at [[Purdue Boilermakers|Purdue]].

In addition, Lubbock is the home of the Chaparrals of [[Lubbock Christian University]]. With a recent move up to NCAA Division 2, the women's basketball team has won the 2016 and 2019 national championships.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lcu.edu/about-lcu/news/article/detail/News/undefeated-lady-chaps-take-national-championship-title-lcu-celebrates/hash/a4cd80d00d1913bd123057412806fd0c/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170814060922/https://lcu.edu/about-lcu/news/article/detail/News/undefeated-lady-chaps-take-national-championship-title-lcu-celebrates/hash/a4cd80d00d1913bd123057412806fd0c/ |archive-date = August 14, 2017 |title=LCU: Blog}}</ref> In 2009, the Lubbock Christian University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lcu.edu/ |title=Home |publisher=Lcu.edu |access-date=2015-07-12 |archive-date=April 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430061806/http://www.lcu.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> baseball team won their second NAIA National Championship.

High-school athletics also feature prominently in the local culture.

=== Professional and Semi-professional teams ===
The [[Lubbock Renegades]], a member of the [[af2]], a developmental league of the [[Arena Football League (1987–2008)|Arena Football League]], were in operation from 2006 to 2008.The team played in the former [[Lubbock Municipal Coliseum|Lubbock Memorial Coliseum]].

The [[Lubbock Cotton Kings]], of the former Central Hockey League, operated from 1999 to 2007.

In 2021, [[National Premier Soccer League]] announced the formation of the [[Lubbock Matadors SC]] in the 2022 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-14 |title=Lubbock Matadors Join the NPSL for the 2022 Season |url=https://www.npsl.com/17172/ |access-date=2021-12-30 |website=National Premier Soccer League |language=en-US |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230141228/https://www.npsl.com/17172/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Little League===
In 2007, the Lubbock Western All-Stars Little League Baseball team made it to the final four of the [[2007 Little League World Series|Little League World Series]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.littleleague.org/series/2007divisions/llbb/series.htm |title=2007 Little League World Series |publisher=Little League Baseball |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110110706/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2007divisions/llbb/series.htm |archive-date=January 10, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>