| Talvin Hester | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Louisiana Tech |
| Current Conference: | Conference USA |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Texas Wesleyan ('03) |
| Player Years1: | 1996–1997 |
| Player Team1: | Dallas Christian |
| Coach Years1: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team1: | North Lake College (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2003 |
| Coach Team2: | Texas Rim Rockers (USBL) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2003–2004 |
| Coach Team3: | Texas Wesleyan (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team4: | Texas College (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2005–2010 |
| Coach Team5: | Prairie View A&M (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2010–2012 |
| Coach Team6: | San Jose State (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2012–2013 |
| Coach Team7: | Stephen F. Austin (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 2013–2014 |
| Coach Team8: | Texas State (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2014–2017 |
| Coach Team9: | Houston (assistant) |
| Coach Years10: | 2017–2018 |
| Coach Team10: | Oral Roberts (assistant) |
| Coach Years11: | 2018–2021 |
| Coach Team11: | Louisiana Tech (assistant) |
| Coach Years12: | 2021–2022 |
| Coach Team12: | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| Coach Years13: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team13: | Louisiana Tech |
Talvin Hester (born July 16, 1978) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs men's basketball team.[1]
Hester played a single season of college basketball at Dallas Christian College.[2]
In 2002, Hester began his coaching career at North Lake College as an assistant coach, while also serving on the staff of the Texas Rim Rockers of the USBL. He'd move on to serve as an assistant coach at Texas Wesleyan, where he'd earn his degree, and a year later, would join the coaching staff at Texas College.[2] Hester would get his start in the Division I ranks at Prairie View A&M on the staffs of both Darrell Hawkins and Byron Rimm II from 2005 to 2010, before moving on to San Jose State as an assistant.[3] After two seasons with the Spartans, Hester would return to Texas and have two single-season stops at both Stephen F. Austin and Texas State before joining Kelvin Sampson's initial coaching staff at Houston.[4] [5]
In 2017, Hester would spend a season on staff at Oral Roberts before joining Louisiana Tech as an assistant with Eric Konkol.[6] [2] 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 Texas Tech under Mark Adams, which reached the Sweet 16 in the 2022 NCAA tournament.[7]
When Konkol left to take the head coaching position at Tulsa, Hester returned to Louisiana Tech as the 19th coach in program history.[8] [9]