Tidwell came to UTPA in 2013 after serving six seasons as head coach of the Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team . He left Lamar as that program 's winningest coach in school history winning 128 victories and making three post season appearances ( NCAA , WNIT , and WBI ) . In his first season at Texas-Pan American , his team tied program records for wins in a season and for conference wins in a season . Tidwell 's 2014 – 15 team showed continued improvement finishing the season with a 19 – 15 overall record and a conference record of 9 – 5 . Competing in the 2015 WAC Women 's Basketball Tournament , the Broncs reached the championship game where they fell to New Mexico State . Under Coach Tidwell , the Broncs received an invitation to the 2015 Women 's Basketball Invitational , the first postseason invitation in the program 's history
2015 WAC Women 's Basketball Tournament
2015 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Larry Tidwell