A-State has hired Baylor assistant coach Grant McCasland as the next Head Coach of the Red Wolves basketball team according to ESPN's Jeff Goodman, among other sources.

McCasland, a graduate of Baylor, spent time at Texas Tech as the Director of Operations from 1999-01 and at Northeastern JC as an assistant coach from 2001-03 before taking the reigns as Head Coach at Midland College in 2004.

McCasland led Midland to a National Championship in 2007, as well as an elite eight in 2005.

After departing from Midland in 2009, McCasland was hired on to be the Head Coach at Midwestern State. While at Midwestern State, McCasland guided the team to back-to-back elite eight appearances. He compiled a 199-44 record in seven season as a Head Coach.

After a successful run as a Head Coach, McCasland returned to Division-1 in 2011 as an assistant coach at Baylor. While at Baylor, McCasland has been apart of an elite eight team, a sweet 16 team, and a team that won the NIT championship in 2012-13.

McCasland will inherit a Red Wolves team that has failed to go to the Sun Belt tournament for two straight seasons. A-State finished this years campaign with a record of 11-20 (7-13).