Tarleton State University Athletics

Geoff Golden was elevated to Associate Head Coach in 2024-25 and enters his third season on the Tarleton State Women's Basketball staff.

A coaching veteran both at the collegiate and professional level, Golden works with Texans' post players while also playing an instrumental role in recruiting, scouting and player development. Tarleton State's post prescence improved greatly during the 2024-25 season, with the Texans finishing second in the WAC in offensive rebounds per game (13.4) and scoring defense (58.5), and 3-point percentage defense (29.9). The Texans finished 24th in the nation in rebounding margin and 48th in offensive rebounds per game with Golden's guidance. 

Helping head coach Bill Brock establish a winning culture in the Purple and White, Tarleton State improved by nine wins during the 2024-25 season. Golden helped the Texans set a Division I program record 20 wins, allowing Tarleton State to finish second in the WAC. Golden also helped the Texans to an automatic bid to the WNIT, Tarleton State's first-ever Division I postseason bid. 
 
Golden helped the Texans win three of their final four regular season games to advance to the WAC Tournament, their first postseason conference tournament appearance at the NCAA Division I level. Defensively, the Texans were a top-five team in the conference most of the season, finishing second in scoring defense (65.4 PPG), second in blocks (3.9 BPG), fourth in opposing field goal percentage (.392) and fourth in opposing three-point percentage (.305).
 
Golden joined the Tarleton State Women's Basketball program as an assistant coach on April 19, 2023.
 
"I am honored and extremely grateful for the opportunity to be a Tarleton State Texan and serve alongside Coach [Bill] Brock," Golden said at the time of his hiring. "He is a proven winner, a man of integrity, and has a championship vision for this program. I'm very excited to be a part of this wonderful university and my family and I are looking forward to making Stephenville our home."
 
Golden owns an extensive coaching resume covering the professional, collegiate, prep and developmental ranks over the past 20-plus years.
 
Including his 2024-25 campaign at Tarleton State, Golden has now spent four years coaching at the NCAA Division I level: Northern Colorado (2021-22) as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, and one as an assistant coach at Montana State (2020-21).
 
Before Tarleton State, he was most recently the head coach at Central Arizona College in 2022-23, where he led the program to 16 wins and coached three ACCAC All-Conference performers and one NJCAA All-American.
 
In his lone season at Northern Colorado in 2021-22, UNC finished with a 15-16 record including 9-11 in the Big Sky. The Bears won two games in the Big Sky Tournament before ultimately falling in the semifinals. In the first round, they took down No. 1 seed Idaho State. Two Bears, Hannah Simental and Kurstyn Harden, were named All-Big Sky.
 
Prior to the year at UNC, Golden spent 2020-21 at Montana State. Golden helped the Bobcats to a 17-7 record and a 13-3 conference mark, good for third place in the Big Sky. He helped develop four All-Big Sky Conference performers in the lone season.
 
Besides his collegiate coaching career, Golden has also coached internationally with BK RIG Mark Academy and Mark Basket of the Svenska Basketligan Dam in Kinna, Sweden. He was also the player development coach for the Colorado 14ers of the NBA Development League and spent four seasons coaching high school boy's basketball at Broomfield HS and Legacy HS in Colorado.
 
In 2010, Golden founded Basketball Club Denver (BC Denver), where for 10 years he built a strong national reputation and had what was considered the top developmental basketball academy in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. In 2018 BC Denver was selected as one of 36 programs nationwide to become a charter member of the inaugural Girls Under Armour Association. BC Denver assisted in the development and consultation of over 100-plus athletes who committed to continuing their education and basketball career at the collegiate level.
 
Golden shares a hometown with Brock as they both hail from Durant, Oklahoma. As a player, Golden was a two-time All-State point guard at Durant High School. As a senior, he led the state in scoring and free three percentage while being named the top college point guard prospect in the state by USA Today. Golden played two seasons at Texas State from 1995-97. He helped the Bobcats to the 1997 Southland Conference Championship and a berth into the 1997 NCAA Tournament.
 
Golden earned a bachelor's degree in Applied Arts & Sciences from Texas State University. He and his wife Brandi have two children, Avery and Langston.