(May 31, 2007)--Former Texas Tech basketball coach Gene Gibson, who led the Red Raiders to the NCAA tournament in his first year, has died.

He was 82.

His daughter says the Dallas resident died Saturday at Presbyterian Hospital in Plano of complications of five surgeries over the past few months.

Gibson played for the Red Raiders from 1947 to 1950 and was All-Border Conference center in his last season.

In 1962, his first year as head coach, he led Tech to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

The Red Raiders lost to Colorado.

He compiled a 101-91 record from 1961 to 1969.

In 1965, Gibson's Red Raiders team won the Southwest Conference title but had to forfeit because of an ineligible player.

Services are scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Dallas.

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