E-mail Coach Brock at Bill_Brock@baylor.edu.
Bill Brock begins his 17th season at Baylor in 2019-20, serving two years as assistant coach and 15 years as associate head coach. Brock works with the Lady Bear post players, spearheads the staff’s scouting efforts and makes in-game player defensive assignments.
After six years at Baylor, from 2000-06, Brock coached at Texas Tech for three years and immediately helped orchestrate a Top 10 recruiting class. His efforts helped prepare the foundation for a team that received its first NCAA Tournament bid in six seasons before returning to Baylor beginning with the 2008-09 season.
Brock played an instrumental role in the Lady Bears winning the 2005, 2012 and 2019 NCAA championships, reaching the 2010 Final Four, six Elite Eight appearances and winning 21 Big 12 Conference titles (11 regular season and 10 tournament).
He also developed the Lady Bears’ inside game to one of elite status, led by All-Americans Sophia Young, Steffanie Blackmon, Danielle Crockrom, Destiny Williams, Brittney Griner, Nina Davis, Kalani Brown and Lauren Cox.
Working with posts, Brock has coached eight WNBA draft picks that include five first rounders, and the No. 1 overall pick in 2013 – Griner. Eight centers and forwards have tallied 43 all-America awards under Brock’s watch. At Baylor, Brock leads the scouting and film breakdown efforts for the program.
Before arriving in Waco in 2000, Brock spent 13 seasons as the head coach at Grayson County (Texas) College, establishing that program as one of the best in the junior college ranks.
During his first year at Grayson in 1987-88, Brock led the Lady Vikings to their first-ever Northern Texas Conference title and a top 25 national ranking. Grayson continued that success by winning 10 conference championships, two regional titles and two national tournament berths (1996, 2000). During his tenure, the Lady Vikings were a mainstay in the top 10 national poll. His career ended at Grayson with a 371-50 record that was highlighted by a 36-1 season and a third-place finish at the 2000 NJCAA National Tournament. He also coached 10 Northern Texas Conference Most Valuable Players and nine All-Americans.
Brock’s efforts were honored by his peers, as he was voted conference Coach of the Year nine times and regional Coach of the Year twice. He was also recognized in 1996 as the National Junior College Coach of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
Brock’s on-court success also carried over into the classroom. With his emphasis on academics and graduation of players, over 60 GCC student-athletes received scholarships and continued their basketball careers at four-year institutions.
In 2019, Brock was inducted to the inaugural class of the Grayson College Athletics Hall of Fame with an additional surprise during the celebration weekend when the school informed him that the gym at GC would be named "Bill Brock Court" beginning in the 2020-21 season.
Prior to his stint at Grayson, Brock was an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team at East Central University (Okla.) from 1985-87. He got his start in coaching as the head boys coach at Durant High School (Okla.) from 1982-85.
The Oklahoma native graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State in 1976 and received his master’s degree from there in 1981.
He and his wife, Janice, have two daughters, Danika and Whitney, both Texas Tech graduates, and four grandsons. Danika is married to Mark Morefield – the head women’s basketball coach at Mary Hardin-Baylor - and they are the parents of two sons, Harrison and Ryan. Whitney has two sons, Brock and Karson.