AUSTIN, Texas — It appears that the Austin home owned by former University of Texas at Austin basketball coach Chris Beard is up for sale.

The asking price for the Tarrytown house: $4.95 million.

What You Need To Know

  • A newly listed house for sale in Austin matches an address identified as former Texas basketball coach Chris Beard’s

  • The asking price for the Tarrytown house, which has four bedrooms and five bathrooms, is $4.95 million

  • Texas fired Beard on Jan. 5. He faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12, 2022, incident involving his fiancée

  • Police responded to an emergency call at Beard’s house and arrested him after Beard's fiancée told officers he choked her from behind. In a Dec. 23 statement, she denied telling police Beard choked her and said she never intended for him to be arrested

The address on the listing matches the address in a letter UT sent to Beard dated Jan. 5, 2023, and which was made available to the media. That letter detailed his termination.

Built in 2021, the house is 4,088 square feet and has four bedrooms and five bathrooms, according to the listing.

Texas fired Beard on Jan. 5. He faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12, 2022, incident involving his fiancée.

Beard had five years left on a seven-year guaranteed contract that includes a provision he could be fired for cause if he was charged with a felony. The charge of assault by strangulation/suffocation family violence carries a possible prison sentence of two to 10 years if convicted; the woman told police he strangled and bit her, but later denied Beard choked her.

Beard had been suspended without pay since he was arrested, and school officials have said there is an ongoing internal investigation. 

Police responded to an emergency call at Beard’s house after midnight and arrested him after Beard's fiancée, Randi Trew, told officers he choked her from behind, bit her and hit her when the two got in an argument. Beard’s attorney has said the coach is innocent.

Trew issued a public statement on Dec. 23 in which she denied telling police Beard choked her. She also said she never intended for him to be arrested or prosecuted.

“Chris did not strangle me, and I told that to law enforcement that evening," Trew said in her statement. “Chris has stated that he was acting in self-defense, and I do not refute that. I do not believe Chris was trying to intentionally harm me in any way.” 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.