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The 2024–25 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represents the University of Houston in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars are led by eleventh-year head coach Kelvin Sampson. The team plays their home games at the Fertitta Center as second-year members of the Big 12 Conference.
The following is a list of Houston Cougars men's basketball head coaches. There have been nine head coaches of the Cougars in their 79-season history. [1] Houston's current head coach is Kelvin Sampson. He was hired as the Cougars' head coach in April 2014, [2] replacing James Dickey, who resigned after the 2013–14 season. [3]
Shaka Smart was hired at Texas in 2015 as one of the up and coming coaches in college basketball.. The then-37-year-old landed the Longhorns job with expectations to lead Texas back to prominence ...
One of Houston's biggest sports icons and one of the Cougars best basketball players ever, Clyde Drexler was hired [13] to coach the program that he led as a player to the 1983 NCAA Final as part of Phi Slama Jama. Basketball excitement was back on campus, and fans looked forward to the promising years to come.
The speculation that Kentucky Coach John Calipari could be a major target for Texas took another turn Monday, when 247Sports recruiting analyst Travis Branham posted some new rumblings on the website.
The NCAA barred Sampson from recruiting off campus and making phone calls for one year, ending May 24, 2007. [21] Prior to the findings by the NCAA, Kelvin Sampson was the President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), an organization that supports basketball coaches across the country. During his tenure the Ethics ...
UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis and his coaching staff are on the road for the fall recruiting period, looking to lock in commitments from future Tar Heels in the 2025 class.. AJ Dybantsa, Nate ...
Informally, the Houston Cougars have also been referred to as the Coogs, [2] UH, or simply Houston. Houston's nickname was suggested by early physical education instructor of the university and former head football coach, John R. Bender after one of his former teams, Washington State later adopted the mascot and nickname. [ 3 ]