Houston Cougars basketball history

University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Fertitta Center
Big 12 Conference

Current head coach: Kelvin Sampson (2014-)

• Assoc. HC: Quannas White (2017-)
• Asst: Kellen Sampson (2014-)
• Asst: K.C. Beard (2021-)
• Special Asst. to the HC: Hollis Price (2014-)
• DBO/Strategy: Bobby Champagne (2021-)
• DBO: Lauren Sampson (2016-)
• Video: Matthew McDonald (2022-)
• DPD: Anthony Goldwire (2021-)

Post-Season:

• National Championships:  0  (Runner-up in 1983, 1984)
• Final Four Appearances:  6  (1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2021)
• Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  15  (1956, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  25  (1956, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• NCAAT Overall Record: 40-30
• NIT Championships:  0  (Runner-up in 1977)
• NIT Appearances:  11  (1962, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2016, 2017)
• NIT Overall Record:  5-11
• CBI Appearances:  3  (2008, 2009, 2013)
• CBI Overall Record:  3-3
• NAIA Tournament Appearances:  2  (1946, 1947)
• NAIA Tournament Overall Record:  2-2

Conference Titles (Lone Star, Gulf Coast, Missouri Valley, Southwest, Conference USA, AAC, Big 12):

• Big 12 Regular Season Championships:  1  (2024)
• AAC Regular Season Championships:  4  (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
• Southwest Regular Season Championships:  3  (1983, 1984, 1992)
• Missouri Valley Regular Season Championships:  1  (1956)
• Gulf Coast (Div II) Regular Season Championships:  1  (1950)
• Lone Star (NAIA) Regular Season Championships:  2  (1946, 1947)
• Big 12 Tournament Championships:  0
• AAC Tournament Championships:  2  (2021, 2022)
• Conference USA Tournament Championships:  1  (2010)
• Southwest Tournament Championships:  5  (1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1992)

Award Winners:

• Naismith Player of the Year:  0
• John R. Wooden Award:  0
• Oscar Robertson Trophy:  0
• AP Player of the Year:  1  (Elvin Hayes, 1968)
• Sporting News Player of the Year:  1  (Elvin Hayes, 1968)
• AP All-Americans:  11  (last = Jamal Shead, 2024)
• Big 12 Player of the Year:  1  (Jamal Shead, 2024)
• AAC Player of the Year:  2  (last = Marcus Sasser, 2023)
• Southwest Player of the Year:  6  (last = Bo Outlaw, 1993)

Houston head coaches:

Coach	Tenure	Record	Conf. Titles	NCAA Apps.	Nat. Champ
Kelvin Sampson	2014-Pres	264-79	5	7	0
James Dickey	2010-14	64-62	0	0	0
Tom Penders	2004-10	121-77	0	1	0
Ray McCallum	2000-04	44-73	0	0	0
Clyde Drexler	1998-2000	19-39	0	0	0
Alvin Brooks	1993-98	54-84	0	0	0
Pat Foster	1986-93	142-73	1	3	0
Guy Lewis	1956-86	592-279	2	14	0
Alden Pasche	1945-56	135-116	1 (3^)	1 (2^)	0

Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions

^These conference titles and tournament appearances came when Houston was at either the NCAA Division II or NAIA level; Houston moved up to the Division I prior to the 1950-51 season

NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.