Ron Cottrell

Ron Cottrell (born October 11, 1960)

Teams coached: Houston Baptist/Christian Huskies
Houston Baptist record^: 523-515 (.504)
Overall record^: 523-515 (.504)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• CBI Appearances:  1  (2016)
• CIT Appearances:  1  (2017)
• Red River (NAIA) Regular Season Champion:  9  (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
• Red River (NAIA) Tournament Champion:  4  (2001, 2003, 2004, 2006)
• NAIA Division I Tournament Appearances:  10  (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1991-2024	Houston Baptist/Christian
1987-1990	Arkansas (asst)
1986-1987	North Dakota State College of Science (asst)
1984-1985	Arkansas (student asst)

Ron Cottrell Facts

• Ronald Cottrell
• Born October 11, 1960
• Hometown: Houston, Texas
• Alma Mater: University of Arkansas (BA, 1988)
• The Arkansas-native attended high school in Houston at Westbury HS before going on to the University of Arkansas
  • Served as a volunteer student assistant on Nolan Richardson‘s staff for one season
• Spent one year as an assistant coach at ND State College of Science before returning to Arkansas in 1987
• Worked as one of Richardson‘s assistants for three seasons, culminating in a trip to the NCAA Final Four in 1990
• Took over as head coach at Houston Christian – then known as Houston Baptist, a NAIA program – in 1990 to re-launch the program in 1991
  • Spent the next 34 years at HCU/HBU, helping transition the program to NCAA Division I starting in the 2007-08 season
  • Went to ten-straight NAIA Tournaments from 1998-2007, winning the Red River Athletic Conference (NAIA) title in all nine seasons in which the Huskies were members
  • The program first joined the now-defunct Great West Conference in 2009 after two seasons as an Independent, but agreed to join Southland in 2011 starting with the 2013-14 season (the GWC would dissolve in 2013)
  • Led the Huskies to the 2016 CBI and 2017 CIT, the first two Division I postseason appearances for the program
  • Served as the school’s Athletic Director for 16 seasons from 1995-2011 and later served as associate AD for HCU
  • In March 2024, the school announced that Cottrell’s contract would not be renewed after 33 seasons; went 523-515 overall in his tenure

Ron Cottrell Coaching Tree

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^ overall and Houston Christian records include seasons played at both the NCAA Division I and NAIA levels; HCU became an NCAA D-I program in 2007