University of Houston

• Location: Houston, TX
• Nickname: Cougars
• Conference: Big 12 Conference 2024-present; American Athletic Conference 2014-2023; Conference USA 1997-2013; Southwest Conference 1973-1996; Missouri Valley Conference 1951-1960; Gulf Coast Conference 1950; Lone Star Conference 1947-1949
• Ballpark: Cougar Field

College World Series Appearances: 2 1953 & 1967

College World Series runner-up in 1967

Notable Alumni

• Jeff Banister, manager
• Mike Basso, minor league catcher
• Kevin Batiste, infielder
• Matt Beech, pitcher
• Samuel Benjamin, minor league outfielder
• Jim Bethea, minor league outfielder
• Nolan Bond, Great Britain national team pitcher
• Michael Bourn, outfielder
• Dustin Carr, minor league infielder
• Hyung Cho, minor league infielder
• Jesse Crain, pitcher
• Kyle Crowell, minor league pitcher
• Steve Cummings, pitcher
• Steve Decker, catcher
• Kyle Dowdy, pitcher
• Doug Drabek, pitcher
• Josh Ekness, pitcher
• Vaughn Eshelman, pitcher
• Aaron Fletcher, pitcher
• Isaias Garcia, minor league infielder
• Mitch Gaspard, college coach
• Robert Gasser, pitcher
• Carlton Hanta, NPB infielder
• Bill Henry, pitcher
• Nick Hernandez, pitcher
• Antoine Jean, signed pitcher
• Rob Johnson, catcher
• Donnie Joseph, pitcher
• Corey Julks, outfielder
• John King, pitcher
• Jacob Lemoine, pitcher
• Brad Lincoln, pitcher
• Tom Lukish, minor league pitcher
• Alec McCullock, minor league pitcher
• Terry McDaniel, outfielder
• Jason McDonald, outfielder
• Garrett Mock, pitcher
• John Moores, owner
• Shane Nance, pitcher
• Rayner Noble, college coach
• John Paciorek, outfielder
• Tom Paciorek, outfielder
• David Pierce, college coach
• Chad Poeck, minor league pitcher
• Daniel Ponce de Leon, pitcher
• Austin Pruitt, pitcher
• Caleb Ramsey, minor league outfielder
• Kevin Roberts, minor league pitcher
• Seth Romero, pitcher
• Greg Runser, minor league pitcher
• Tristan Russell, German national team infielder
• Jake Scheiner, NPB infielder
• Scott Sheldon, infielder
• Chris Snyder, catcher
• Stuart Stauffacher, minor league pitcher
• Nick Stavinoha, infielder
• Russell Stockton, college coach
• Brad Sullivan, minor league pitcher
• Dickie Joe Thon, minor league infielder and manager
• Goefrey Tomlinson, minor league outfielder
• Chris Tremie, catcher
• Jared Triolo, infielder
• Justin Vaclavik, minor league pitcher
• Glenn Vaughan, infielder
• Ryan Wagner, pitcher
• Mike Walker, pitcher
• Ben Weber, pitcher
• Patrick Weigel, pitcher
• Gary Weiss, infielder
• Rocket Wheeler, minor league infielder
• Bob White, minor league catcher
• Todd Whitting, college coach
• Kris Wilken, minor league infielder
• Woody Williams, pitcher
• Connor Wong, catcher
• Craig Yoho, pitcher
• Anthony Young, pitcher

Coaches

• Ned Thompson, 1947
• Dalton Albert, 1948
• Bill Lutz, 1949
• Lovette Hill, 1950-1974
• Rolan Walton, 1975-1986
• Bragg Stockton, 1987-1994
• Rayner Noble, 1995-2010
• Todd Whitting, 2011-2026
• Will Davis, 2027-present

Assistant Coaches

• John Altobelli
• Frank Anderson, 2013-2017
• Trip Couch, 1995-2000; 2011-2017
• Dickie Joe Thon, 2020
• David Pierce, 2001-2002
• Terry Rooney, 2018-2021
• Russell Stockton, 1991-1994; 2009-2010
• Bragg Stockton, 1981-1983
• Mike Taylor, 2014-2015
• Clay Van Hook, 2025-
• Todd Whitting, 1996-2003
• Kyle Winkler, 2020

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1947	1-5
1948	4-7-1	2-6
1949	7-9
1950	10-6	4-0
1951	16-8	5-1	MVC / CWS District Tournaments
1952	11-6	4-2	MVC
1953	15-11	6-2	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1954	12-11	4-5
1955	6-13	3-5
1956	14-10	5-6
1957	6-11-1	4-3
1958	11-13	6-3	MVC / CWS District Tournaments
1959	7-14	4-2	MVC
1960	12-11	5-1	MVC / CWS District Tournaments
1961	4-11
1962	16-6
1963	4-15
1964	16-13
1965	12-14
1966	18-11-1		CWS District Tournaments
1967	21-11		CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1968	14-15-1
1969	15-23
1970	19-17
1971	24-15
1972	25-23-1
1973	15-16-1	9-11
1974	20-21	10-13
1975	18-25	8-16
1976	31-15	16-8
1977	27-17-1	11-12-1
1978	30-21	14-10	SWC
1979	27-17	11-13
1980	17-28-1	6-17-1
1981	32-20-1	11-9-1	SWC
1982	42-14-2	13-6	SWC / CWS Regionals
1983	43-15	13-8	SWC
1984	32-23	6-15
1985	44-17	12-9	SWC / CWS Regionals
1986	35-23	8-13
1987	40-24-1	11-10	SWC / CWS Regionals
1988	33-22-3	6-14
1989	43-17	9-12	SWC
1990	44-23	12-9	SWC / CWS Regionals
1991	37-19	10-11
1992	25-28	13-21
1993	31-24	3-15
1994	30-26	4-14
1995	26-29	6-18
1996	29-28	9-15	SWC
1997	40-23	19-8	C-USA / CWS Regionals
1998	34-25	21-6	C-USA
1999	40-24	20-7	C-USA / CWS Regionals
2000	48-18	21-4	C-USA / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2001	29-30	20-7	C-USA / CWS Regionals
2002	48-17	22-7	C-USA / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2003	37-30	18-12	C-USA / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2004	30-29	19-11	C-USA
2005	29-30	16-13	C-USA
2006	39-22	18-6	C-USA / CWS Regionals
2007	28-28	12-12	C-USA
2008	42-24	14-10	C-USA / CWS Regionals
2009	27-31	13-11	C-USA
2010	25-31	11-13	C-USA
2011	27-32	12-12	C-USA
2012	18-35-1	5-18-1	C-USA
2013	36-22	13-11	C-USA
2014	48-18	14-9	American / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2015	43-20	16-6	American / CWS Regionals
2016	36-23	11-12	American
2017	42-21	15-9	American / CWS Regionals
2018	38-25	16-8	American / CWS Regionals
2019	32-24	12-12	American
2020	6-9	0-0
2021	19-34	7-21	American
2022	37-24	13-11	American
2023	36-23	17-6	American
2024	26-28	7-21
2025	30-25	12-17	Big 12