List of Houston Cougars men's basketball head coaches

Kelvin Sampson coaching during an Operation Hardwood game in Kuwait

Kelvin Sampson, the current head coach of the Houston Cougars.

Guy Lewis, the winningest head coach in Cougars men's basketball history.

The following is a list of Houston Cougars men's basketball head coaches. There have been nine head coaches of the Cougars in their 78-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]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1945–1956	Alden Pasche	11	135–116	.538
2	1956–1986	Guy Lewis	30	592–279	.680
3	1986–1993	Pat Foster	7	142–73	.660
4	1993–1998	Alvin Brooks	5	54–84	.391
5	1998–2000	Clyde Drexler	2	19–39	.328
6	2000–2004	Ray McCallum	4	44–73	.376
7	2004–2010	Tom Penders	6	121–77	.611
8	2010–2014	James Dickey	4	64–62	.508
9	2014–present	Kelvin Sampson	9	232–74	.758
Totals		9 coaches	78 seasons	1,403–877	.615
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

References

1 2 "2022-23 Houston Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Athletics. p. 152. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ Duarte, Joseph (April 2, 2014). "UH reaches five-year deal with Kelvin Sampson". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ "James Dickey steps down as coach of Houston Cougars". ESPN.com. March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

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[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "2022-23 Houston Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Athletics. p. 152. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[2] Duarte, Joseph (April 2, 2014). "UH reaches five-year deal with Kelvin Sampson". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[3] "James Dickey steps down as coach of Houston Cougars". ESPN.com. March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

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Houston Cougars men's basketball
Venues	Sam Houston Coliseum (select games; 1937–19??) Jeppesen Gymnasium (1946–1966) Delmar Fieldhouse (1966–1969) Fertitta Center (1969–present) Health and Physical Education Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Rice SMU
Culture & lore	Shasta Phi Slama Jama Game of the Century "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics