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List of Houston Cougars head football coaches

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ThisList of Houston Cougars head football coaches includes those coaches who have led theHouston Cougars football team that represents theUniversity of Houston in the sport ofAmerican football. The Houston Cougars currently compete in theDivision I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and have been members of theBig 12 Conference since the 2023 season. Eighteen men have served as the Cougars' head coach, including two who served as interim head coaches, since the Cougars began play in the fall of1946.^[1]Willie Fritz was named head coach on December 3, 2023.

Key

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Key to symbols in coaches list
General		Overall		Conference		Postseason^{[A 1]}
No.	Order of coaches^{[A 2]}	GC	Games coached	CW	Conference wins	PW	Postseason wins
DC	Division championships	OW	Overall wins	CL	Conference losses	PL	Postseason losses
CC	Conference championships	OL	Overall losses	CT	Conference ties	PT	Postseason ties
NC	National championships	OT	Overall ties^{[A 3]}	C%	Conference winning percentage
†	Elected to theCollege Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overallwinning percentage^{[A 4]}

Coaches

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Note: Through 2024 season.

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records and championships^{[A 5]}
No.	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DCs ^{[A 6]}	CCs
1	Jewell Wallace	1946–1947	21	7	14	0	0.333	1	10	0	0.091	—	—	—	—	0
2	Clyde Lee	1948–1954	71	37	32	2	0.535	13	10	0	0.565	1	0	0	—	1
3	Bill Meek	1955–1956	20	13	6	1	0.675	6	2	0	0.750	—	—	—	—	1
4	Hal Lahar	1957–1961	49	24	23	2	0.510	8	3	0	0.727	—	—	—	—	2
5	Bill Yeoman^†	1962–1986	276	160	108	8	0.594	51	35	2	0.591	6	4	1	—	4
6	Jack Pardee^†	1987–1989	34	22	11	1	0.662	13	8	1	0.614	0	1	0	—	0
7	John Jenkins	1990–1992	33	18	15	0	0.545	12	11	0	0.522	—	—	—	—	0
8	Kim Helton	1993–1999	78	24	53	1	0.314	15	28	1	0.352	0	1	—	—	1
9	Dana Dimel	2000–2002	34	8	26	—	0.235	5	17	—	0.227	—	—	—	—	0
10	Art Briles	2003–2007	62	34	28	—	0.548	24	16	—	0.600	0	3	—	2	1
Int.	Chris Thurmond^{[A 7]}	2007	1	0	1	—	.000	—	—	—	—	0	1	—	0	0
11	Kevin Sumlin	2008–2011	52	35	17	—	0.673	24	8	—	0.750	1	1	—	2	0
12	Tony Levine^{[A 8]}	2011–2014	38	21	17	—	0.553	14	10	—	0.583	1	1	—	0	0
Int.	David Gibbs	2014	1	1	0	—	1.000	—	—	—	—	1	0	—	0	0
13	Tom Herman^[7]	2015–2016	26	22	4	—	0.846	12	4	—	0.750	1	0	—	1	1
14	Major Applewhite^{[A 9]}	2016–2018	26	15	11	—	0.577	10	6	—	0.625	0	3	—	1	0
15	Dana Holgorsen	2019–2023	59	31	28	—	0.525	20	19	—	0.513	2	1	—	0	0
16	Willie Fritz	2024–present	12	4	8	—	0.333	3	6	—	0.333	0	0	—	0	0
Totals			893	476	402	15	0.541					13	16	1	6	11

Remark: Not included in the above listing isTodd Orlando, who was designated interim head coach for a brief period in 2016 but did not coach any games.

Notes

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^Although the firstRose Bowl Game was played in1902, it has been continuously played since the1916 game, and is recognized as the oldestbowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.^[2]
^A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
^Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[3]
^When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[4]
^Statistics updated through December 2018.
^Conference USA reorganized itself into two divisions in2005. Under the C-USA format, the two divisional champions advance to theConference USA Championship Game to determine the conference champion.
^Chris Thurmond served as interim head coach for the2007 Texas Bowl afterArt Briles resigned his position to take the head coach position with theBaylor Bears.^[5]
^Tony Levine served as interim head coach for the2012 TicketCity Bowl afterKevin Sumlin resigned his position to take the head coach position with theTexas A&M Aggies.^[6]
^Major Applewhite served as head coach for the2016 Las Vegas Bowl afterTom Herman resigned his position to take the head coach position with theTexas Longhorns.

References

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^2008 Houston Cougars Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Houston Tx. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011).Bowl/All-Star Game Records(PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10.Archived(PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. RetrievedAugust 21, 2011.
^Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006)."Overtime system still excites coaches".USA Today. McLean, Virginia.Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. RetrievedSeptember 25, 2009.
^Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987)."Big plays help Paterno to 200th".The New York Times. New York City.Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. RetrievedOctober 22, 2009.
^"Thurmond named interim coach after Briles bolts for Baylor".ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 28, 2007. RetrievedDecember 18, 2011.
^Kahn, Sam Jr. (December 10, 2011)."Sumlin leaves post as UH head coach".Houston Chronicle. RetrievedJuly 7, 2012.
^"Report: Houston to name Buckeyes QB whisperer Tom Herman head coach". December 15, 2014.

External links

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Houston Coaching Records – Win–loss records of Houston Cougars head coaches at College Football Data Warehouse

v t e Houston Cougars head football coaches
Jewell Wallace (1946–1947) Clyde Lee (1948–1954) Bill Meek (1955–1956) Hal Lahar (1957–1961) Bill Yeoman (1962–1986) Jack Pardee (1987–1989) John Jenkins (1990–1992) Kim Helton (1993–1999) Dana Dimel (2000–2002) Art Briles (2003–2007) Chris Thurmond # (2007) Kevin Sumlin (2008–2011) Tony Levine (2011–2014) David Gibbs # (2014) Tom Herman (2015–2016) Major Applewhite (2016–2018) Dana Holgorsen (2019–2023) Willie Fritz (2024– ) # denotes interim head coach

Houston Cougars head football coaches

Jewell Wallace (1946–1947)
Clyde Lee (1948–1954)
Bill Meek (1955–1956)
Hal Lahar (1957–1961)
Bill Yeoman (1962–1986)
Jack Pardee (1987–1989)
John Jenkins (1990–1992)
Kim Helton (1993–1999)
Dana Dimel (2000–2002)
Art Briles (2003–2007)
Chris Thurmond # (2007)
Kevin Sumlin (2008–2011)
Tony Levine (2011–2014)
David Gibbs # (2014)
Tom Herman (2015–2016)
Major Applewhite (2016–2018)
Dana Holgorsen (2019–2023)
Willie Fritz (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Houston Cougars football
Venues	Robertson Stadium (1946–1950, 1994–2012) Rice Stadium (1950–1964) Houston Astrodome (1965–1997) Reliant Stadium (2013) BBVA Compass Stadium (2013) TDECU Stadium (2014–present)
Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Baylor Rice SMU Texas Tech
Culture & lore	Shasta "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston Veer option The Comeback Victory 2022 SMU game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e Head football coaches of theBig 12 Conference
Brent Brennan (Arizona) Kenny Dillingham (Arizona State) Dave Aranda (Baylor) Kalani Sitake (BYU) Scott Satterfield (Cincinnati) Deion Sanders (Colorado) Willie Fritz (Houston) Matt Campbell (Iowa State) Lance Leipold (Kansas) Chris Klieman (Kansas State) Doug Meacham # (Oklahoma State) Sonny Dykes (TCU) Joey McGuire (Texas Tech) Scott Frost (UCF) Kyle Whittingham (Utah) Rich Rodriguez (West Virginia)
# denotes interim head coach

Head football coaches of theBig 12 Conference