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The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston. The team is commonly referred to as " Houston " or " UH. " The UH football program is a member of the Big 12 Conference .
The 2025 Houston Cougars football team will represent the University of Houston in the Big 12 Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars are led by Willie Fritz in his second season as their head coach. The Cougars play their home games at TDECU Stadium located in Houston, Texas.
The University of Houston continued to host home football games there from 1946 to 1950 before moving to Houston Stadium in 1951 and then to the Astrodome in 1965. Prior to the 1957 football season, HISD changed policy at the stadium to disallow any teams with black students to play there despite this being previously allowed without issue. [ 7 ]
Houston has been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2023. Since the beginning of the 2024 season, the Cougars have been coached by Willie Fritz , the program's 16th head coach. The team played its first season in 1946 and has since won or tied for 11 conference championships and six division championships.
On August 18, 2011, the University of Houston announced that they had received the largest single donation for the stadium when co-CEOs and co-founders of Austin-based Data Foundry, Ron and Carolyn Yokubaitis donated US$10 million to the project. [17] Ron Yokubaitis is an alumnus of the University of Houston and former Cougar football player.
The 1976 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. It was the 31st year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by fifteenth-year head football coach, Bill Yeoman.
PHOTO: Defensive end Dylan Horton #92 of the Houston Texans gets set during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions at NRG Stadium on Nov. 10, 2024 in Houston.
This List of Houston Cougars head football coaches includes those coaches who have led the Houston Cougars football team that represents the University of Houston in the sport of American football. The Houston Cougars currently compete in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and ...