2019-2020 Houston Cougars

2019-2020 Houston Cougars Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
23 Cedrick Alley So F 6-6 230 Dec 18, 1998 Houston (TX) United States Klein Forest High School
30 Caleb Broodo So F 6-8 225 - Midland (MI) United States Dow High School
4 Justin Gorham Jr PF 6-8 220 Aug 6, 1998 Columbia (MD) United States Calvert Hall College High School
55 Brison Gresham Jr PF 6-9 240 Jan 24, 1998 New Orleans (LA) United States McDonogh No. 35 High School
24 Quentin Grimes So SG 6-5 210 May 8, 2000 The Woodlands (TX) United States College Park High School
1 Chris Harris Sr C 6-10 255 Mar 9, 1997 Houston (TX) United States Madison High School
11 Nathaniel Hinton So SF 6-5 210 Jun 8, 1999 Gastonia (NC) United States Gaston Day School
3 DeJon Jarreau Jr PG 6-5 185 Jan 23, 1998 New Orleans (LA) United States McDonogh No. 35 High School
2 Caleb Mills Fr SG 6-5 185 Jul 24, 2000 Asheville (NC) United States Asheville Christian Academy
13 J'Wan Roberts RS-Fr F 6-7 230 Sep 19, 2001 Killeen (TX) United States Shoemaker High School
0 Marcus Sasser Fr G 6-2 195 Sep 21, 2000 Dallas (TX) United States Red Oak High School
35 Fabian White Jr F 6-8 230 Nov 29, 1998 Atascocita (TX) United States Atascocita High School

Houston Transfers Sitting Out 2019-2020

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Cameron Tyson So SG 6-3 190 Oct 26, 1999 Bothell (WA) United States Idaho

Recent Houston Cougars History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 30-4 (15-3) 1st (Big 12) Runner Up NCAA 1st Rnd
2022-2023 33-4 (17-1) 1st (AAC) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2021-2022 32-6 (15-3) 1st (AAC) Champion NCAA 4th Rnd
2020-2021 28-4 (14-3) 1st (AAC) Champion NCAA 4th Rnd
2019-2020 23-8 (13-5) 1st (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 33-4 (16-2) 1st (AAC) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2017-2018 27-8 (14-4) 2nd (AAC) Runner Up NCAA 2nd Rnd
2016-2017 22-11 (12-6) 3rd (AAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2015-2016 22-10 (12-6) 3rd (AAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2014-2015 13-19 (4-14) 10th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 17-16 (8-10) 6th (AAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 20-13 (7-9) 7th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 15-15 (7-9) 8th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 12-18 (4-12) 11th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 19-16 (7-9) 7th (C-USA) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2008-2009 21-12 (10-6) 4th (C-USA) 3rd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2007-2008 24-10 (11-5) 3rd (C-USA) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2006-2007 18-15 (10-6) 3rd (C-USA) Runner Up N/A
2005-2006 21-10 (9-5) 4th (C-USA) 3rd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2004-2005 18-14 (9-7) 6th (C-USA) 1st Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2003-2004 9-18 (3-13) 13th (C-USA) N/A N/A
2002-2003 8-20 (6-10) 11th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A

2019-2020 Houston Cougars Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Nathaniel Hinton NABC All-District (24) First Team
Nathaniel Hinton All-AAC Second Team
Caleb Mills All-AAC Second Team
Caleb Mills AAC All-Rookie Team
Marcus Sasser AAC All-Rookie Team
Quentin Grimes AAC Player of the Week (Dec 9, 2019)
Fabian White AAC Player of the Week (Dec 30, 2019)
Caleb Mills AAC Rookie of the Week (Jan 27, 2020)
Caleb Mills AAC Rookie of the Week (Dec 16, 2019)
Marcus Sasser AAC Rookie of the Week (Mar 2, 2020)
Fabian White Diamond Head Classic MVP
Quentin Grimes Diamond Head Classic All-Tournament Team
Fabian White Diamond Head Classic All-Tournament Team

2019-2020 Houston Cougars Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Sasser D. Jarreau N. Hinton F. White C. Harris
Rotation   C. Mills   J. Gorham  
Rotation   Q. Grimes   B. Gresham  
Lim PT     C. Alley C. Broodo  

2019-2020 Houston Cougars Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Caleb Mills 31 22.5 13.2 2.6 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.4
Quentin Grimes 30 27.8 12.1 3.7 2.6 0.8 0.2 2.3
Nathaniel Hinton 31 30.2 10.6 8.7 2.0 1.4 0.2 1.2
Fabian White 31 23.7 9.3 5.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.2
DeJon Jarreau 30 23.1 9.0 4.3 3.7 0.6 0.4 2.8
Marcus Sasser 30 23.9 8.1 2.4 1.7 0.6 0.1 1.0
Chris Harris 30 17.9 4.1 4.9 0.3 0.3 2.0 0.7
Justin Gorham 30 13.0 3.0 2.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.4
Brison Gresham 31 15.0 2.9 3.5 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.5
Cedrick Alley 23 8.9 1.3 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2
Caleb Broodo 6 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3

2019-2020 Houston Cougars Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Kelvin Sampson Head Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Houston Rockets, 2011 to 2014)
Alvin Brooks Assistant Coach 1986-1987 N/A
Kellen Sampson Assistant Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Appalachian State, 2011 to 2014)
Quannas White Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Western Kentucky, 2016 to 2017)
K.C. Beard Video Coordinator 2014-2015 N/A
Chris Pezman Athletic Director 2018-2019 N/A
Alan Bishop Director of Sports Performance 2017-2018 Strength and Conditioning Coach (Utah State, 2016 to 2017)
Meshu Negga Director of Basketball Operations 2017-2018 Associate Director of Operations (Houston, 2014 to 2017)
David Bassity Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2013-2014 N/A
Raul Ganzalez Associate Director of Basketball Operations 2018-2019 N/A
Hollis Price Director of Player Development 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Texas Legends, 2013 to 2014)
Mikhail McLean Assistant Director of Player Development 2016-2017 N/A
Michael O'Shea Head Athletic Trainer 1993-1994 N/A
John Houston Associate Athletic Trainer 1997-1998 N/A
Daniel Hearn Athletic Trainer 2018-2019 N/A