2023-2024 Houston Cougars

2023-2024 Houston Cougars Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
23 Terrance Arceneaux So F 6-6 190 Nov 13, 2003 Beaumont (TX) United States Beaumont United High School
4 L.J. Cryer Sr PG 6-1 190 Oct 9, 2001 Katy (TX) United States Morton Ranch High School
11 Damian Dunn Jr SG 6-5 205 May 15, 2001 Kinston (NC) United States Kinston High School
20 Ryan Elvin Sr F 6-1 170 - Philadelphia (PA) United States Cedar Ridge High School
5 Ja'Vier Francis Jr F 6-8 235 - New Orleans (LA) United States Montverde Academy
15 Kordelius Jefferson Fr C 6-3 180 - Arlington (TX) United States Martin High School
2 Cedric Lath Fr C 6-9 265 - Abidjan Ivory Coast Balboa High School
12 Jacob McFarland Fr C 6-11 220 - Moreno Valley (CA) United States Rancho Verde High School
13 J'Wan Roberts Sr F 6-7 230 Sep 19, 2001 Killeen (TX) United States Shoemaker High School
21 Emanuel Sharp So PG 6-3 205 Mar 7, 2004 Riverview (FL) United States / Israel Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School
1 Jamal Shead Sr G 6-1 195 Jul 24, 2002 Austin (TX) United States Manor High School
25 Joseph Tugler Fr F 6-7 215 May 16, 2005 Houston (TX) United States Cypress Falls High School
3 Ramon Walker, Jr. So F 6-4 210 - Pearland (TX) United States Shadow Creek High School
24 Mylik Wilson Sr PG 6-2 175 Sep 20, 2000 Rayville (LA) United States Rayville High School

2023-2024 Houston Cougars Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters L. Cryer E. Sharp J. Shead J. Roberts J. Francis
Rotation M. Wilson D. Dunn     C. Lath
Lim PT   R. Elvin R. Walker, Jr. J. Tugler K. Jefferson
Lim PT       T. Arceneaux  

2023-2024 Houston Cougars Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
L.J. Cryer 34 32.1 15.3 2.3 1.9 1.1 0.1 0.9
Jamal Shead 34 31.4 13.1 3.8 6.2 2.3 0.5 2.0
Emanuel Sharp 34 27.9 12.2 3.7 0.9 1.5 0.0 1.1
J'Wan Roberts 33 26.7 9.4 6.8 1.9 1.3 0.9 1.1
Damian Dunn 34 17.5 6.3 2.3 0.4 0.8 0.1 1.1
Ja'Vier Francis 34 20.3 6.1 5.3 0.2 0.9 1.5 0.8
Terrance Arceneaux 11 18.4 5.5 4.5 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.4
Mylik Wilson 33 15.4 4.3 3.4 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.7
Joseph Tugler 28 16.0 3.8 4.1 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.5
Ramon Walker, Jr. 24 10.9 2.0 3.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.3
Ryan Elvin 19 2.8 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Cedric Lath 22 5.1 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
Kordelius Jefferson 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2023-2024 Houston Cougars Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Kelvin Sampson Head Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Houston Rockets, 2011 to 2014)
Quannas White Associate Head Coach 2023-2024 Assistant Coach (Houston, 2017 to 2023)
Kellen Sampson Assistant Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Appalachian State, 2011 to 2014)
K.C. Beard Assistant Coach 2023-2024 Special Assistant to the Head Coach (Houston, 2022 to 2023)
Hollis Price Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2023-2024 Assistant Coach (Houston, 2022 to 2023)
Matthew McDonald Video Coordinator 2022-2023 Video Coordinator (Lamar, 2021 to 2022)
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)
Lauren Sampson Director of Basketball Operations 2022-2023 Director of External Relations (Houston, 2017 to 2022)
Anthony Goldwire Director of Player Development 2021-2022 Director of Student-Athlete Development (Louisiana, 2020 to 2021)