Houston Cougars baseball
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 2017 Houston Cougars baseball team
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| Founded | 1947 |
| University | University of Houston |
| Conference | The American |
| Location | Houston, TX |
| Head coach | Todd Whitting (5th year) |
| Home stadium |
Schroeder Park (Capacity: 5,000) |
| Nickname | Cougars |
| Colors | Scarlet and Albino |
| College World Series Runner-up | |
| 1967 | |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 1953, 1967 | |
| NCAA Regional Champions | |
| 1953, 1967, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2014 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1951, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| 1951, 1997, 2000, 2008, 2014 | |
| Conference champions | |
| 1950, 1951, 1953, 1960, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2015 | |
The Houston Cougars baseball team is the college baseball team of the University of Houston. Along with the university's other athletic teams, the baseball team is a member of the American Athletic Conference as a Division I team. They play their home games at Schroeder Park. In addition to numerous NCAA Tournament appearances, the Cougars have made two College World Series appearances. Houston has been led by head coach Todd Whitting since 2011.
The University of Houston's baseball program started in 1947. Head coach Ned Thompson was hired from Pasadena High School, and became the first baseball coach for 1947, backfield coach in football from 1946–1948 for the University of Houston. He also served as associate athletic director in charge of business finances from 1946–1976. Among the players for his 1947 baseball team was pitcher Bill Henry who had been a forward on Thompson's state high school championship basketball team the year prior. Following his 1947 efforts for Houston, Henry went on to become Houston's first player to play Major League Baseball, where he enjoyed a seventeen-year career.
During the first few years of the baseball team's existence, head coaches came and went, and after the third season, the team had already been through three. Houston's fourth head baseball coach, Lovette Hill broke this trend when taking over for the 1950 season. A year after Hill became coach, the Houston Cougars appeared in their first NCAA Regional. The 1953 season was one of the team's most historic and winningest years as they made their first College World Series appearance. Continuing with Lovette Hill, the Cougars appeared in several more NCAA Regionals throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Appearing in the 1967 College World Series against the Arizona State Sun Devils, the Cougars won runner-up and finished with a #2 national ranking. The team began by playing their home games at nearby Buffalo Stadium, before moving into an on-campus facility.
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