Major Applewhite
Major Applewhite after Houston Cougars win over Temple Owls at 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship Game.
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Houston |
| Conference | The American |
| Annual salary | $1.5 million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 26, 1978 Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2001 | Texas |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2004 | Texas (GA) |
| 2005 | Syracuse (QB) |
| 2006 | Rice (OC/QB) |
| 2007 | Alabama (OC/QB) |
| 2008–2010 | Texas (AHC/RB) |
| 2011–2012 | Texas (Co-OC/RB) |
| 2013 | Texas (Co-OC/QB) |
| 2015–2016 | Houston (OC/QB) |
| 2016–present | Houston |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–1 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 1998 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year 1999 Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Year 1999 All-Big 12 first team 2001 Holiday Bowl MVP |
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Major Lee Applewhite (born July 26, 1978) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head coach for the University of Houston, where he previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. In 2013, he was the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Texas. Prior to Texas, Applewhite served as offensive coordinator at Rice University under Todd Graham in 2006 and at the University of Alabama under Nick Saban in 2007. He was the youngest offensive coordinator among Division I-A schools at that time.
Applewhite was previously the quarterbacks coach at Syracuse University in 2005. Prior to coaching, he was a college football quarterback for the Texas Longhorns from 1998 to 2001 and set 8 school records. Many of these still stand, including the longest pass play (97 yards), consecutive passes without an interception (156) and most yards passing in a game (473). He previously held the record for career yards (8,353).
On December 9, 2016, Applewhite was promoted to head coach at the University of Houston. His first game as head coach was the Las Vegas Bowl on December 17, 2016.
Applewhite was a quarterback for the Texas Longhorns from 1998 to 2001. Recruited from Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by then Texas coach John Mackovic, he was later coached by Mack Brown. While at Texas, the undersized Applewhite's tenure was noted both for his often gritty heroics as well as his battle for playing time with the heralded blue chip recruit Chris Simms, son of New York Giants legend Phil Simms. Applewhite led Texas to two Big 12 Championship games, to victory in 2 Bowl games, and set 48 school records along the way.
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