Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
C. Anthony Anderson |
1964 |
Philosopher; Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara [1] |
|
Robert L. Bradley, Jr. |
1980 |
Expert on public energy policy [2] |
|
James H. Bray |
1980 |
Former president of the American Psychological Association[3] |
|
Brené Brown |
1996 |
Scholar and researcher in social work; author, speaker, and professor at University of Houston [4] |
|
David Callender |
1995 |
President, University of Texas Medical Branch |
|
Max Castillo |
1979 |
Former President of the University of Houston–Downtown and San Antonio College [5] |
|
Vincent Cho |
|
Assistant professor of the Lynch School of Education, Boston College [6] |
|
Thomas W. Dougherty |
1981 |
Emma S. Hibbs/Harry Gunnison Brown Chair of Business and Economics and Professor of Management at Trulaske College of Business, University of Missouri [7] |
|
William I. Dykes |
1963 |
Former President of South Texas Junior College (1972–1974); former Interim President of the University of Houston–Downtown College (1974–1975) |
|
Mary C. Gilly |
|
Professor of Management at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine [8] |
|
Ricky W. Griffin |
1978 |
Department Head, Distinguished Professor, and Blocker Chair in Business at Mays Business School, Texas A&M University; Chair of the Organizational Behavior Division and the Research Methods Division at Academy of Management; President of the Southwest Division of the Academy of Management; Board of Directors Member of the Southern Management Association[9] |
|
Douglas G. Horner |
1983 |
Associate Professor of Optometry at Indiana University [10] |
|
Mohan Kuruvilla |
1996 |
Dean and Professor of School of Business at Houston Baptist University [11] |
|
Robert W. Lawless |
1964 |
Former President of Texas Tech University and the University of Tulsa [12] |
|
Marilyn McAdams Sibley |
|
Historian; former President of the Texas State Historical Association, professor at Houston Baptist University[13] |
|
William A. Staples |
1977 |
President of the University of Houston–Clear Lake [14] |
|
Arleigh B. Templeton |
1950 |
First President of the University of Texas at San Antonio; former President of Sam Houston State University, the University of Texas at El Paso, and Alvin Community College [15] |
|
Rajkumar Venkatesan |
2002 |
Bank of America research associate professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia[16] |
|
Suresh Viswanathan |
2000 |
Associate Professor of Optometry at Indiana University[17] |
|
Karen Whitney |
1982 |
President of Clarion University of Pennsylvania[18] |
|
Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. |
1949 |
Former Chairman of the University of Houston System Board of Regents [19] |
|
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Greg Baldwin |
— |
Actor |
|
Leila Bela |
— |
Experimental musician, actress, and writer [25] |
|
Shelly Berg |
1977 |
Jazz pianist and educator [26] |
|
Arthur Bergel |
1999 |
Film and television producer/director |
|
Big Moe (Kenneth Moore) |
— |
Rapper |
|
Larry Blyden |
1948 |
Stage and television actor [27] |
|
Joe Bowman* |
mid-1940s |
Marksman and western entertainer[28] |
|
Peter Breck |
— |
Actor [29] |
|
J. T. Buck |
— |
Theatre director, composer, lyricist (The Gospel According to Tammy Faye) [30] |
|
Marcelo Bussiki |
1993 |
Conductor |
|
Tony Campise |
— |
Jazz saxophonist |
|
Derek Cecil |
— |
Actor [31] |
|
Chamillionaire* |
— |
Rapper |
|
Johnny Chan* |
1978 |
Poker player [32] |
|
Brett Cullen |
1979 |
Actor [33] |
|
Chloe Dao* |
— |
Season 2 contestant on Project Runway [34] |
|
Loretta Devine |
1971 |
Actress, NAACP Image Award recipient [35] |
|
Magen Ellis |
— |
Beauty queen |
|
Fat Tony (Anthony Obi) |
|
Hip-hop artist[36] |
|
Bruce Ford* |
1982 |
Operatic tenor |
|
Larry Gatlin |
1970 |
Grammy-winning country singer and songwriter [37] |
|
Jennifer Grassman |
— |
Independent music singer, pianist |
|
Denyce Graves* |
1990 |
Operatic mezzo-soprano |
|
Keith Grimwood |
1974 |
Bass player for Trout Fishing in America [38] |
|
Julie Haus |
— |
Fashion designer |
|
Bill Hicks* |
— |
Comedian, social critic [39] |
|
Kimberly Holland |
2004 |
Playboy model |
|
Larry Hovis |
— |
Actor [40] |
|
Lil' Wayne* |
2008 |
Rapper [41] |
|
Evelyn Lim |
1994 |
Concert organist, educator [42] |
|
Annie Lin |
— |
Singer-songwriter |
|
Master P* |
— |
Hip-hop artist, actor, producer, and athlete [43] |
|
Sally Mayes |
— |
Broadway singer and actress, rock/jazz singer [44] |
|
Susanne Mentzer* |
1982 |
Operatic mezzo-soprano |
|
Yvar Mikhashoff |
1967 |
Composer, concert pianist, recording artist, music educator [45] |
|
Pauline Oliveros* |
1952 |
Electronic music composer and performance artist [46] |
|
Bárbara Padilla |
2004 |
Opera singer [47] |
|
Jim Parsons |
1996 |
Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor, The Big Bang Theory[48][49] |
|
Chris Patton |
— |
Actor |
|
Cindy Pickett |
1972 |
Actress [50] |
|
Dennis Quaid* |
1974 |
Actor [51] |
|
Randy Quaid |
1971 |
Actor; winner of Golden Globe Award; nominated for Emmy and Academy Awards [52] |
|
Kenneth Radnofsky |
— |
Classical saxophonist, educator [53] |
|
Timothy Rhea |
1999 |
Director of Bands at Texas A&M University [54] |
|
Kenny Rogers* |
— |
Country singer; winner of multiple Grammy, American Music, Country Music Association, Academy of Country Music, and CMT Awards; USA Today "Favorite Singer of All Time"[55] |
|
Julian Schnabel |
1973 |
Filmmaker; winner of Best Director prize at Cannes Film Festival; visual artist [56] |
|
Guru Singh |
— |
Actor |
|
Brent Spiner* |
1974 |
Actor [57] |
|
Crystle Stewart |
2007 |
Miss USA 2008 |
|
Allison Sumrall |
— |
Voice actress |
|
Christopher Theofanidis |
1992 |
Classical composer [58] |
|
John Tracy |
1968 |
Television director [59] |
|
Christopher Tuffin |
1993 |
Motion picture producer and executive [60] |
|
Tommy Tune |
— |
Broadway dancer, actor, Tony Award winner [61] |
|
Jack Valenti |
1946 |
President of the Motion Picture Association of America [62] |
|
Townes Van Zandt* |
1966 |
Country and folk music singer-songwriter [63] |
|
Paul Wall |
2001 |
Rapper and DJ [64][65] |
|
Judy Wilson |
— |
Casting director [66] |
|
Trey Wilson |
— |
Actor [67] |
|
Darren Keith Woods |
1982 |
Opera singer, General Director of Fort Worth Opera |
|
Roger Wright |
1996 |
Classical pianist and 2004 National Scrabble Championship winner [68] |
|
Robert Wuhl |
1976 |
Comedian, actor, and writer [69] |
|
Arthur Yoria |
— |
Guitarist, singer-songwriter [70] |
|
Terence Yung |
2012 |
Concert pianist |
|
Stella Zambalis* |
1984 |
Operatic soprano [71][72] |
|
Jessica Zhu |
2009 |
Concert pianist [73] |
|
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Benny Anders |
— |
Member of Phi Slama Jama; later played in South America |
|
Greg "Cadillac" Anderson |
1987 |
Player for San Antonio Spurs/Milwaukee Bucks/New Jersey Nets/Denver Nuggets/Detroit Pistons/Atlanta Hawks [112] |
|
Otis Birdsong |
1977 |
Player for Kansas City Kings/New Jersey Nets/Boston Celtics [112][113] |
|
Don Chaney |
— |
Player for Boston Celtics/Spirits of St. Louis (ABA)/Los Angeles Lakers; Head Coach of the New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, and Los Angeles Clippers; 1969 NBA Finals and 1974 NBA Finals champion, 1991 NBA Coach of the Year Award winner [112] |
|
Aubrey Coleman |
2010 |
Led NCAA Division I Men's Basketball in scoring for 2009–2010 season; player for Aliağa Petkim of Turkish Basketball League/Austin Toros of NBA Development League/Pallacanestro Biella of Italian League [114][115] |
|
Marcus Cousin |
2010 |
Player for Utah Jazz [116] |
|
Doug Davalos |
1994 |
Head basketball coach at Sul Ross State University, Texas State University |
|
Dwight Davis |
— |
Player for Cleveland Cavaliers/Golden State Warriors [112] |
|
Dion Dowell |
2008 |
Player for Golden State Warriors |
|
Clyde Drexler |
1983 |
Player for Portland Trail Blazers/Houston Rockets; 1995 NBA Finals Champion, NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, 2004 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Player Inductee; Gold Medal, 1992 Olympic Games [112][113] |
|
Louis Dunbar |
1975 |
Player for Harlem Globetrotters [112] |
|
Rolando Ferreira |
— |
Player for Portland Trail Blazers [112] |
|
Alton Ford |
2004 |
Player for Phoenix Suns/Houston Rockets [117] |
|
Reid Gettys |
1989 |
Member of Phi Slama Jama, player for Albany Patroons |
|
Anthony Goldwire |
— |
Player for Charlotte Hornets/Denver Nuggets/San Antonio Spurs/Washington Wizards/New Jersey Nets/Minnesota Timberwolves/Detroit Pistons/Milwaukee Bucks/Los Angeles Clippers [118] |
|
Joe Hamood |
— |
Player for Houston Mavericks (ABA) [119] |
|
Elvin Hayes |
1968 |
Player for San Diego/Houston Rockets, Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets; player in the "NCAA Game of the Century", 1978 NBA Finals Champion, 1990 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Player Inductee, NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team member [112][113] |
|
Carl Herrera |
1990 |
Player for Houston Rockets/San Antonio Spurs/Vancouver Grizzlies/Denver Nuggets; 1994 NBA Finals and 1995 NBA Finals Champion [112][113] |
|
Chandi Jones |
2004 |
Player for Detroit Shock/Minnesota Lynx |
|
Damon Jones |
1998 |
Player for New Jersey Nets/Boston Celtics/Golden State Warriors/Dallas Mavericks/Vancouver Grizzlies/Detroit Pistons/Sacramento Kings/Milwaukee Bucks/Miami Heat/Cleveland Cavaliers [112] |
|
Dwight Jones |
1973 |
Player for Atlanta Hawks/Houston Rockets/Chicago Bulls/Los Angeles Lakers [112] |
|
Oliver Lafayette |
2007 |
Player for Boston Celtics [120] |
|
Monica Lamb-Powell* |
1985 |
Player for Houston Comets [121] |
|
Leary Lentz |
1970 |
Player for Houston Mavericks/New York Nets (both ABA) [122] |
|
Guy Lewis |
1947 |
UH head basketball coach (see Faculty and staff section below) |
|
Kelvin Lewis |
2010 |
Player for Houston Rockets Summer League team/Texas Legends of the NBA Development League [123] |
|
Ted Luckenbill |
1961 |
Player for Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors [124] |
|
Sancho Lyttle |
2005 |
Player for Houston Comets [125] |
|
Sam Mack |
1992 |
Player for San Antonio Spurs/Houston Rockets/Vancouver Grizzlies/Golden State Warriors/Miami Heat [126] |
|
Larry Micheaux |
— |
Player for Kansas City Kings/Houston Rockets [112] |
|
Hakeem Olajuwon* |
1984 |
Player for Houston Rockets/Toronto Raptors; 1994 NBA MVP, 1994 NBA Finals and 1995 NBA Finals Champion, 1994 and 1995 NBA Finals MVP, NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; Gold Medal, 1996 Olympic Games; 2008 Hall of Fame inductee [113] |
|
Charles "Bo" Outlaw |
1993 |
Player for Los Angeles Clippers/Orlando Magic/Phoenix Suns/Memphis Grizzlies [127] |
|
Andre Owens |
— |
Player for Utah Jazz [128] |
|
Gary Phillips |
— |
Player for Boston Celtics/San Francisco Warriors [112] |
|
George Reynolds |
— |
Player for Detroit Pistons [124] |
|
Dave Rose |
1983 |
Member of Phi Slama Jama; head basketball coach at Brigham Young University |
|
Walker Russell* |
1980 |
Player for Detroit Pistons/Atlanta Hawks/Indiana Pacers; coach for Toronto Raptors; scout for New York Knicks [129] |
|
Jonathon Simmons* |
2012 |
Player for Austin Spurs (D-League)/San Antonio Spurs |
|
Ken Spain |
— |
Player for Pittsburgh Condors (ABA) [124] |
|
Ollie Taylor |
— |
Player for New York Nets/San Diego Conquistadors/Carolina Cougars (all ABA) [124] |
|
Álvaro Teherán |
1991 |
Player in Colombia |
|
Rob Williams |
1982 |
Player for Denver Nuggets [112] |
|
Rickie Winslow |
— |
Player for Milwaukee Bucks [124] |
|
Michael Young |
2003 |
Player for Phoenix Suns/Philadelphia 76ers/Los Angeles Clippers (finished UH degree after NBA career) [112] |
|
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Willis Adams |
1982 [112] |
Wide receiver, Cleveland Browns |
|
Allen Aldridge |
2002 [112] |
Lineman, Denver Broncos/Detroit Lions |
|
Dalva Allen |
1957 [132] |
Lineman, Houston Oilers/Oakland Raiders, 1960 AFL Championship and 1961 AFL Championship winner |
|
Anthony Alridge |
2008 |
Wide receiver, Denver Broncos (also played running back while at UH) |
|
Kimble Anders |
— [112] |
Fullback, Kansas City Chiefs, 1995 Pro Bowl, 1996 Pro Bowl, and 1997 Pro Bowl player |
|
Jacolby Ashworth |
2013 [133] |
Lineman, Washington Redskins |
|
Donnie Avery |
2008 |
Wide receiver, St. Louis Rams |
|
Joey Banes |
— [134] |
Lineman, Indianapolis Colts |
|
Dave Barrett |
— [135] |
Running back, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
|
Don Bass |
— [112] |
Tight end, Cincinnati Bengals/New Orleans Saints |
|
Jackie Battle |
— [136] |
Running back, Dallas Cowboys/Kansas City Chiefs |
|
Tom Beer |
1971 [137] |
Tight end, Denver Broncos/Boston–New England Patriots |
|
Val Belcher |
1977 |
Lineman, Ottawa Rough Riders/Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
|
Carlos Bell |
— [138] |
Tight end, New Orleans Saints |
|
Adriano Belli |
2001 |
Lineman, Atlanta Falcons/New York Giants/Cleveland Browns (NFL); Las Vegas Outlaws (XFL); BC Lions/Montreal Alouettes/Hamilton Tiger-Cats/Toronto Argonauts (CFL) |
|
Royce Berry |
— [112] |
Linebacker, Cincinnati Bengals/Chicago Bears |
|
Dan Birdwell |
— [139] |
Lineman, Oakland Raiders, 1968 Pro Bowl player |
|
Alois Blackwell |
1978 [140] |
Running back, Dallas Cowboys |
|
Kent Branstetter |
1974 [141] |
Lineman, Green Bay Packers |
|
Bobby Brezina |
1963 [142] |
Running back, Houston Oilers |
|
Greg Brezina |
1970 [112] |
Linebacker, Atlanta Falcons, 1969 Pro Bowl Player |
|
Bill Bridges |
— [112] |
Lineman, Buffalo Bills |
|
Art Briles* |
1977 [143][144] |
Head coach at UH and Baylor University |
|
Terrance Broadway* |
2012 |
Quarterback, transferred from UH to Louisiana–Lafayette |
|
Charley Brown |
— [145] |
Wide receiver, Oakland Raiders |
|
Chuck Brown |
— [146] |
Lineman, St. Louis Cardinals |
|
Don Brown |
— [147] |
Running back, Houston Oilers |
|
Guy Brown |
— [148] |
Linebacker, Dallas Cowboys |
|
Sammy Brown |
2012 [149] |
Linebacker, Saint Louis Rams |
|
Wilbert Brown |
— [150] |
Lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Washington Redskins/New England Patriots |
|
Reggie Burnette |
1991 [151] |
Linebacker, Green Bay Packers/Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
|
Bo Burris |
— [152] |
Defensive back, New Orleans Saints |
|
Glenn Cadrez |
1993 [112] |
Linebacker, New York Jets/Denver Broncos/Kansas City Chiefs |
|
Paul Carr |
— [153] |
Defensive back/linebacker, San Francisco 49ers |
|
Tyron Carrier |
2012 [154] |
Wide receiver, Montreal Alouettes (CFL) |
|
Ken Chancelor |
1962 |
Lineman, Houston Oilers |
|
Bobby Clatterbuck |
1953 |
Quarterback, New York Giants |
|
Chuck Clements |
1996 [156] |
Quarterback, New York Jets |
|
Mike Clendenen |
1984 [157] |
Kicker, Denver Broncos |
|
James Cleveland |
2011 |
Wide receiver, Dallas Cowboys, New Mexico Stars (LSFL) |
|
Jim Colvin |
1959 [158] |
Lineman, Baltimore Colts/Dallas Cowboys/New York Giants |
|
Carl Cunningham |
1966 [159] |
Linebacker, Denver Broncos/New Orleans Saints |
|
Jim Dickey |
1957 |
Head coach, Kansas State Wildcats |
|
Tom Dimmick |
1955 [160] |
Lineman/linebacker, Philadelphia Eagles/Dallas Texans (AFL) |
|
James Dixon |
1988 |
Wide receiver, Dallas Cowboys |
|
Patrick Edwards |
2012 [149] |
Wide receiver, Detroit Lions |
|
Bubba Evans |
2003 |
Lineman, Houston Texans |
|
Wiley Feagin |
1960 [161] |
Lineman, Baltimore Colts/Washington Redskins |
|
William Fields |
2000 |
Defensive back, Calgary Stampeders/Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
|
Simon Fletcher |
1984 [112] |
Lineman, Denver Broncos |
|
Don Flynn |
1956 [162] |
Defensive back, Dallas Texans (AFL)/New York Jets |
|
Charlie Ford |
1970 [163] |
Defensive back, Chicago Bears/Philadelphia Eagles/Buffalo Bills/New York Giants |
|
Eddie Foster |
1976 [164] |
Split end, Houston Oilers |
|
Charlie Fowler |
1966 [165] |
Lineman, Miami Dolphins |
|
Ben Fricke |
1997 [112] |
Lineman, Dallas Cowboys |
|
Dennis Furjanic |
1966 |
Lineman, Denver Broncos |
|
Thomas Gafford |
2004 [166] |
Lineman, Green Bay Packers/Kansas City Chiefs |
|
Terrance Ganaway* |
2008 [167] |
Running back, New York Jets. Transferred from UH to Baylor after his freshman season. |
|
Willie Gaston |
2007 |
Defensive back, Baltimore Ravens |
|
Steve George |
1972 [168] |
Lineman, St. Louis Cardinals/Atlanta Falcons |
|
Robert Giblin |
1974 [169] |
Defensive back, New York Giants/St. Louis Cardinals |
|
Paul Gipson |
1968 [170] |
Fullback, Atlanta Falcons/Detroit Lions/New England Patriots |
|
Mike Gisler |
1991 [171] |
Lineman, New England Patriots/New York Jets |
|
Mike Green |
1999 [112] |
Running back, Tennessee Titans/Cincinnati Bengals |
|
Deontay Greenberry* |
2014 |
Wide receiver |
|
Rex Hadnot |
2003 |
Lineman, Miami Dolphins |
|
Charlie Hall |
1967 [112] |
Linebacker, Cleveland Browns |
|
Lawrence Harris* |
1982 [172] |
Lineman, Houston Oilers; later professional opera singer |
|
Brandon Hartson |
2013 [133] |
Lineman, Chicago Bears |
|
D. J. Hayden |
2013 |
Defensive back, Oakland Raiders |
|
Michael Hayes |
2012 [149] |
Running back, San Diego Chargers |
|
Manny Hazard |
1991 |
Wide receiver, Toronto Argonauts; set NCAA record for receptions in a season |
|
Ken Hebert |
1967 [173] |
Wide receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers |
|
Charlie Hennigan |
— [174] |
Wide receiver, Houston Oilers (attended UH after football career) |
|
Jimmy Herndon |
1995 [175] |
Lineman, Jacksonville Jaguars/Chicago Bears/Houston Texans |
|
Carl Hilton |
1985 [176] |
Tight end, Minnesota Vikings |
|
Gus Hollomon |
1967 [177] |
Defensive back, Denver Broncos/New York Jets |
|
Phillip Hunt |
2009 [178] |
Defensive end, Winnipeg Blue Bombers/Philadelphia Eagles |
|
David Hunter |
2012 |
Defensive lineman, Houston Texans |
|
Joe Bob Isbell |
1961 [179] |
Lineman, Dallas Cowboys/Cleveland Browns |
|
Johnnie Jackson |
1988 [180] |
Defensive back, San Francisco 49ers/Green Bay Packers |
|
Curley Johnson |
1956 [181] |
Lineman/running back/kicker, Dallas Texans (AFL)/New York Jets/New York Giants |
|
Marshall Johnson |
1974 [182] |
Wide receiver, Baltimore Colts |
|
Melvin Jones |
1979 [183] |
Lineman, Washington Redskins |
|
Donald Jordan |
1983 [184] |
Running back, Chicago Bears |
|
Case Keenum |
2010 [149][185] |
Quarterback, Houston Texans/St. Louis Rams; during UH career became all-time NCAA FBS record holder in career passing yards, total offense, passing touchdowns, completions, 300-yard games, 5000-yard seasons |
|
Larry Keller |
1974 [186] |
Linebacker, New York Jets |
|
J. D. Kimmel |
1952 [187] |
Lineman, Washington Redskins/Green Bay Packers |
|
Claude King |
1959 [188] |
Running back, Houston Oilers/Boston Patriots |
|
David Klingler |
1991 [112] |
Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals/Oakland Raiders/Green Bay Packers |
|
Jimmy Klingler |
1994 |
Quarterback, Birmingham Barracudas/Texas Terror |
|
Wade Koehl |
— |
Linebacker, Team Texas |
|
Kevin Kolb |
2006 [189] |
Quarterback, Philadelphia Eagles/Arizona Cardinals/Buffalo Bills |
|
Tom Landry |
1952 [190] |
Defensive back, New York Yankees (AAFC)/New York Giants, 1956 NFL Championship winner; coach, Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl VI and Super Bowl XII champion, Pro Football Hall of Fame coach inductee (1990), inventor of the 4-3 defense formation |
|
Lamar Lathon |
1989 [191] |
Linebacker, Houston Oilers/Carolina Panthers, 1996 Pro Bowl player |
|
Harold Lewis |
1958 [192] |
Running back/defensive back, Baltimore Colts/Buffalo Bills/Oakland Raiders |
|
Errol Linden |
1960 [193] |
Lineman, Cleveland Browns/Minnesota Vikings/Atlanta Falcons/New Orleans Saints |
|
Everett Little |
1975 [194] |
Lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
|
Eugene Lockhart |
1983 [195] |
Linebacker, Dallas Cowboys/New England Patriots, 1989 All-Pro Team |
|
Randy Love |
1978 [196] |
Running back, St. Louis Cardinals |
|
Josh Lovelady |
2000 [197] |
Lineman, Detroit Lions |
|
Vincent Marshall |
2007 |
Wide receiver, Saskatchewan Roughriders/Calgary Stampeders/Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
|
Dedric Mathis |
1995 [198] |
Defensive back, Indianapolis Colts |
|
Ryan McCoy |
1993 |
Linebacker, Jacksonville Jaguars |
|
Don McDonald |
1959 [199] |
Running back, Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
|
Marcus McGraw |
2012 [149] |
Linebacker, Arizona Cardinals |
|
Audray McMillian |
1984 [199] |
Defensive back, Houston Oilers/Minnesota Vikings |
|
Warren McVea |
1967 [199] |
Running back, Cincinnati Bengals/Kansas City Chiefs, Super Bowl IV champion |
|
Loyce Means |
2011 |
Defensive back, Hamilton Tiger-Cats/Green Bay Packers |
|
Brandon Middleton |
2003 [199] |
Wide receiver, St. Louis Rams |
|
Ostell Miles |
1991 [199] |
Running back, Cincinnati Bengals |
|
Hamin Milligan |
2001 [199] |
Defensive specialist, Dallas Desperados (Arena Football League) |
|
Hanik Milligan |
2001 [199] |
Defensive back, San Diego Chargers, 2006 Pro Bowl player |
|
Billy Milner |
1994 [199] |
Lineman, Miami Dolphins/St. Louis Rams |
|
Leonard Mitchell |
1980 [199] |
Lineman, Philadelphia Eagles/Atlanta Falcons |
|
Mack Mitchell |
1974 [199] |
Lineman, Cleveland Browns/Cincinnati Bengals |
|
Alton Montgomery |
1989 [199] |
Defensive back, Denver Broncos/Atlanta Falcons |
|
Glenn Montgomery |
1988 [199] |
Lineman, Houston Oilers/Seattle Seahawks |
|
Monty Montgomery |
1996 [199] |
Defensive back, Indianapolis Colts/San Francisco 49ers/Philadelphia Eagles/New Orleans Saints |
|
Don Mullins |
1960 [199] |
Defensive back, Chicago Bears |
|
Robert Newhouse |
1971 [199] |
Running back, Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl XI champion |
|
Jim Norris |
1961 [199] |
Lineman, Oakland Raiders |
|
Riley Odoms |
1971 [199] |
Lineman, Denver Broncos, 1973 Pro Bowl, 1974 Pro Bowl, 1975 Pro Bowl, and 1978 Pro Bowl player |
|
Alfred Oglesby |
1990 [199] |
Lineman, Miami Dolphins/Green Bay Packers/New York Jets/Cincinnati Bengals |
|
John O'Korn* |
2014 |
Quarterback; transferred from UH to Michigan |
|
Fendi Onobun |
2010 |
Tight end, St. Louis Rams/Chicago Bears |
|
Chad O'Shea |
1995 |
Coaching staffs of Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots |
|
Patterson Owens |
1999 [200] |
Lineman, San Angelo Stampede (Intense Football League) |
|
Johnny Peacock |
1968 [199] |
Defensive back, Houston Oilers |
|
Jason Phillips |
1988 [199] |
Wide receiver, Detroit Lions/Atlanta Falcons |
|
Wade Phillips |
1968 |
Head coach of Dallas Cowboys; previous coaching positions with Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers |
|
Dickie Post |
1966 [199] |
Running back, San Diego Chargers/Denver Broncos/Houston Oilers |
|
Scott Regimbald |
2000 |
Fullback, Calgary Stampeders (CFL) |
|
Joffrey Reynolds |
2002 [199] |
Running back, St. Louis Rams |
|
Charles Rieves |
1960 [199] |
Linebacker, Oakland Raiders/Houston Oilers |
|
Hal Roberts |
1973 [199] |
Kicker, St. Louis Cardinals |
|
Willie Roberts |
1969 [199] |
Defensive back, Chicago Bears |
|
Craig Robinson |
1970 [199] |
Lineman, New Orleans Saints |
|
SirVincent Rogers |
2009 |
Offensive lineman Toronto Argonauts |
|
Wayne Rogers |
2000 [199] |
Linebacker, Detroit Lions |
|
Stanford Routt |
2004 [199] |
Cornerback, Oakland Raiders |
|
L. D. Rowden |
1970 |
Linebacker, Chicago Bears |
|
Nick Saenz |
2012 [201] |
Defensive back, Buffalo Bills |
|
Rocky Schwartz |
2008 [202] |
Safety, signed by New Orleans Saints |
|
Darrell Shepard* |
1979 |
Quarterback, transferred to University of Oklahoma |
|
Antoine Simpson |
1997 [199] |
Lineman, Kansas City Chiefs |
|
Mike Simpson |
1968 [199] |
Defensive back, San Francisco 49ers |
|
Charles Sims |
2012 |
Running back, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
|
Antowain Smith |
1996 [199] |
Running back, Buffalo Bills/New England Patriots/Tennessee Titans/New Orleans Saints/Houston Texans, Super Bowl XXXVI and Super Bowl XXXVIII champion; inventor of the "deke" move |
|
Lamar Smith |
1993 [199] |
Running back, Seattle Seahawks/Miami Dolphins/New Orleans Saints/Carolina Panthers |
|
Marcus Spriggs |
1996 [199] |
Lineman, Buffalo Bills/Miami Dolphins/Green Bay Packers |
|
Phillip Steward |
2013 [133] |
Linebacker, St. Louis Rams |
|
Rich Stotter |
1967 [199] |
Linebacker, Houston Oilers |
|
Jim Strong |
1969 [199] |
Running back, San Francisco 49ers/New Orleans Saints |
|
Pat Studstill |
1959 [199] |
Wide receiver, Detroit Lions/Los Angeles Rams/New England Patriots |
|
Hosea Taylor |
1980 [199] |
Lineman, Baltimore Colts |
|
Earl Thomas |
1970 [199] |
Wide receiver/tight end, Chicago Bears/St. Louis Cardinals/Houston Oilers |
|
Ed Thomas |
1989 [199] |
Tight end, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
|
Chris Thompson |
2012 [203] |
Lineman, Dallas Cowboys |
|
Randy Thornton |
1987 [199] |
Denver Broncos, Super Bowl XXXII and Super Bowl XXXIII champion |
|
Matangi Tonga |
2010 [204] |
Football player |
|
T. J. Turner |
1985 [199] |
Lineman, Miami Dolphins |
|
Craig Veasey |
1989 [199] |
Lineman, Pittsburgh Steelers/Houston Oilers/Miami Dolphins |
|
Sebastian Vollmer |
2009 |
Lineman, New England Patriots |
|
Greg Ward, Jr.* |
current student |
Quarterback; has also played as receiver and return specialist |
|
Andre Ware |
1989 [199] |
Quarterback, Oakland Raiders/Detroit Lions/CFL, Recipient of the 1989 Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award |
|
Chuck Weatherspoon |
1990 [199] |
Running back, Detroit Lions/Philadelphia Eagles/Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
|
Hogan Wharton |
1958 [199] |
Lineman, Houston Oilers |
|
Emile White |
2000 [199] |
Defensive back, Green Bay Packers |
|
Wilson Whitley |
1976 [199] |
Lineman, Cincinnati Bengals/Houston Oilers |
|
Daryl Wilkerson |
1979 [199] |
Lineman, Baltimore Colts |
|
Gerome Williams |
1995 [199] |
Defensive back, San Diego Chargers/Cleveland Browns |
|
Jermaine Williams |
1996 [199] |
Running back, Jacksonville Jaguars/Oakland Raiders |
|
Shomari Williams* |
2009 |
Lineman, Saskatchewan Roughriders |
|
Elmo Wright |
1970 [199] |
Wide receiver, Kansas City Chiefs/New England Patriots/Houston Oilers, inventor of the touchdown victory dance |
|
George Wright |
1969 [199] |
Lineman, Baltimore Colts |
|
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Rex Baxter |
1957 [205] |
1 PGA victory |
|
Larry Beck |
1960[206] |
PGA Tour professional |
|
Homero Blancas |
1962 [205] |
4 PGA victories, 1 Senior victory; 1965 PGA Rookie of the Year, US Ryder Cup team; record holder for lowest round in the history of competitive golf |
|
Billy Ray Brown |
1985 [205] |
3 PGA victories before injuries ended career |
|
Fred Couples |
1980 [205] |
15 PGA victories including 1 major (1992 Masters); first American to reach #1 world rank; World Golf Hall of Fame |
|
Dick Crawford |
1961 [205] |
PGA Tour professional |
|
Jacky Cupit |
1959 [207] |
4 PGA victories |
|
Steve Elkington |
1985 [205] |
10 PGA victories including 1 major (1995 PGA Championship) |
|
Brad Fabel* |
1975 [208] |
PGA Tour professional, 2 Nationwide Tour victories |
|
Nick Faldo* |
1976[206] |
9 PGA victories including 6 majors (1987 1990, and 1992 British Opens; 1989, 1990, and 1996 Masters); 30 European Tour victories; held world #1 ranking for 98 weeks; World Golf Hall of Fame |
|
Keith Fergus |
1976 [209] |
3 PGA victories, 2 Nationwide Tour victories, 1 Champions Tour victory |
|
Ed Fiori* |
1977 [210] |
4 PGA victories, 1 Champions Tour victory |
|
Marty Fleckman |
1966 [211] |
1 PGA victory |
|
Kirk Hanefeld |
1977 [212] |
PGA, Champions tours |
|
Anders Hansen |
1995 [213] |
PGA Tour professional, 3 European Tour victories, 2 Sunshine Tour victories |
|
Butch Harmon |
— |
Golf instructor; coached Tiger Woods and many other PGA champions |
|
Jeff Hawkes |
1975[206] |
PGA Tour professional, 1 European Tour victory, 1 Southern Africa Tour victory |
|
Babe Hiskey |
1962 [214] |
2 PGA victories |
|
David Ishii |
1977 [215] |
1 PGA victory, 14 Japan Golf Tour victories |
|
Tom Jenkins |
1971 [216] |
1 PGA victory, 7 Champions Tour victories |
|
Bruce Lietzke |
1973 [205] |
13 PGA victories, 7 Champions Tour victories including Senior Open |
|
John Mahaffey |
1969 [205] |
10 PGA Victories including 1 major (1978 PGA Championship) |
|
Dave Marr |
1952 [217] |
3 PGA victories including 1 major (1965 PGA Championship); PGA Golfer of the Year for 1965 |
|
Blaine McCallister |
1981 [218] |
5 PGA victories, 1 Champions Tour victory |
|
Jim McLean |
1972 [219] |
PGA Tour professional; golf instructor |
|
Phil Rodgers |
1958 [220] |
5 PGA victories |
|
Bill Rogers |
1973 [221] |
6 PGA victories including 1 major (1981 British Open); 1981 PGA Golfer of the Year |
|
Jack Rule, Jr.* |
1959[206] |
2 PGA Tour victories |
|
Jay Sigel* |
— [217] |
PGA Tour professional, 8 Champions Tour victories |
|
Jim Simons* |
1969 [217] |
3 PGA victories |
|
Mike Standly |
1986 [222] |
1 PGA victory |
|
Warren Sye |
1980[206] |
2 Canadian Amateur Championship victories |
|
Rocky Thompson |
1962[206] |
PGA Tour professional, 3 Champions Tour victories |
|
Bobby Wadkins* |
1970 [217] |
PGA Tour professional, 1 European Tour victory, 2 Japan Golf Tour victories, 4 Champions Tour victories |
|
Kermit Zarley |
1963 [221] |
2 PGA victories, 1 Senior PGA victory |
|
Fuzzy Zoeller* |
1973 [221] |
10 PGA victories including 2 majors (1979 Masters, 1984 U. S. Open), 2 Champions Tour victories including Senior PGA |
|
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Richard H. Anderson |
— |
CEO, Delta Air Lines |
|
Mary Kay Ash* |
1943 [245] |
Founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics |
|
Antonella Ballatori |
1992 |
President and CEO, Avia International Travel / HRG |
|
John F. Baugh |
1936 |
Founder, Sysco Corporation |
|
Rick Bowen |
1988 |
Former President, Peabody Energy |
|
Douglas H. Brooks |
1972 |
CEO, Brinker International |
|
Paul K. Broughton |
1995 |
Managing Director, The Broughton Investment Group, Inc. |
|
Rod Canion |
1966 |
Co-founder, Compaq |
|
Stephen I. Chazen |
— |
President and CFO, Occidental Petroleum |
|
Samuel DiPiazza |
1973 |
Chairman and Global CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
|
Tilman J. Fertitta |
— |
President and CEO, Landry's Restaurants |
|
Richard A. Gonzalez |
— |
President, Abbott Laboratories |
|
James C. Houck |
1972 |
President and CEO, Western Oil Sands |
|
Louis B. Katopodis |
1971 |
President and CEO, Fiesta Mart |
|
Karen Katz |
1982 |
President and CEO, Neiman Marcus |
|
Fran Keeth |
1988 |
President and CEO, Shell Chemical, LP |
|
Donita R. Koval |
1981 |
President and CEO, Omega Bank |
|
Kenneth Lay |
1970 [246] |
Former CEO, Enron |
|
Aylwin Lewis |
1990 |
President and CEO, Kmart, Sears |
|
James E. Lyon |
|
Houston developer and Republican political activist |
|
David McClanahan |
1976 |
President and CEO, CenterPoint Energy |
|
Mike McShaffry |
1990 [247] |
Video-game programmer, entrepreneur, author; founder, Tornado Alley |
|
Eric A. Miller |
2007 |
Operations Director, EQUIPXP, LC. |
|
Jack B. Moore |
1977 |
President and CEO, Cameron (company) |
|
John Moores |
1970 |
Founder, Peregrine Systems; co-founder, BMC Software; owner, San Diego Padres; major contributor to University of Houston and San Diego State University |
|
Matt Mullenweg* |
2004 [248] |
Founding developer of WordPress; founder of Automattic |
|
Dominic Ng |
1980 |
Chairman and CEO, East West Bancorp, Inc. |
|
Marvin Odum |
1995 |
President, Shell Oil Company; CEO, Intergen |
|
Mark Papa |
1980 |
Chairman and CEO, EOG Resources |
|
Bill Post |
1976 |
Founder and CEO, Roti Mediterranean Grill |
|
Dan Rapoport |
1991 |
President of Rapoport Capital, financier and philanthropist |
|
Richard Rawson |
1972 |
President, Insperity |
|
Howard Schramm |
1978 |
Executive Vice President and CFO, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital |
|
Edmund P. Segner III |
1980 |
President, EOG Resources |
|
Lane Sloan |
1979 |
Former CFO of Shell Oil Company; former President and CEO of Shell Chemical Company |
|
Allen Stanford |
|
Former President and CEO Stanford Financial and currently in Federal Prison |
|
Alan Strassner |
2006 and 2007 |
Founder and President, Strassner Capital |
|
John Stubblefield |
1970 |
Former CFO, Sysco Corporation |
|
Ramiz Tafilaj |
— |
Oil business executive; activist who has helped liberate Kosovo and Albania |
|
Henry Taub* |
— |
Founder, Automatic Data Processing |
|
Kenneth Thomas |
1972 |
CFO, United States Chess Federation |
|
Kenneth R. Trammell |
1984 |
Executive Vice President and CFO, Tenneco |
|
Robert Waltrip |
1954 |
Chairman and Former CEO, Service Corporation International |
|
David A. Williams |
1992 |
President and CEO, Make-A-Wish Foundation |
|
Bruce Williamson |
1995 |
Chairman, CEO, and President, Dynegy |
|
Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. |
1949 |
Chairman of GSL Welcome Group, chairman of University of Houston System Board of Regents |
|
Melvyn Wolff |
1953 |
Chairman Star Furniture, a Berkshire Hathaway Company [249] |
|
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Alma A. Allen |
1992 |
Texas State Representative [265] |
|
Joseph Hugh Allen |
— |
Texas State Representative from Baytown[266] |
|
Thad Altman |
1976 & 1977 |
Current Florida State Senator; former Florida State Representative; former Brevard County Commissioner [267] |
|
Carol Alvarado |
1992 & 2008 |
Texas State Representative [268] |
|
Ray Barnhart |
1993 (M.A. in speech and theatre) |
State representative from Pasadena from 1973-1975, Republican Party state chairman from 1977-1979, and director of the Federal Highway Administration from 1981-1987[269] |
|
Michael Berry |
1993 |
former Houston city councilman and currently a talk show host |
|
Elton Bomer |
|
Texas state representative from Anderson County and former Texas Secretary of State [270] |
|
Peter Hoyt Brown |
1958 |
Houston city councilman, 2009 Houston Mayoral Candidate [271] |
|
Bill Callegari |
1972 |
Texas State Representative, 2001-2015; engineer and businessman[272] |
|
Robert R. Casey |
1934 |
Former Texas State Representative; former U.S. Congressman [273] |
|
David Cobb* |
1993 |
2004 presidential candidate of the Green Party |
|
Henry Cuellar* |
— |
United States and Texas State Representative |
|
Russell B. Cummings |
— |
Texas State Representative, 1963-1967[274] |
|
John E. Davis |
— |
Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 129 in Houston since 1999[275] |
|
Tom DeLay |
1970 |
Former U.S. Congressman; former Deputy Minority Whip; former House Majority Whip; former House Majority Leader [276] |
|
Eni Faleomavaega |
1972 |
U.S. Congressman, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from American Samoa; former Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa; former Attorney General of American Samoa [277] |
|
Jessica Farrar |
1995 |
Texas State Representative [278][279] |
|
Raul A. Gonzales |
— |
Former Texas Supreme Court Justice [280] |
|
Gene Green |
1971 |
U.S. Congressman [281] |
|
Henry Grover |
1962 |
Texas Republican politician, gubernatorial nominee in 1972 |
|
David Heitmeier |
1987 |
Member of the Louisiana State Senate for New Orleans; optometrist |
[282] |
Ana E. Hernandez |
— |
Texas State Representative [283] |
|
Al Hoang |
1989[284] |
first Vietnamese American member of Houston City Council[285] |
|
Fred Hofheinz |
1964 |
Houston mayor, son of Roy Hofheinz [286] |
|
Roy Hofheinz |
1931 |
Houston mayor, Harris County judge, Texas State Representative; also entrepreneur who led efforts to create Houston Colt .45s, Astrodome, Astroturf [287] |
|
Chuck Hopson |
1965 |
Texas State Representative [288][289] |
|
Dean A. Hrbacek |
1986 |
Former mayor of Sugar Land, Texas |
|
Daylin Leach |
1986 |
Pennsylvania State Representative |
|
Melissa Noriega |
1977 |
Houston City Councilperson |
|
Rick Noriega |
1984 |
Former Texas State Representative |
|
Dora Olivo |
1981 |
Texas State Representative [290] |
|
Ted Poe |
1973 |
U.S. Congressman [291] |
|
Howard Wallace Pollock |
1955 |
Former U.S. Congressman [292] |
|
Barbara Ann Radnofsky |
1976 |
U.S. Senate nominee, Texas Attorney General candidate |
|
Richard T. Schulze* |
1949 |
Former U.S. Congressman [293] |
|
Lonnie Stabler |
|
Mayor of Bryan, Texas, 1995-2001[294] |
|
Steve Stockman |
1990 |
U.S. Representative from Texas, 1995-1997, 2013-; candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014 Republican primary |
|
Robert Talton |
1971 |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1993 to 2009; candidate for Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court in 2014 Republican primary election[295] |
|
Ed Thompson |
|
Texas State Representative from Brazoria County[296] |
|
Senfronia Thompson |
1996 |
Texas State Representative[297] |
|
Sylvester Turner |
1977 |
Texas State Representative [298] |
|
Leticia R. Van de Putte* |
|
Texas State Senator [299] |
|
Richard Viguerie |
1958 |
Conservative activist, writer [300] |
|
Hubert Vo |
1983 |
Texas State Representative; first and only Vietnamese American to be elected to the Texas Legislature [301][302] |
|
Armando Walle* |
— |
Texas State Representative |
|
Elizabeth Warren |
1970 |
United States Senator from Massachusetts; special advisor of U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; chair of Congressional Oversight Panel; Harvard law professor; bankruptcy expert; one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World [303] |
|
Royce West |
1979 |
Texas State Senator [304] |
|
James E. White |
M.S. 2010 and Ph.D. 2012 |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 19 in Tyler County; educator and rancher[305] |
|
John Whitmire |
1975 |
Texas State Senator, Dean of the Texas Senate [306] |
|
Kathryn J. Whitmire |
1977 |
Former City of Houston Mayor [307] |
|
Martha Wong |
1976 |
Former Texas State Representative [308] |
|
Beverly Woolley |
1993 |
Texas State Representative [309][310] |
|
Joseph P. Wyatt, Jr.* |
1970 |
U.S. Congressman |
|
Judith Zaffirini |
— |
Texas State Senator [311] |
|
Name |
Department |
Notability |
Reference |
Frank Anderson |
Athletics |
Assistant baseball coach 2013–present |
|
Major Applewhite |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2015–present |
|
Joe Arenas |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1963–1986 |
|
John R. Bender |
Athletics |
PE instructor 1927–1928, coined "Cougars" nickname |
|
Art Briles |
Athletics |
Head football coach 2003–2007 |
|
Alvin Brooks |
Athletics |
Head basketball coach 1993–1998, assistant basketball coach 2010–present |
|
Jamie Bryant |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2011–2012 |
|
Todd Buchanan |
Athletics |
Head women's basketball coach 2010–2013 |
|
Leroy Burrell |
Athletics |
Track coach 1998–present |
|
Leon Burtnett |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2008–2011 |
|
Travis Bush |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2012–2014 |
|
Neil Callaway |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1993–1997 |
|
Bill Carr |
Athletics |
Athletic Director 1993–1997 |
|
Red Conkright |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1957–1958 |
|
Harden Cooper |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1950–1954 |
|
Larry Coyer |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1990 |
|
Jack Cressend |
Athletics |
Assistant baseball coach 2010–2012 |
|
Joe Curl |
Athletics |
Head women's basketball coach 1998–2010; National Coach of the Year 2003–2004 [339] |
|
Cedric Dempsey |
Athletics |
Athletic Director 1979–1982 |
|
James Dickey |
Athletics |
Head basketball coach 2010–2014 |
|
Jim Dickey |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1964–1965 |
|
Dana Dimel |
Athletics |
Head football coach 2000–2002 |
|
Clyde Drexler |
Athletics |
Head basketball coach 1998–2000 |
|
Jim Eddy |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1986–1989 |
|
Chuck Fairbanks |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1962–1965 |
|
Keith Fergus |
Athletics |
Golf coach 1988–1994 |
|
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie |
Athletics |
Assistant track coach 2014–present |
|
Jane Figueiredo |
Athletics |
Head diving coach 1990–2014; four-time NCAA Diving Coach of the Year [340][341] |
|
Pat Foster |
Athletics |
Head basketball coach 1986–1993 |
|
Harry Fouke |
Athletics |
Athletic Director 1946–1979 |
|
David Gibbs |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2013–2014; interim head football coach 2014 |
|
Chet Gladchuk, Jr. |
Athletics |
Athletic Director 1997–2001 [342] |
|
Phill Hansell |
Athletics |
Swimming and diving coach, 1957–1996 [343] |
|
Kim Helton |
Athletics |
Head football coach 1993–1999 |
|
Tom Herman |
Athletics |
Head football coach 2015–present |
|
Lovette Hill |
Athletics |
Head baseball coach 1950–1974, assistant football coach 1949–1961 |
|
Dana Holgorsen |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2008–2009 |
|
Joel Hunt |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1955 |
|
Jim Jeffcoat |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2008–2010 |
|
John Jenkins |
Athletics |
Head football coach 1990–1992 |
|
Kliff Kingsbury |
Athletics |
Football staff 2008–2011 |
|
Les Koenning, Jr. |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1999 |
|
Hal Lahar |
Athletics |
Head football coach 1957–1961 |
|
Clyde Lee |
Athletics |
Head football coach 1948–1954 |
|
Tony Levine |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2008–2011; head football coach 2011–2014 |
|
Guy Lewis |
Athletics |
Head basketball coach 1956–1986: 592 wins; 27 consecutive seasons without a losing record; five Final Four appearances, including two NCAA finals; National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame 2007; Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 2013[344] |
|
John Lott |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1991–1996 |
|
Dave Maggard |
Athletics |
Athletic Director 2002–2009 |
|
Mickey Matthews |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1986 |
|
Ray McCallum |
Athletics |
Head basketball coach 2000–2004 |
|
Marcus McGraw |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2014–present |
|
Bill Meek |
Athletics |
Head football coach 1955–1956 |
|
Brandon Middleton |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2012–2013 |
|
Philip Montgomery |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2003–2005 |
|
Ruth Nelson |
Athletics |
Head women's volleyball coach 1974–1980 |
|
Mike Nesbitt |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2012 |
|
Rayner Noble |
Athletics |
Head baseball coach 1994–2010 |
|
Chad O'Shea |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1996–1999 |
|
Yulia Pakhalina |
Athletics |
Diving coach 2014–2015 |
|
Jack Pardee |
Athletics |
Head football coach 1987–1989 |
|
Alden Pasche |
Athletics |
Head basketball coach 1946–1956 |
|
Tom Penders |
Athletics |
Head basketball coach 2004–2010 |
|
Bum Phillips |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1965–1966 |
|
Jason Phillips |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2010–2011 |
|
Wade Phillips |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1969 |
|
Hollis Price |
Athletics |
Assistant basketball coach 2014–present |
|
Mack Rhoades |
Athletics |
Athletic Director 2009–2015 |
|
Melvin Robertson |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1965–1971, 1991–1993 |
|
Doc Sadler |
Athletics |
Assistant basketball coach 1986 |
|
Kelvin Sampson |
Athletics |
Head basketball coach 2014–present |
|
John Skladany |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2008–2009 |
|
Brian Stewart |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2010–2011 |
|
Kevin Sumlin |
Athletics |
Head football coach 2008–2011 |
|
Tom Tellez |
Athletics |
Head track coach 1976–1998, volunteer assistant track coach 1998–present; legendary coach of numerous world champions and Olympic gold medalists, head coach of U.S. national team for World Championships and Pan American Games, namesake of UH's Tom Tellez Track at Carl Lewis International Complex [345] |
|
Pat Thomas |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1985–1989 |
|
Ned Thompson |
Athletics |
Head baseball coach 1947, assistant football coach 1946–1948, associate athletic director 1946–1976 |
|
Chris Thurmond |
Athletics |
Interim head football coach 2007 |
|
Don Todd |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1972–1985 |
|
Jewell Wallace |
Athletics |
Head football coach 1946–1947 |
|
Alan Weddell |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 2005–2007 |
|
Todd Whitting |
Athletics |
Head baseball coach 2010–present |
|
Dave Williams |
Athletics |
Golf coach 1952–1988; legendary coach under whom UH won 16 NCAA team championships; referred to in a New York Times article as "the father of college golf" [346] |
|
Gregg Williams |
Athletics |
Assistant football coach 1988–1989 |
|
Ryan Wochomurka |
Athletics |
Head swimming and diving coach 2015–present |
|
Bill Yeoman |
Athletics |
Head football coach 1962–1986 |
|
Steve Yoder |
Athletics |
Assistant basketball coach 2014–present |
|
Name |
Department |
Notability |
Reference |
Edward Albee |
Theatre |
Playwright; Kennedy Center Honoree, three Pulitzer Prizes, Tony Award, etc. |
|
Steven Ansell |
Music |
Violist; principal, Boston Symphony Orchestra |
|
James Austin |
Music |
Trumpet player; principal, Houston Symphony |
|
Emanuel Borok |
Music |
Violinist; concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra |
|
Igor Buketoff |
Music |
Conductor |
|
Tony Campise |
Music |
Jazz saxophonist; director of UH Jazz Ensemble [352] |
|
Michael Ray Charles |
Art |
Painter |
|
George Chandler Chase |
Music |
Trumpet teacher |
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Lois Chiles |
Theatre |
Actress |
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Katherine Ciesinski |
Music |
Opera singer |
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Wayne Crouse |
Music |
Violist; principal, Houston Symphony |
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Carlisle Floyd |
Music |
Opera composer; American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Medal of Arts (U.S.) |
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Horacio Gutiérrez |
Music |
Concert pianist |
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Sidney Harth |
Music |
Violinist, conductor; concertmaster, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Los Angeles Philharmonic |
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Frank Huang |
Music |
Violinist; concertmaster, New York Philharmonic [353] |
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Luis Jiménez |
Art |
Sculptor |
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Benjamin Kamins |
Music |
Bassoonist; principal, Houston Symphony |
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Milton Katims |
Music |
Violist and conductor; principal violist, NBC Symphony Orchestra; Music Director, Seattle Symphony Orchestra |
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George Krause |
Photography |
Established UH photography department |
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Fredell Lack |
Music |
Violinist |
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Mark Medoff |
Theatre |
Playwright, screenwriter, actor; Tony Award, Oscar nomination [354] |
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Abinadi Meza |
Art |
Sound artist, conceptual artist, filmmaker; was awarded a Rome Prize |
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Brett Mitchell |
Music |
Conductor |
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Bill Moffit |
Music |
Director of marching bands at UH and other universities; composer, arranger ("Soundpower Series"), and marching innovator |
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Elena Nikolaidi |
Music |
Opera singer |
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Stuart Ostrow |
Theatre |
Playwright, theatrical director, and Tony Award-winning producer |
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Howard Pollack |
Music |
Musicologist |
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Theresa Rebeck |
Theatre |
Playwright |
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Hal Robinson |
Music |
Classical string bassist; principal, Philadelphia Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra (U.S.) |
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A. Clyde Roller |
Music |
Conductor |
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Jade Simmons |
Arts leadership |
Pianist, arts advocate, former beauty queen[355] |
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Abbey Simon |
Music |
Pianist |
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Patsy Swayze |
Theatre |
Film choreographer; taught dance at the University of Houston for 18 years[356] |
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Laszlo Varga |
Music |
Cellist; principal, New York Philharmonic |
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Lanford Wilson |
Theatre |
Playwright; won Pulitzer Prize for Talley's Folly [357] |
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Name |
Department |
Notability |
Reference |
Neal Amundson |
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
Research on air quality issues; United States National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guggenheim Fellow, NAE Founders' Award [358] |
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David P. Anderson |
Computer science |
Space research scientist |
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Steve Baldelli |
Chemistry |
Surface chemist |
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Peter C. Bishop |
Future studies |
Futurist |
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Eric R. Bittner |
Chemistry |
Guggenheim Fellow |
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Patrick Callaerts |
Biology |
Molecular biologist |
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Shiing-Shen Chern |
Mathematics |
Research in differential geometry [359] |
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Wynne Chin |
Decision and Information Sciences |
Information technologist |
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Chu Ching-wu (Paul Chu) |
Physics |
Leader in superconductivity research, U.S. National Medal of Science |
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Joseph Colaco |
Architecture |
Structural engineer, architect; member, National Academy of Engineers [360] |
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David Criswell |
Space systems |
Director of the Institute for Space Systems Operations at UH |
|
Bonnie Dunbar |
Engineering |
Director, UH STEM Center; former NASA astronaut, President of the Museum of Flight, member of National Academy of Engineering [322][323] |
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Siemion Fajtlowicz |
Mathematics |
Developed Graffiti computer program [359] |
|
George E. Fox |
Biology |
Researcher in cell biology |
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Roland Glowinski |
Mathematics |
Research in partial differential equations, variational inequalities |
|
Jan-Åke Gustafsson |
Biosciences & Nutrition |
Leading researcher in hormone function; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, United States National Academy of Sciences [361] |
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Fazle Hussain |
Mechanical engineering |
Engineer [362] |
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Lennart Johnsson |
Computer science |
Hugh and Lillie Roy Cranz Cullen Distinguished Chair of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, UH; research in grid computing |
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Ioannis Kakadiaris |
Computer science |
Developed an identity verification system |
|
Włodzimierz Kuperberg |
Mathematics |
Research in geometry and topology [359] |
|
John Lienhard |
Mechanical engineering |
Writer and host of PBS program The Engines of Our Ingenuity; National Academy of Engineering; UH professor emeritus [363] |
|
R. Bowen Loftin |
Computer science |
Former chair of UH Department of Computer Science; now President of Texas A&M University [364] |
|
Archer John Porter Martin |
Chemistry |
Winner of 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for invention of partition chromatography |
|
Joseph L. McCauley |
Physics |
Research in econophysics, nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics |
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B. Montgomery Pettitt |
Chemistry |
Cullen Professor |
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Doreen Rosenstrauch |
Engineering |
Scientist, physician, humanist |
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Barbara A. Schaal |
Biology |
Evolutionary biologist |
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Ronald M. Sega |
Physics |
NASA astronaut [365] |
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Adam Thrasher |
Health and Human Performance |
Author of Space Moose[366][367] |
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Arthur C. Vailas |
Biology, mechanical engineering |
Biochemist, scholar; later president of Idaho State University |
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Mary Wheeler |
Mathematics |
Research in partial differential equations [359] |
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