Location: Houston, Texas
Enrollment: 29,461
Colors: Scarlet and White
Nickname: Cougars
Home Field: Cougar Field (5,000)
Head Coach: Rayner Noble (Houston, '88)
Noble's Career Record: 26-29 (1 year)
Noble's Record at UH: 26-29 (1 year)
Assistant Coaches: Tim Peters (Arkansas, '91), Trip Couch
(Southwestern Louisiana, '91), Todd Whitting (Houston, '95)
1995 Record: 26-29
SWC Record and Finish: 6-18/7th
Lettermen Returning: 9
Lettermen Lost: 22
Starters Returning: 3
Starters Lost: 6
Pitchers Returning: 3
Pitchers Lost: 9
Players to Watch: Danny Crawford (13-0 Seminole JC) Brandon
Milam (C, .303), John Box (4-3, 4.26 ERA, 36 K), Dustin Carr (13-15
SB)
Series Record: Texas leads 74-22-2 (Since 1958)
Current Texas Streak: Won 5
1995 Results: UT 5-6-5-13, UH 4-5-2-6
Notes: After going with a youth movement in 1995 and signing a number of high school and junior college standouts for 1996, the Cougars prepare to host the second SWC First Pitch Tournament and to reverse some close losses from 1995. Coach Rayner Noble has an experienced righthander in Chad Poeck (4-4 in 1995, formerly of Texas Tech and Blinn JC) and looks to lefty John Box (4-3) to continue to provide steady mound work. Houston made solid strides in the strikeouts-to-walks (348-216) department last season and hopes to receive some offensive firepower from the likes of catcher Brandon Milam (.303) and returning outfielder Dustin Carr. Losing all-purpose utilityman/pitcher Jason Farrow hurts, but young talent may abound.
Info taken from the Texas Longhorn 1996 Official Game Program
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