Men's Basketball

Houston Baptist University

7502 Fondren Rd - Houston, TX - 77074
Team Office: Tel: (281) 649-3205 Fax: (281) 649-3496
Team website: www.hbuhuskies.com/

Founded in 1960, Houston Baptist offers over 30 Bachelor dgree progams and a dozen Master's. Nearly two-thirds of those enrolled are women. Majors offered include Art History, Communications Studies, Journalism, Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management, and Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Houston Baptist #48 among universities in the west offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Houston (pop.2M)

School website
www.hbu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Baptist

Enrollment:

2,600

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. SAT 25/75: 950-1200

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$22,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Psychology

Misc. Information

Head coach Ron Cottrell completed his 17th year in 2007-08 at Houston Baptist. When Cottrell took over the program in 1991-92, it was dormant, taking a two year break from NCAA Division I competition prior to NAIA entry. He didn't have too much success at first during the rebuilding phase, posting a 38-58 record his first three seasons. However, over the last eight years Cottrell had led the Huskies to a 199-59 record, competed in eight NAIA national tournaments, and has been consistently ranked in the top 25. For his efforts over that period, Cottrell received conference coaching honors five times. Cottrell graduated from Houston's Westbury High School. He then attended the University of Arkansas where he was a volunteer coach for Nolan Richardson. In 2007-08, Cottrell led the Huskies to a 13-15 record, in its first season as a NCAA D1 provisional team.

Team Name	Huskies
Colors	Royal Blue and Orange
Division	NAIA I
All-Time Record	664-554 (.545)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	13-15	21-5	27-6	138-33 (.807)
Conference	n/a	15-3	18-2	58-6 (.906)
Conf. Finish	n/a	1	1	1, 1, ?, ?, ?
Post Appear.	n/a	1st Rnd	Swt 16	NAIA 3x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#10	#8	3x

Coaches

Head Coach	Ron Cottrell
	Birthday: 1960-01-01
Started at Houston Baptist	1991-92
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	370-181 (.671)
Record at Houston Baptist	370-181 (.671)
Coaching Awards	RRAC COTY 5x

Asst. Coaches	Steve Key, Vic Gilmore, Keith Berard

Recruiting Coordinator

Steve Key, (281) 649-3271, hbuhuskies@earthlink.edu

Conference and Schedule

Houston Baptist plays in the Red River Athletic Conference (www.redriverconference.com) which is comprised of 13 teams from Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. In terms of enrollment, HBU is the largest school in the conference. Conference play can begin in December and, more often than not, played on Monday or Thursday and Saturday evenings. HBU plays each team twice, home and away. The farthest conference away game is at Texas-Permian (Odessa, TX), an 11 hour bus ride from campus. The season concludes with the RRAC tourney which includes the top eight teams. Tournament champion receives the leagues second automatic NAIA berth. (The first berth goes to the regular season champ.)

Conference Opponents

Huston-Tillotson, Paul Quinn, Texas College, Jarvis Christian, Wiley College, Bacone College, Langston, Northwood, Southwestern Assemblies, U.Texas-Brownsville, Southwest, Texas-Wesleyan.

Facilities

Sharp Gym
Capacity 1,500, Average attendance: 850-1,000

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Houston Baptist was ranked #16 in offense, averaging 82.7 ppg.