University of Houston Athletics
Mack Rhoades Online Chat
5/4/2011 12:00:00 AM | Cougar Pride
May 4, 2011
University of Houston Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades discussed the state of the UH program today with an online chat.
MACK RHOADES
In a short time, Rhoades has electrified the Athletics Department and the city of Houston with his bold plans and vision of Cougar Athletics for the future.
In the past two years, the football program was ranked as high as No. 12 - the men's track and field teams have won three consecutive Conference USA titles, the women's basketball team went undefeated in Conference USA play and took home the championship and the men's basketball team won the 2010 Conference USA Tournament crown.
Those accolades also extend into the classroom. Nearly 120 student-athletes earned a place on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll with a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.0 or higher.
The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics unveiled plans for a new football stadium on the current Robertson Stadium site and an extensive renovation of Hofheinz Pavilion. At $120 million, those plans are the most ambitious in the Department's history and are in the silent fund raising phase.
Rhoades has been a leader in the development of the Cougar Pride Leadership Academy. As one of just a handful across the nation, the program brings student-athletes together as freshmen through to graduation with activities that promote the complete person.
The athletic department saw the largest increase in football season ticket numbers in the nation last season with an 82 percent bump from just 6,300 to 11,400 in just one year.
