Staff Directory
- Title:
- Associate Athletics Director for Sports Medicine (MBkB, MGolf) / Athletics Health Care Administrator
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| ABOUT JOHN HOUSTON | |
| Hometown | Fritch, Texas |
| College | Texas Tech '91; Kentucky, '94 |
| Family | Wife, Amie Son, Trey |
| PROFESSIONAL CAREER | |
| Year | Team, Position |
| 2021 – | Houston, Associate AD for Sports Medicine |
| 2019-21 | Houston, Assistant AD for Sports Medicine |
| 1997-19 | Houston, Associate Athletics Trainer |
| 1994-97 | Marshall, Assistant Athletics Trainer |
| 1994 | Georgetown College |
| 1992-94 | Kentucky, Graduate Assistant Athletics Trainer |
| CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
| 2024-25 | • Big 12 Champions • Big 12 Tournament Champions |
| 2023-24 | Big 12 Champions |
| 2022-23 | American Athletic Tournament Champions |
| 2021-22 | • American Athletic Champions • American Athletic Tournament Champions |
| 2020-21 | • NCAA Final Four • American Athletic Tournament Champions |
| 2019-20 | American Athletic Champions |
| 2018-19 | American Athletic Champions |
| 2009-10 | Conference USA Tournament Champions |
| NBA DRAFT SELECTIONS | |
| Year | Experience |
| 2024 | Jamal Shead (Toronto Raptors) | Second Round | #45 pick |
| 2023 | Jarace Walker (Indiana Pacers) | First Round | #8 pick Marcus Sasser (Detroit Pistons) | First Round | #25 pick |
| 2021 | Quentin Grimes (New York Knicks) | First Round | #25 pick |
| 2017 | Damyean Dotson (New York Knicks) | Second Round | #44 pick |
| 2001 | Alton Ford (Phoenix Suns) | Second Round | #50 pick |
| 1998 | Jason Williams (Sacramento Kings) | First Round | #7 pick |
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John Houston joined the University of Houston Athletics Department in 1997 as an athletics trainer at the University of Houston, serving as the primary contact trainer for Men’s Basketball.
He was elevated to assistant athletics director for sports medicine in August 2019 and became an associate athletics director in June 2021.
Houston handles the Men’s Basketball team’s day-to-day needs within the sports medicine program, including the evaluation of injuries, oversight of treatment and rehabilitation programs, coordination of physician care and scheduling of preseason physical exams.
During his time with the Cougars, Houston has worked for six of the nine head coaches in program history and been a part of 556 victories, 10 conference championships and 16 postseason appearances, including eight NCAA Tournament appearances.
He returned to the state of Texas after serving three years as the assistant athletics trainer at Marshall. While there, Houston was the primary athletics trainer for the men’s basketball team and assisted with other teams.
A native of Fritch, Texas, he graduated from Sandford-Fritch High School in 1986 and earned his undergraduate degree at Texas Tech in 1991. Houston received his master’s degree in sports administration in 1994 from the University of Kentucky, where he served as a graduate assistant athletics trainer.
He went to Marshall after serving as the head athletics trainer at Georgetown College.
A certified athletics trainer, Houston is a member of the National Athletics Trainer Association, the Southwest Athletics Trainer Association and the College Athletics Trainers Association. He also is a licensed trainer in the state of Texas and a Certified Exercise Specialist with the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
He is married to the former Amie Winn, a four-year letterwinner in gymnastics at Kentucky and the 1990 Southeast Regional All-Around Individual champion. They have a son, Trey, who is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate.
