Houston looks to start the Willie Fritz era with a win.

The University of Houston announced the university is parting ways with athletic director Chris Pezman.

Willie Fritz has been hired as Houston’s coach, replacing Dana Holgorsen, who was fired a week ago after five seasons with the Cougars.

Holgorsen went 31-28 in his five years leading the Cougars program

The Houston Cougars fired football coach Dana Holgorsen a day after finishing his third losing season in five years.

Houston coach Dana Holgorsen has a quarterback battle on his hands as the Cougars enter their first season in the Big 12 Conference.

Football season is around the corner and media day is here for University of Houston Coogs to participate in their first one as members of the Big 12.

Cougars land West Virginia's leading rusher Tony Mathis to fill running back hole

Texans worked out University of Houston cornerback Art Green.

Defensive back ran 4.34 at Coogs' Pro Day.

Houston quarterback Clayton Tune leaped over a defender to score on a 13-yard run as the 24th-ranked Cougars escaped with 37-35 victory over UTSA in three overtimes at the Alamodome.

Cougars in Preseason College Football Coaches poll for first time since 2016

Jerome Ford rushed for 187 yards and two touchdowns and Desmond Ridder threw three touchdown passes as No. 3 Cincinnati broke open a close game in the third quarter and rolled past No. 16 Houston 35-20 in the American Athletic Conference championship game.

Jerome Ford rushed for 187 yards and two touchdowns and Desmond Ridder threw three touchdown passes as No. 3 Cincinnati broke open a close game in the third quarter and rolled past No. 16 Houston 35-20 in the American Athletic Conference championship game.

KPRC 2 Sports Director Randy McIlvoy goes 1-on-1 with UH football head coach Dana Holgorsen one day before Houston's conference championship game matchup against No. 4 Cincinnati.

Clayton Tune threw for 301 yards and four touchdowns as No. 19 Houston tuned up for next week’s American Athletic Conference championship game with a 45-17 win over UConn.

Clayton Tune threw for 264 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score as No. 17 Houston extended its winning streak to 10 games with a 31-13 victory over Memphis.

Red hot Cougars travel to Temple looking for 9th win of 2021

Michigan State has moved up to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll and Wake Forest is a top-10 team for the first time in school history.

Marcus Jones returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown with 17 seconds remaining to give Houston a 44-37 victory over No. 19 SMU on Saturday night, extending the Cougars’ winning streak to seven games.

HOUSTON - When the Red Raiders and Cougars rumble into NRG Stadium on Saturday night for a primetime season kickoff in the Good Sam Texas Kickoff there will be plenty of H-Town talent on display.

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2019, file photo, Houston coach Dana Holgorsen watches during the second half of the team's NCAA college football game against SMU in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)Houston Football head coach Dana Holgorsen announced on Wednesday the addition of Jay Valai to the Cougars’ staff as the program’s cornerbacks coach. “Jay is a Texas native that has coached at the college level as well as in the NFL,” Holgorsen said. “I’m proud and honored to be a part of the staff at the University of Houston,” Valai said. “I’m excited to get to work with Coach Holgorsen and the rest of our coaches.

Doaks rushed for a career-high 184 yards, Desmond Ridder ran for three scores and threw for another, and No. The Bearcats' read option with Doaks and Ridder kept the Cougars defense off balance all afternoon. “We’re just opening holes for each other.”Ridder capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive with a 10-yard TD run to make it 14-0 in the second quarter. An acrobatic 34-yard catch by Bryson Smith led to Kyle Porter's 3-yard TD run that cut the Cougars' deficit to 14-7. Ridder added a 12-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter.

Head coach Dana Holgorsen and the Coogs will take on the Cincinnati Bearcats on their home turf, Nippert Stadium. The Bearcats lead the American Athletic Conference, currently at 3-0 in conference and 5-0 on the season. “Upfront they’re senior, senior, senior, junior," Holgorsen continued, as he listed the number of upperclassmen on UC’s roster. They’re athletic, they play with great effort and they play well together as a team," said Holgorsen. The Coogs and Bearcats play this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN.

The Houston Cougars are again without an opponent and still waiting to play their season opener as COVID-19 issues wiped out three more major college football games Wednesday. Tulsa's scheduled game at Arkansas State this week was also postponed. On Thursday, presidents' meetings will be held in both the Pac-12 and Mountain West, with both conferences eyeing late October starts to the football season after initially postponing all fall sports. The Cougars' next scheduled game is Oct. 8 at home against Tulane. The Mean Green’s next scheduled game is their Conference USA opener at home Oct. 3 against Southern Miss.

HOUSTON – University of Houston head football coach Dana Holgorsen made it clear that Clayton Tune will be his starting quarterback entering the 2020 season. “Good news is he’s a clear number one and there’s no quarterback controversy what so ever,” Holgorsen said prior to the team’s fourth day of spring practice. Tune passed for 1,533 yards and 11 touchdowns, including a season-high 407 yards vs SMU on October 24. @UHCougarFB head coach @Holgorsendana said @ClaytonTune7 is the Coogs “clear number one quarterback.” Team practicing with intense crowd noise this morning. The Coogs won just four games under new head coach Dana Holgorsen.

Houston travels to Norman, Oklahoma to play the fourth-ranked Sooners in the season opener. Every season Holgorsen leads a nationally-ranked high power offense. Replacing consecutive Heisman winners at quarterbackLast year's 2018 Heisman winner Kyler Murray passed for 4,361 yards, 42 touchdowns, and 1,137 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns. The Houston defense allowed 275.5 passing yards per game, while giving up an average of 57.8 points in their losses last season. Also, their top three rushers returning: Patrick Carr (893 yards, 5 TD), D'Eriq King (784 yards, 14 TD), and Mulbah Car (334 yards 2 TD).

During the 2018 season, King was responsible for 50 touchdowns and over 3,600 yards. New head coach Dana Holgorsen has talked often this summer about making it a priority for King to protect his body and stay healthy this season. King, who is extremely athletic and used to creating plays with his feet, is working on making this change. “I’ve been working on sliding the summer," King said. Entering his senior season, his teammates say he’s taken that leadership to a new level.