Athletic Accomplishments

CHAMPS - The Cougar Football team was invited to join the Big East Athletic Conference, 2011.

100 - Number of student-athletes selected to Conference-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

80+ - The number of UH athletes and coaches who have participated in the Olympics, earning 35 medals.

CHAMPS - The Conference USA All-Decade Team includes Coach Leroy Burrell and five Cougar team members.

Top 30 - The Swimming and Diving team has ranked in the top 30 at the NCAA Championships for eight years in a row.

19 - Number of bowl games the Cougar football team has participated in.

660 - Number of All-America award winners.

OLYMPIANS – More than 50 Cougars (and counting) have participated in the Olympics as competitors and coaches.

Athlete	Sports	Year(s)	Country	Event/Position
Ken Spain	Men's Basketball	1968	USA
Dwight Jones	Men's Basketball	1972	USA
Rolando Ferreira	Men's Basketball	1988-1992	Brazil
Clyde Drexler	Men's Basketball	1992	USA
David Diaz	Men's Basketball	1992	Columbia
Carl Herrera	Men's Basketball	1992	Venezuela
Hakeem Olajuwon	Men's Basketball	1996	USA
Phill Hansel	Men's Swimming/Diving	1984-92	USA Singapore	Coach
Peter Dawson	Men's Swimming/Diving	1976	Australia	Individual Medley, Freestyle
Dave Parrington	Men's Swimming/Diving	1980,1996	Zimbabwe	Diving, Coach
Phil Hubble	Men's Swimming/Diving	1980	Great Britain	Butterfly
Phil Osborne	Men's Swimming/Diving	1980	Great Britain	Freestyle
David Lim	Men's Swimming/Diving	1984	Singapore	Freestyle
David Lowe	Men's Swimming/Diving	1980	Great Britain	Butterfly
Kevin Lee	Men's Swimming/Diving	1980	Great Britain	Freestyle
Simon Gray	Men's Swimming/Diving	1980	Great Britain	Freestyle
Steve Poulter	Men's Swimming/Diving	1980	Great Britain	Butterfly
Siong Ang	Men's Swimming/Diving	1984-88	Singapore	Carried flag in opening ceremonies
Doug Campbell	Men's Swimming/Diving	1992	Great Britain	Coach
Azul Almazan	Women's Swimming/Diving	2000	Mexico	Diving
Jennifer Boulianne	Women's Swimming/Diving	1980	Canada	Backstroke
Tania Cagnotto	Women's Swimming/Diving	2000, 2004	Italy	Diving
Carin Cone	Women's Swimming/Diving	1956	USA	100-meter Backstroke
Nicole Fibbens	Women's Swimming/Diving	1984	Great Britain	Butterfly
Jane Figueiredo	Women's Swimming/Diving	1984	Portugal	Diving
Jane Figueiredo	Women's Swimming/Diving	1996-2004	Great Britain Russia	Coach
Charlotta Flink	Women's Swimming/Diving	1984	Hong Kong	Backstroke
Debbie Hill	Women's Swimming/Diving	1980	Zimbabwe	Diving
Anne Jardin	Women's Swimming/Diving	1976	Canada	Freestyle
Patty Kohlmann	Women's Swimming/Diving	1984-88	Mexico	Freestyle
Sigrid Niehaus	Women's Swimming/Diving	1988	Costa Rica	Freestyle
Yulia Pakhalina	Women's Swimming/Diving	2000-04	Russia	Diving
Paola Pannarrieta	Women's Swimming/Diving	1992	Bolivia	Freestyle
Theresa Rivera	Women's Swimming/Diving	1984	Mexico	Backstroke
Beverly Rose	Women's Swimming/Diving	1984	Great Britain	Backstroke
Antonette Wilken	Women's Swimming/Diving	1980-84	Zimbabwe	Diving
Michelle Smith	Women's Swimming/Diving	1988-96	Ireland	Individual Medley, Freestyle, Butterfly
Tom Tellez	Track & Field	1984-92	USA	Assistant Coach
Kirk Baptiste	Track & Field	1984	USA	200-Meters
Dawn Burell	Track & Field	2000	USA	Long Jump
Leroy Burrell	Track & Field	1992-96	USA	400-Meter Relay
Greg Caldwell	Track & Field	1980	USA	Triple Jump
Ollan Cassell	Track & Field	1964	USA	1,600-Meter Relay
Michele Collins	Track & Field	2000	USA	200-Meters
Dennis Darling	Track & Field	1996	Bahamas	1,600-Meter Relay
Joe DeLoach	Track & Field	1988	USA	200-Meters
Sandra Glover	Track & Field	2000	USA	400-Meter Hurdles
Leonard Hilton	Track & Field	1972	USA	5,000-Meters
Greg Illoroson	Track & Field	1980	Cameroon	100-Meters
Al Lawrence	Track & Field	1956	Australia	10,000-Meters
Carl Lewis	Track & Field	1980-96	USA	100, 200, Long Jump, Relays
Carol Lewis	Track & Field	1980-88	USA	Long Jump
Jack Parrington	Track & Field	1956	Canada	100, 200, 4 x 100-Meter Relay
Frank Rutherford	Track & Field	1988-96	Bahamas	Triple Jump
Lydon Sands	Track & Field	1984	Bahamas	Long Jump
Brian Stanton	Track & Field	1988	USA	High Jump
Jackie Washington	Track & Field	1984	USA	400-Meter Relay
Rose Magers	Volleyball	1984	USA
Rita Crockett	Volleyball	1984	USA
Flo Hyman	Volleyball	1984	USA