List of Houston Cougars baseball seasons

Schroeder Park, home of Houston Cougars baseball

This is a list of Houston Cougars baseball seasons. The Houston Cougars baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Houston in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Houston has played their home games at Schroeder Park (previously known as Cougar Field) in Houston since 1995.

The Cougars have won 11 conference regular season championships, 8 conference tournaments, and have played in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 22 times, advancing to the College World Series on 2 occasions.

Season results

National Champions

College World Series berth

NCAA tournament berth

Conference Tournament champions

Conference Regular Season champions

Season	Head coach	Conference	Season results									Tournament results		Final poll [1] [A 1]
			Overall				Conference/Division					Conference	Postseason [A 2]	BA	CB/D1B	Coaches
			Wins	Losses	Ties	%	Wins	Losses	Ties	%	Finish
Houston Cougars
1947	Ned Thompson	Independent	1	5	0	.167	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	—	—
1948	Dalton Albert	Lone Star Conference	4	7	1	.375	2	6	0	.250	?	—	–	—	—	—
1949	Bill Lutz	Independent	7	9	0	.438	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	—	—
1950	Lovette Hill	Gulf Coast Conference	10	6	0	.625	4	0	0	1.00	1st	—	–	—	—	—
1951		Missouri Valley Conference	16	9	0	.666	7	1	0	.875	1st (West)	1st	District 5 Playoffs	—	—	—
1952			11	6	0	.647	6	1	0	.857	1st (South)	2nd	–	—	—	—
1953			15	11	0	.577	6	2	0	.750	1st	1st	College World Series	—	—	—
1954			12	10	0	.545	4	5	0	.444	3rd	—	–	—	—	—
1955			6	13	0	.316	3	5	0	.375	5th	—	–	—	—	—
1956			14	10	0	.583	5	4	0	.555	4th	—	–	—	—	—
1957			6	11	1	.361	4	3	0	.571	3rd	—	–	—	—	—
1958			11	13	0	.458	6	3	0	.666	1st (West)	2nd	District 6 Playoffs	—	—	—
1959			7	14	0	.333	5	4	0	.556	1st (West)	2nd	–	—	–	—
1960			12	11	0	.522	6	1	0	.857	1st (West)	1st	District 6 Playoffs	—	–	—
1961		Independent	4	11	0	.267	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	–	—
1962			16	6	0	.727	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	–	—
1963			4	15	0	.211	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	–	—
1964			16	13	0	.552	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	–	—
1965			12	14	0	.462	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	–	—
1966			18	11	1	.617	—	—	—	—	—	—	District 6 Playoffs	—	–	—
1967			21	11	0	.656	—	—	—	—	—	—	College World Series Runner-up	—	2	—
1968			14	15	1	.483	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	–	—
1969			15	23	0	.395	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	–	—
1970			19	17	0	.528	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	–	—
1971			24	15	0	.615	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	–	—
1972			25	23	1	.520	—	—	—	—	—	—	–	—	–	—
1973		Southwest Conference	15	16	1	.484	9	11	0	.450	5th	—	–	—	–	—
1974			20	21	0	.488	10	13	0	.435	6th	—	–	—	–	—
1975	Rolan Walton		18	25	0	.419	8	16	0	.333	8th	—	–	—	–	—
1976			31	15	0	.674	16	8	0	.667	3rd	—	–	—	–	—
1977			27	17	1	.611	11	12	1	.479	6th	DNQ	–	—	–	—
1978			30	21	0	.588	14	10	0	.583	4th	2nd	–	—	13	—
1979			27	17	0	.614	11	13	0	.458	5th	DNQ	–	—	–	—
1980			17	28	1	.380	6	17	1	.271	9th	DNQ	–	—	–	—
1981			32	20	1	.613	11	9	1	.548	3rd	3rd	–	–	–	—
1982			42	14	2	.741	13	6	0	.684	2nd	2nd	West II Regional	19	21	—
1983			43	15	0	.741	13	8	0	.619	3rd	3rd	–	–	–	—
1984			32	23	0	.582	6	15	0	.286	7th	DNQ	–	–	–	—
1985			44	17	0	.721	12	9	0	.571	4th	3rd	Central Regional	22	22	—
1986			35	23	0	.603	8	13	0	.381	5th	DNQ	–	–	–	—
1987	Bragg Stockton		40	24	1	.623	11	10	0	.524	4th	3rd	Central Regional	–	14	—
1988			33	22	3	.595	6	14	0	.300	7th	DNQ	–	–	–	—
1989			43	17	0	.717	9	12	0	.429	T–4th	4th	–	–	–	—
1990			44	23	0	.657	12	9	0	.571	3rd	2nd	South I Regional	21	24	—
1991			37	19	0	.661	10	11	0	.476	T–4th	DNQ	–	–	–	—
1992			25	28	0	.472	13	21	0	.382	7th	DNQ	–	–	–	—
1993			31	24	0	.564	3	15	0	.167	7th	DNQ	–	–	–	—
1994			30	26	0	.536	4	14	0	.222	7th	DNQ	–	–	–	—
1995	Rayner Noble		26	29	0	.473	6	18	0	.250	7th	DNQ	–	–	–	—
1996			29	28	0	.509	9	15	0	.375	T–6th	7th	–	–	–	–
1997		Conference USA	40	23	0	.635	19	8	0	.704	2nd	1st	South I Regional	–	–	–
1998			34	25	0	.576	21	6	0	.778	2nd	Second Round	–	–	–	–
1999			40	24	0	.625	20	7	0	.741	1st	2nd	Houston Regional	24	24	–
2000			48	18	0	.727	21	4	0	.840	1st	1st	Houston Super Regional	11	13	12
2001			29	30	0	.492	20	7	0	.741	2nd	First Round	Houston Regional	–	–	–
2002			48	17	0	.738	22	7	0	.758	1st	2nd	Austin Super Regional	10	10	10
2003			37	30	0	.552	18	12	0	.600	4th	Second Round	Houston Super Regional	22	16	24
2004			30	29	0	.508	19	11	0	.633	T–4th	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
2005			29	30	0	.492	16	13	0	.552	5th	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
2006			39	22	0	.639	18	6	0	.750	2nd	2nd	Norman Regional	24	21	24
2007			28	28	0	.500	12	12	0	.500	T–4th	First Round	–	–	–	–
2008			42	24	0	.636	14	10	0	.583	4th	1st	College Station Regional	–	–	–
2009			27	31	0	.466	13	11	0	.542	T–3rd	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
2010			25	32	0	.446	11	13	0	.458	T–5th	6th	–	–	–	–
2011	Todd Whitting		27	32	0	.458	12	12	0	.500	T–4th	2nd	–	–	–	–
2012			18	35	1	.343	5	18	1	.229	8th	4th (Division A)	–	–	–	–
2013			36	22	0	.621	13	11	0	.542	T–5th	2nd (Division B)	–	–	–	–
2014		American Athletic Conference	48	18	0	.727	14	9	0	.609	T–3rd	1st	Austin Super Regional	11	11	11
2015			43	20	0	.683	16	8	0	.667	1st	2nd	Houston Regional	18	–	23
2016			36	23	0	.610	11	12	0	.478	5th	2nd	–	–	–	–
2017			42	21	0	.667	15	9	0	.625	T–1st	1st	Houston Regional	22	–	24
2018			38	25	0	.603	16	8	0	.667	1st	Semifinals	Chapel Hill Regional	25	–	–
2019			32	24	0	.571	12	12	0	.500	T–4th	First Round	–	–	–	–
2020			6	9	0	.400	0	0	0	–	–	Canceled	–	–	–	–
2021			19	34	0	.358	7	21	0	.250	7th	First Round	–	–	–	–
2022			37	24	0	.607	13	11	0	.542	3rd	2nd	–	–	–	–
2023			36	23	0	.610	17	6	0	.739	2nd	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
2024		Big 12 Conference	26	28	0	.481	7	21	0	.250	12th	DNQ	–	–	–	–
2025			30	25	0	.545	12	17	0	.414	11th	Quarterfinals	–	–	–	–
Total
			2,041	1,547	16	.569

Notes

1. Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959 and ceased after 2023. They were replaced by the D1Baseball (D1B) poll.
2. Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1947.

References

1. NCAA Records , pp. 38–44

Works cited

• "Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.