University of Houston Baseball

Follow Cory Houston on Twitter Cory Houston joined the University of Houston Baseball program as its coordinator of sports performance ahead of the 2023 seas...

Kyle Cheesebrough was hired to Todd Whitting's coaching staff on June 18, 2025 with the 2026 season being his first season with the Houston Cougars. A member of the 2021 College World Series Champion coaching staff at Mississippi State and a four-time College World Series coach, Cheesebrough will assist with recruiting and run point of various operations within the program. In his 16-year career as a college assistant coach, Cheesebrough has used his experience to fill a unique role on each staff. Cheesebrough helped Mississippi State to the College World Series in 2019 and the 2021 national title after spending four years at Indiana (2015-18), three at the Louisville (2012-14) two of which culminated in College World Series appearances, and one year with the Pittsburgh (2011). He also spent one season as an undergraduate assistant at Louisville in 2010 while finishing his degree. As a coach, Cheesebrough has been a part of 11 NCAA Tournament teams and made four trips to the College World Series, including in 2025 when Mississippi State went from being 26-18 on April 28 after relieving its head coach of his duties, to make an NCAA Regional for the second consecutive year. Along with helping Mississippi State reach Omaha in his first season on staff, Cheesebrough was a part of back-to-back College World Series squads at Louisville. He also made a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances as a student-athlete at Louisville, reaching the 2009 Fullerton Super Regional. Overall, 18 stud

Lance Perkins joined the University of Houston Athletic Training staff in 2023 and works primarily with the Cougar Baseball team bringing a wealth of collegi...

Mason Lucas on Twitter Mason Lucas joined the University of Houston Baseball program as its director for player development on Aug. 8, 2019. The 2025 season ...

Matt Gardner was hired as an Assistant Coach by Todd Whitting on June 18, 2025 with the 2026 season the first with the Houston Cougars. Gardner, who will serve as the pitching coach for the Cougars, boasts four trips to Omaha with Texas Tech and eight NCAA appearances with the Red Raiders. Gardner comes to Houston after 12 successful seasons at Texas Tech which included four College World Series appearances and 37 MLB Draft picks under his tutelage. Gardner has overseen pitching staffs and has also worked with catchers and outfielders during his time in Lubbock. Gardner guided the Red Raiders pitching staff to unprecedented heights when they set a school record for pitchers selected in the MLB draft in 2015 with five, set another record in 2016 with six, and again in 2018 with seven. In 2021, five Red Raider pitchers were drafted and four more in 2022. Sixteen Red Raider pitchers were taken in the first eight rounds over the last seven years in Matt Withrow, Corey Taylor, Dominic Moreno, Ryan Moseley, Parker Mushinski, Steven Gingery, Caleb Kilian, Clayton Beeter, Bryce Bonnin, Mason Montogemery, Ryan Sublette, Hunter Dobbins, Patrick Monteverde, Andrew Morris, Brandon Birdsell and Chase Hampton. The Red Raiders posted 45-win seasons for four consecutive years from 2016-19, combining for 183 victories over that span which is the most for Tech since 1995-98. After Gardner's promotion, Tech continued elevating the trajectory of the program by making its first-ever back-to-back

Matt Reida was named the third assistant coach for the Houston baseball team on August 1, 2023. Reida was promoted to Associate Head Coach ahead of his secon...

Matt Whitting joined the Houston Baseball staff for the 2025 season as the Assistant Director of Player Development. In his role, Whitting assists with the d...

Follow Traci Cauley on Twitter Traci Cauley serves Director for Operations for the Houston Baseball program and works on all non-coaching aspects. In her cur...