2025-26 Men's Basketball Coaches - University of Houston Athletics

Name	Title	Email Address
Kelvin Sampson	Head Coach	rjchampa@central.uh.edu
Kellen Sampson	Assistant Coach	kmsampso@central.uh.edu
K.C. Beard	Assistant Coach	kcbeard@central.uh.edu
Mike Ekanem	Assistant Coach	maekanem@Central.UH.EDU
Hollis Price	Special Assistant to the Head Coach / Assistant Coach	hprice@central.uh.edu
Anthony Goldwire	Director of Player Development / Assistant Coach	algoldwi@CougarNet.UH.EDU

Name	Title	Email Address
Lauren Sampson	Chief of Staff	lsampson@central.uh.edu
Bobby Champagne	Director of Operations & Basketball Strategy	rjchampa@central.uh.edu
Matthew McDonald	Video Coordinator	Mmcdona2@cougarnet.uh.edu
Bilal Batley	Director of Program Strategy & Player Relations	bbatley@central.uh.edu
John Houston, MS, LAT, AT, CES	Associate AD for Sports Medicine (MBkB, MGolf)	jhouston@central.uh.edu
Alan Bishop	Director of Men's Basketball Sports Performance
Will Finch	Associate Director of Operations	wfinch@central.uh.edu
Eric Johanning	Assistant Director of Men's and Women's Basketball Sports Performance
Ryan Elvin	Internal Operations
Justin Whatley	Internal Operations
Matthew Criswell	Internal Operations
Ciarra Merchant	Student Manager
Brady Wilkes	Student Manager
Kendal White	Student Manager
Andrew Gonzalez	Student Manager
Taelyn Harris	Student Manager
Noah Whiteley	Student Manager
KP Arnold	Student Manager
Joshua Watson	Student Manager
Beamer Williams	Student Manager

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