On Dec. 9, vice president for athletics Hunter Yurachek announced that Major Applewhite was chosen as the 14th head football coach in University of Houston’s history.
Having spent the past two seasons leading the offense under former head coach Tom Herman, Applewhite knows the program and has extensive roots in Texas football. In part four of the lead up to the Red & White game on April 15, The Cougar takes a deeper look into the man tasked to lead the Cougars in 2017.
Deep roots
Though he was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Applewhite has been a household name in Texas football since the late ’90s.