Houston CougarsHead coach Willie Fritz
Willie Fritz has led Houston since 2024, going 18-12 across 3 seasons with 1 bowl trip.
- Record since 2024
- 18-12
- Seasons
- 3
- Bowl trips
- 1
Coaching profile Updated weekly
Strategy & scheme
Leadership & results
Grades on a 0-20 scale, recalculated each week from Willie Fritz's most recent 26 games. Offensive and defensive scheme track scoring for and against, game planning the average margin, situational management the one-score record, comeback factor the bounce-back after a loss, underdog edge the road record. The arrows are the week-over-week move. Frost is 17 or higher, violet 14 or higher.
Houston record by season
| Season | Record | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4-1 | In progress |
| 2025 | 10-3 | Won Kinder's Texas Bowl |
| 2024 | 4-8 | No bowl |
Records with Houston since 2024, bowl and playoff games included, from the CollegeFootballData game log.
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28
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27Willie Fritz: Houston head coach profile
Willie Fritz is the Houston head coach. This profile covers Willie Fritz's record and season-by-season results with Houston, and connects to Houston team hub, the American Conference teams and the live conference standings. Follow the race for the American Conference Championship Game on the American Conference title race page.
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Willie Fritz is the Houston head coach, in the job since 2024.