In an interview with The Cougar, days before the University of Houston officially became a member of the Big 12 Conference, UH athletic director Chris Pezman detailed the reasoning behind the decision to bring back baseball head coach Todd Whitting.
“If you step back and look at it, Todd does everything right,” Pezman said. “He raises money. Our kids are excellent ambassadors of the program academically and socially.”
Whitting, who took the job back in 2010, won three American Athletic Conference tournament titles and made four NCAA Regional appearances between 2014-18. But when the 2023 season ended, the Cougars had failed to make the postseason for the fourth consecutive season in the final year of Whitting’s contract.