Ripe for success: Applewhite’s coaching roots run deep

After learning under Mack Brown, Nick Saban and Tom Herman, Major Applewhite aims to bring the same consistent success to Houston. | Courtesy of UH AthleticsOn 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,…