Dana Carl Holgorsen is an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at West Virginia University from 2011 to 2018 and the University of Houston from 2019 to 2023. Holgorsen has worked as an assistant coach under Hal Mumme, Mike Leach, Kevin Sumlin, and Mike Gundy.
Holgorsen with West Virginia in 2017
Dana Holgorsen, Offensive Coordinator at Oklahoma State University
Dana Holgorsen in 2012
Dana Holgorsen - Houston Cougars football vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
The University of Houston is a public research university in Houston, Texas. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College, one of multiple junior college institutions formed in the first decades of the 20th century. In 1934, HJC was restructured as a four-year degree-granting institution and renamed as the University of Houston. Today, Houston is the fourth-largest university in Texas, awarding 11,156 degrees in 2023. It has a worldwide alumni base of nearly 200,000.
UH held its first classes at San Jacinto High School in 1927
Built in 1939, the Roy G. Cullen Building is the first building on campus
University of Houston, circa 1950
A.D. Bruce Religion Center, named after the university's third president