Cougars of any Color The Integration of University of Houston Athletics, 1964-1968

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After years of playing sub-par teams in weak athletic conferences, the University of Houston athletic program sought to triumph over its underdog reputation by integrating its football and basketball programs in 1964. Cougar coaches Bill Yeoman and Guy V. Lewis knew the unconventional move would grant them get right of entry to to a wealth of talented athletes untouched by segregated Southern programs, and brought on a couple of talented black athletes within the fall semester, including Don Chaney, Elvin Hayes, and Warren McVea. By 1968, the Cougars had transformed into an athletic powerhouse and revolutionized the character of collegiate athletics within the South. This book gives the Cougars athletes and coaches the popularity long denied them. It outlines the athletic department’s handling of the mixing, the experiences of the varsity’s first black athletes, and the have an effect on that the University of Houston’s integration had on other programs.

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