Jenkins and Pardee saved cougar football after the Yeoman era ended. Pardee was a great coach with a strong defensive mindset, however it was Jenkins with the Run and Shoot offense that propelled UH to success and put us back in the spotlight even if only for a little while. After Jenkins the program went to hell only to be rescued years later by none other than Art Briles. Facts, deal with it.
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Briles overall record at UH was about the same winning percentage as Jenkins…… I think.
Like the ones before him, Briles had little support from UH admin. Maggard tried, but the powers that be had NO vision.
Bro, I went to UH games as a member of a family of season ticket holders from 1977 to 1990 (Dad went to UH law and grad school).
I was in the Dome when we beat UT 60-40 in 1987, and 47-9 in 1989; Jenkins was the OC at the time.
I was in Rice Stadium the day we beat Rice 64-0 and Ware won the Heisman with the Run and Shoot.
Trust me. I know about Jenkins’ successes here.
I was away in college, but followed our 10-1 season under Jenkins very closely. Too bad we flopped against UT that year.
The next year is when the wheels came off for Jenkins.
First, we got embarrassed by Miami.
Then, on National TV, we got embarrassed 51-10 by a very average 6-6 Illinois team. I watched that game and felt ashamed.
We ended up going 4-7 in both 1991 and 1992.
In 1992, we likewise got spanked 61-7 by Michigan on National TV.
I also shamefully watched that game in my fraternity house.
Hey listen, I can appreciate Jenkins’ skills and successes, but I can also realize and acknowledge his shortcomings and failures.
I’m sorry if you can’t.
One great season does NOT make a head coach overall great.
You need to consider his ENTIRE body of work.
Jenkins did have a great season in 1990, but he is sort of like Bobby McFerrin in music: a ONE HIT WONDER.
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Sometimes i wonder what ever happened to these infamous Former UH ADs that actively tried getting rid of Athletics & set us back YEARS, if not DECADES.
Ya know, like a ‘Where are they now?’ kind of follow up.
I’d also love to know what they think of the Program now & how they feel about their decisions in retrospect.
It wasn’t the ADs.
It was the FACULTY SENATE that voted to move us down to D3 in 1991.
Most of those faculty, mercifully, are either retired or dead.
Two faculty members that spearheaded that effort were law professors of mine: Robert Palmer and Stephen Huber.
Palmer is now deceased; didn’t like his anti-sports activism, but at least he could teach and knew his stuff.
Huber is now retired. That guy truly couldn’t teach his way out of a hole, and I learned absolutely nothing in either of the classes I took from him.
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Let me know if you talk to Bill Carr and he has an opinion. Bill died last year.
You went to the stadium in the 70’s but went to Illinois in 80’s/90’s? Therefore you were not in school at that time. You have no idea what our administration’s goal was. You have no ideas how damaging the well documented uta/ncaa infused probations had on our program.
You can try any which way you try. You can’t argue about a time oeriod you have no clues about.
I didn’t go to Illinois in the 80s/90s.
I was away at college from 1990-1994, but not at Illinois.
I did WATCH the UH v. Illinois game from my frat house in college in 1991. It was QUITE embarrassing.
Altogether now: THANKS JENKINS!!!
I also watched the 1992 Michigan game under Jenkins in the same place. Also embarrassing.
Again now: THANKS JENKINS!!!
I do have a degree from Illinois, but I earned that in 2016.
And don’t worry, I was WELL AWARE of what was going on at UH during the early 90s. Got weekly updates from my Dad.
Went to law school from 1994 to 1997 at UH and was at every football and basketball game, as well as many volleyball games, baseball games, and even track meets.
Again, hardly ever missed a football or basketball game from 1977 to Spring 1990.
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You were not at UH at that time. You have no ideas what was happening.
Unreal.
Guess again.
Actually the plan to dismantle UH athletics was in full swing before Pardee/Jenkins arrived on campus, hence I say they single handedly saved cougar football. (with the Run and Shoot) (Thank you John Jenkins) We should all be forever gratefull to Hoss. Probation, attendance, apathy at every turn made the job a very difficult proposition, and success was not immediate.
Again some here may not know, but there was a strong movement on campus and an administrative plan to at the time to do one of two things:
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drop football and become and basketball centric school ala DePaul, Marquette, or
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leave the SWC “until we got our stuff together”
I will not name names of those in the administration who propogated this, but anyone truly interested in the mood on campus at the time from the student point of view can review the editorials and opinions published in the Daily Cougar during that era.
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Law you and your dad were not campus.
We were. We made our voices know to the worst ever administration we ever had.
This thread about Mr. John Jenkins birthday. If you ever read this thread Mr. Jenkins, THANK YOU.
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The faculty was definitely all in on dropping to D3.
Dumbasses.
Oh I think you may be mistaken.
My Dad was an alumni advisor to a fraternity at UH back in those days, and was on campus almost every week.
And as a season ticket holder, was at EVERY UH football and basketball game, and some baseball games during those years.
I was on campus (literally, residential student) from 1994 to 1997. I’m guessing you never literally called UH your home during the 1990s, as I did.
sorry, I misunderstood your post.
I’m not.
The Faculty Senate really did vote to drop UH sports to D3 in the early 90s. Was widely publicized, and the vote wasn’t exactly close.
Two law professors who I later had for classes spearheaded that effort.
It was as if it was a done deal on some days and yes another school was all too happy for our announced demise…
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Dropping football would have benefited which school?
We know the answer.
You betcha Mr. Jenkins was a great HC.
I don’t know if you think you’re being cute with the “Mr.” Every time you type his name. But, if you want to be formal, call him by his real title, which is “Coach Jenkins”. He worked hard for it, respect it.
Beyond all the debate, I wanna ask a question…who would you rather have coordinating our offense, Slade Nagle or Jugular John?
No right or wrong answer here…