Sources: Ragin’ Cajuns hiring Houston’s White

Jeff BorzelloMar 10, 2025, 11:22 AM ET

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• Basketball recruiting expert.
• Signed up with ESPN in 2014.
• Graduate of University of Delaware.Louisiana is hiring Houston associate

head coach Quannas White as its next guys’s basketball coach, sources informed ESPN.White is expected to remain with Houston through the end of the postseason, sources said. The Cougars won the Huge 12 regular-season title and are a projected 1-seed in the NCAA tournament.White has worked under Kelvin Sampson at Houston since 2017, after investing one season at Western Kentucky and two seasons at Tulane. He was likewise a longtime coach in the Louisiana Dynasty AAU program.During his time with the Cougars, the program has gone to 6 NCAA tournaments, making a 1-seed in each of the previous two years and going to the Last Four in 2021. Considering that transferring to the Huge 12 in 2023, Houston is 34-4 in conference play.White’s relationship with Sampson go back to his time as a player under Sampson at Oklahoma in the early 2000s. He assisted lead the Sooners to a 58-12 record in 2002 and 2003, going to the Last 4 in 2002 and the Elite Eight in 2003. He changes longtime Louisiana head coach Bob Marlin, who was fired in December midway through his 15th season with the Ragin’Cajuns.