Houston Reed

Biography

Houston Reed is entering his sixth season as an assistant coach for the University of Northern Colorado. Reed brings fourteen years of college head coaching experience and spent three years as a high school head coach in Colorado, totaling 23 years of successful coaching. In May of 2022, Reed was promoted to Assistant Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator. In the two years span the Bears have compiled a 44-24 overall record, and 27-9 record in Big Sky Conference play. Reed has worked with UNC post players over the past five seasons, helping Kur Jongkuch, Theo Hughes, and Brock Wisne shoot over 60% from the floor each season. Jongkuch and Hughes are currently fulfilling professional contracts. Reed also fulfills the role of recruiting coordinator for the staff, coordinating campus visits and assists the staff in organizing their recruiting needs. Reed has recruited the state of Colorado for twenty years. Since Reed has been on staff, the Bears have competed in the Big Sky tournament championship game in 2021-22 and 2024-25 seasons. The Bears have also competed twice in the CBI post season tournament advancing to the semifinals in 2021-22. He also was helped the Bears advance to the NIT tournament for the first time in school history and the 2024-25 Big Sky regular season championship in 2024-25 season. Reed came to UNC from Chadron State in Nebraska where he was the head coach for four years. While at Chadron, Reed coached four All-RMAC players and in 2018-19 led the Eagles to at