[Tuck4Bama]

HOUSTON (AP) -- Tom Penders was living the good life in Miami, healthy again and far from the stressful demands of coaching college basketball.

Something about the profession, or maybe the game itself, kept nagging him to give it one more try. When Houston athletic director Dave Maggard asked him to take over the Cougars in April 2004, Penders agreed within a week.

In four seasons, Penders has returned Houston (15-3, 3-0 Conference USA) to respectability, another successful reclamation project in a career full of them.

Penders, 62, can get career victory No. 600 against top-ranked Memphis (19-0, 5-0) on Wednesday night, a win that would be the biggest for the Cougars since the Final Four days of Phi Slama Jama in the early 1980s.

NCAA Basketball - Houston's Penders looking for 600th win

[azrael492]

Originally Posted by Tuck4Bama

HOUSTON (AP) -- Tom Penders was living the good life in Miami, healthy again and far from the stressful demands of coaching college basketball.

Something about the profession, or maybe the game itself, kept nagging him to give it one more try. When Houston athletic director Dave Maggard asked him to take over the Cougars in April 2004, Penders agreed within a week.

In four seasons, Penders has returned Houston (15-3, 3-0 Conference USA) to respectability, another successful reclamation project in a career full of them.

Penders, 62, can get career victory No. 600 against top-ranked Memphis (19-0, 5-0) on Wednesday night, a win that would be the biggest for the Cougars since the Final Four days of Phi Slama Jama in the early 1980s.

NCAA Basketball - Houston's Penders looking for 600th win

Isn't that where Clyde Drexler went to school. I remember some games with Phi Slama Jama.