From: Athletics staff on behalf of Bassity, David

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Subject: Houston Names Two to Football Staff
Date: Saturday, January 06, 2018 11:04:15 AM
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University of Houston Athletics Communications Office
For Immediate Release: Jan. 6, 2018
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Houston Names Two to Football Staff
Kendal Briles (associate head coach/offensive coordinator/QBs) and Randy Clements (run game
coordinator/offensive line) start second stints at UH
 
HOUSTON – Houston Football head coach Major Applewhite announced Saturday the addition of Kendal Briles
as the program’s associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and Randy Clements as
its run game coordinator and offensive line coach.
 
“We are excited to welcome Kendal, Randy and their families back to Houston. They have extensive knowledge
of our program and its standards, and we know they will be the right fit,” said Applewhite. “They both have
been a part of some of the nation’s top offenses with multiple programs and have shown the ability to learn and
adapt while staying thoroughly tied into our state’s landscape in terms of recruiting. Throughout this process
we have researched their abilities and backgrounds with several references and have received glowing praise.”
 
Kendal Briles | Associate Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks Coach
 
· Spent the 2017 season as assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Florida
Atlantic University where the Owls were eight nationally in scoring offense (40.6 points per game) and
ninth nationally in total offense (498.4 yards per game).
· FAU’s rushing attack also ranked sixth nationally with an average of 285.3 yards per game. 
· Prior to FAU, spent nine seasons at Baylor including the final two as offensive coordinator.
· Also spent three seasons as Baylor’s passing game coordinator and seven years coaching the Bears'
receivers.
· Named a 2015 Broyles Award finalist in 2015, his first season as an offensive coordinator as Baylor led
the nation in both scoring (48.1 points per game) and total offense (616.2 yards per game) while
finishing second nationally in rushing offense (326.7 yards per game).
· Named the Big 12 Recruiter of the Year by Scout in 2013 and 2014.
· Mentored four All-Americans and five total NFL prospects during seven seasons as wide receivers coach.
· As passing game coordinator, helped guide a top five-ranked passing attack for four straight seasons
 from 2011 to 2014 (No. 4 in 2014, No. 5 in 2013, No. 4 in 2012, No. 4 in 2011).
· Nine Baylor offensive players earned 2015 All-Big 12 honors, led by a pair of unanimous All-Americans in
Spencer Drango and Biletnikoff Award winner Corey Coleman.
· Following multiple quarterback injuries, orchestrated an offensive switch at season's end that
culminated in the Russell Athletic Bowl, when a wide receiver and several running backs took snaps in
wildcat/single-wing formations. Baylor crushed No. 10 North Carolina with a punishing rushing attack
that amassed an NCAA bowl record 645 yards on the ground (as well as a Russell Athletic Bowl record
of 756 total yards).
· Helped lead Baylor to the 2014 Big 12 Championship with a record-setting offense, averaging 365.9
passing yards per game.
· In 2012, Terrence Williams broke the Baylor record for single-season receiving yards (1,832) and set
single-game marks of 17 receptions and 314 yards at West Virginia en route to being named just the
sixth unanimous All-American in Baylor history. Kendall Wright concluded his Baylor career with every
major school receiving record (16 total) under Briles' tutelage.
· A Houston alum, Briles ranked second on the Houston team in 2005 with 45 receptions for 369 yards and
one touchdown.
· Began his playing career at Texas where he picked off two passes while playing at safety in 2002.
· A Texas native and a 2014 Texas High School Football Hall of Fame inductee, was a two-time Texas 4A
Offensive Player of the year, earning the honor as a junior in 1999 at Stephenville High School and as a
senior at Wolfforth Frenship High School in 2000.
· Married to University of Houston alum and former UH tennis player, the former Sarah Reimer-Lukert.
The couple has two sons, Jaytn and Kru, and one daughter, Kinley.
 
“My family and I are excited to return to Houston where my wife and I met while both competing for Houston
Athletics,” said Briles. “I have personal stock in how the University of Houston performs with first-hand
knowledge of the department’s values, and I am fully committed to ensuring Houston is represented fittingly
on and off the field.”
 
Randy Clements | Run Game Coordinator & Offensive Line Coach
 
· Spent the 2017 season at Southeastern University as offensive line coach after nine seasons at Baylor and
five seasons at Houston.
· During his time in Waco, Clements tutored 12 future NFL linemen as he served as running game
coordinator and co-offensive coordinator.
· Five of Clements’ linemen at Baylor were named All-Americans at Baylor in Spencer Drango (twice), Cyril
Richardson (twice), Jason Smith, J.D. Walton and Danny Watkins.
· Under Clements’ leadership, Baylor linemen earned the Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year honor in
four straight seasons (2012-15) while paving the way for seven 1,000-yard rushers over six seasons.
· The Bears’ offensive line paved the way for the nation’s highest-performing offense in 2015 -- led FBS in
both scoring (48.1 points per game) and total offense (616.2 yards per game) for the third consecutive
season – led by unanimous All-American and Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year Drango. Three other
linemen, Jarell Broxton, Kyle Fuller and Blake Muir, earned All-Big 12 honors.
· Baylor’s 2015 rushing attack ranked second nationally (326.7 yards per game) and broke the NCAA bowl
record with 645 rushing yards in the Russell Athletic Bowl. The Bears offensive line ranked first in the
Big 12 with 1.15 average sacks allowed per game.
· Clements’ 2014 offensive line powered the nation’s top offense (nation’s-best 48.2 points per game and
581.5 yards per game) to a second straight Big 12 championship. The Baylor line paved the way for a
rushing game that averaged 215.5 yards per game (second in Big 12) and ranked fourth in league with
1.85 average sacks allowed per game. Three linemen were named All-Big 12, led by Drango who earned
consensus All-America recognition.
· En route to the 2013 Big 12 championship, Baylor’s offensive line powered the nation’s No. 1 offense in
total yards (618.8 yards per game) and scoring (52.4 points per game), and a rushing attack (259.7
yards per game) that led the Big 12 and ranked 13th nationally. Richardson became just the seventh
 unanimous All-American in school history and was honored for the second straight year while two
other linemen earned All-Big 12 honors.
· The 2012 Baylor offensive line boasted one All-American (Richardson), three other All-Big 12 honorees
and a freshman All-American (Drango). The line blocked for the Big 12’s top rushing attack (231.7
yards per game) and the nation’s second-ranked offense (572.2 yards per game).
· Clements mentored three All-Big 12 linemen in 2011 as they helped clear the way for Baylor’s record-
setting offense (101 school records) that ranked second nationally in total offense (587.1 yards per
game), fourth in passing offense (351.5 yards per game), fourth in scoring offense (45.3 points per
game) and 10th in rushing offense (235.6 yards per game).
· The 2010 offensive line comprised a unit that helped Baylor’s offense set or tie 55 school records in
addition to ranking third in the Big 12 and 24th nationally in rushing (194.6 yards per game) and fourth
in the conference in sacks allowed (1.54 per game).
· Prior to Baylor, Clements spent five seasons at Houston where the Houston offense ranked as one of the
nation’s most prolific. In 2007, Houston ranked fourth nationally in total offense (513.2 yards per
game), 10th in rushing offense (239.9 yards per game), 17th in scoring offense (36.3 points per game)
and 27th in passing offense (273.3 yards per game).
· Clements also helped develop four-time Super Bowl Champion Sebastian Vollmer at Houston.
· In 2006, when the Cougars’ offense ranked sixth nationally and No. 1 in Conference USA en route to the
C-USA regular-season title and a Liberty Bowl appearance, three of Clements’ Houston linemen earned
all-conference honors.
· Clements and his wife, Polly, have two children, Jordan and Jayson.
 
“Our family is thrilled to return to the University of Houston. It was an honor to help set the base for what the
football program has been able to build and it’s humbling to have the ability to come back and help take it to
greater heights,” said Clements. “It is a Tier One university with high standards and we look forward to
upholding those standards and competing on a championship level.”
 
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