Alden Pasche

Alden Pasche ( –9 May, 1985) was the first head coach of the Houston Cougars men's basketball team from 1946 to 1956. Pasche was also one of only two assistant coaches for the University of Houston's first football team in 1946 as the line coach. Also while at the university, Pasche served as an associate professor of health and physical education. [cite web |url=http://www.stcl.edu/library/fn11-4peggy.html |title=Peggy Kimbro Celebrates 25 Years of Library Service |publisher=The South Texas College of Law Library |accessdate=2008-01-24] Pasche was a 1932 graduate of Rice University where he played basketball for the Rice Owls. [cite web |url=http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/m_basketball_records_book/2003/p149-178.pdf |title=Official 2003 Men's NCAA Basketball Records Book |publisher=NCAA |accessdate=2008-01-24]

During Pasche's tenure, he posted a 135-116 record. [cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1986_237988 |title="First UH basketball Coach Pasche dead" |publisher="Houston Chronicle" |date=1985-05-10 |accessdate=2008-07-16] Under his leadership in 1949, the Cougars won the Gulf Coast Conference championship.

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