James Dickey’s last coaching stint, at Texas Tech, came to an end when he lost multiple scholarships to a school-wide academic scandal. Dickey was never personally implicated, but it did happen on his watch.
Ironically, job one at UH seems to be to fix the same problem that was his undoing at Tech – grades. If he can get the Cougars back in the NCAA’s good graces, it will go a long way towards winning over a fan base that was lukewarm about his hiring in the first place.