The wife snapped a few photos before we left for San Diego. My 16-year old made the trip out west and we tip off tonight vs. UC San Diego at 9:00 PM CST.

Braylon has always preferred to wait until his younger siblings are a couple months old before he holds them. Well, today is the day he first held his baby brother Christian. ❤️

Little man got his two month checkup today. Top 99th percentile for height. 🏀

Exhibition season is a great opportunity to compete, learn, grow, sample lineups & actions, and shake rust off. 0-0 is still the record for all teams. We have a scrimmage later this week then we tip off for real on November 3rd at home in Houston.

Locker room before/after

Assistant coach office before/after

Assistant coach office before/after

Assistant coach office before/after

Coach office before/after

City Skyline Wall before/after

Foyer before and after (demolition project)

Nutrition Fueling Station area before/after

Locker room before/after

We have a ways to go but we are going to celebrate the upgrades while we plan for more in the near future. To take the next step it will take a substantial fundraising effort, one that we look forward to embarking on. We have an awesome development team at HCU to go along with

How we saved budget money and reallocated to building upgrades: *No banquet hotel meal on the road. We ate nutritious yet reasonable meals when traveling. Over the course of nearly 150 team meals on the year this is a substantial savings. *No extra days on the road. We travel

We cut improvement expenses by: *Bidding everything out and being relentless with getting the price point we needed without compromising on quality. Being in a large city and having access to so many contractors benefits us greatly. *Our coaching staff did a lot of the prep

Additionally, the year prior to our arrival at HCU, the school made capital upgrades with new flooring on our game court and practice courts and a new lighting system. This allowed us to focus on some of the main common areas of the building for our student-athletes and staff.

Here was our vision improving the facilities in this first phase: *First and foremost, our AD and administration is supportive and allows for coaching staff autonomy when it comes to operating budget. This gave us the flexibility to adjust spending throughout the program and

Over the past few months we have made substantial upgrades to our HCU facilities. Our student-athletes and staff have been enjoying the new look and feel. The upgrades include: *New flooring for the offices, foyer, and players lounge *A fueling station with cabinetry and

The amazing chaos of being a family of seven