Anthony Houston is back for his second season on the Milwaukee women’s basketball coaching staff in 2025-26. He will work as both an assistant coach, while also overseeing player development within the program.
Houston comes to Milwaukee with an abundance of local coaching experience, most recently having served as an assistant coach at Bryant & Stratton College in nearby Wauwatosa during the 2022-23 season, helping the men’s team to a 26-7 record and an appearance in the NJCAA Region IV Championship game.
Before his time in Wauwatosa, he was the head basketball coach and Dean of Students at Bradley Tech High School from 2013-16, coaching the Trojans to their first WIAA Regional Championship in over 25 years in 2014.
Houston has also worked at Marquette University High School, Dominican High School, and at nearby Shorewood High School. Houston also spent six years at Cardinal Stritch University including the last two years as the head coach of the Wolves.
He has had several other stops in his professional career including at the professional level having served as a staff member with both the Phoenix Suns and the Milwaukee Bucks.
Houston owned and operated his own organization, ‘Houston Hoops’ for the better part of two decades, and worked as a program director for Pro-Tech Basketball Camps in both the states of Iowa and Texas.
Following a collegiate career at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, he played for the Omaha Racers of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for three seasons. Houston earned his degree in English Communications.
As a player, Houston won back-to-back State Championships at Marquette High School in 1983 and 1984 as well as an NAIA National Championship at St. Mary’s University in Texas in 1989; where he was also a First Team All-American. He also won a professional championship in the CBA with the Omaha Racers in 1993.
He was later inducted into both his high school and collegiate athletic hall of fames, while his jersey was retired at St. Mary’s University.
Houston’s basketball experience also expands to the NBA, playing with the San Antonio Spurs in the 1989 Rookie Revue and playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Summer League and pre-season in 1991.
He now resides in Wauwatosa with his wife, Jen, and their three children.
