Houston Reed will be entering his sixth year as the Otero Junior College head men's basketball coach. Coach Reed returns to Otero after graduating from Otero in 1999.
Coach Reed graduated from Olathe High School in Olathe, Colorado as an all-state player and holds the single game scoring mark with 39 points in a single game. Coach Reed red-shirted for a season at Otero and then competed as a Rattler from 1998-2000. While at Otero, the Rattlers won two Region IX sub-region titles, Reed earned all-region honors as a sophomore, and was twice named academic all-region. Coach Reed also holds the record for most points scored in a single game in school history with 46 points vs New Mexico Junior College, and currently sits 13th on the all-time scoring leader board. Following Otero, Coach Reed played for two seasons at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota under legendary coach Don Meyer who leads the NCAA in all-time wins. While at Northern, Reed was part of a conference championship and twice was recognized with a NSU scholar-athlete award. He also worked several coaching clinics under Don Meyer that featured Dick Bennett, Pat Summit, and John Wooden.
In his six year stint as the head coach at Otero, Coach Reed has placed 37 players to four-year institutions including several to division one schools. There have also been two former players go on to play professional basketball. He has coached 21 academic all-region and 10 academic all-American student-athletes.
Stated Vice President for Student Services Jeff Paolucci, "Houston was an excellent student-athlete for Otero during his time here. His academic and athletic achievements speak for themselves. His dedication to students is well documented and he has a great passion for the game of basketball, is well schooled in the X's and O's and exhibits excellent leadership which is needed for today students. He believes strongly in the goals and mission that OJC has for it student-athletes which is very important to us. We want to help develop young people by combining the college athletic experience with their personal and academic experience."
Coach Reed is married to Leah (Abdulla) Reed, a former Lady Rattler, and they have two children, Olivia 7, Johnathan 5, and 12 nieces and nephews.
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