Houston ? Oklahoma assistant coach Kevin Sumlin will be named head football coach at the University of Houston, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Houston athletic director Dave Maggard told the Houston Chronicle that he was prepared to name Sumlin, who has spent the last five years on Bob Stoops’ staff at Oklahoma, today.

Sumlin, 43, would replace Art Briles, who resigned Nov. 28 and took over the Baylor program. Sumlin has worked at Washington State, Wyoming, Minnesota, Purdue, Texas A&M and Oklahoma.