Question: Where did the head coach of the 2016-17 Houston Cougars men's basketball team first work as a head coach?
Context: The 2011–12 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2011–12 season.  It was their 67th year of season play.  The head coach for the Cougars was James Dickey, who was serving in his 2nd year in that position.  The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston and was a member of Conference USA.  The Cougars improved from the season prior by ending the season with a 0.500 record at 15–15, but only managed 7–9 in conference play.  In a season marked by inconsistent play, the team ended their season with an overtime loss to UTEP in the Conference USA tournament. The 2017–18 Houston Cougars men's basketball team will represent the University of Houston during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.  The Cougars will be led by fourth-year head coach Kelvin Sampson as members of the American Athletic Conference.  Due to renovations to the Cougars home arena, Hofheinz Pavilion, the Cougars will play their home games in the Toyota Center. The 2009–10 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2009-10 season.  It was their 65th year of season play.  The head coach for the Cougars was Tom Penders, who was serving in his 6th year in that position.  The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston and are members of Conference USA.  The Cougars finished the season 19–16, 7–9 in CUSA play.  They won the 2010 Conference USA Tournament, earning them a place in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1992.  They earned a 13 seed in the Midwest Region where they were defeated by Maryland in the first round.  Head coach Tom Penders retired at the end of the season. Todd Buchanan (born March 1, 1967) is an American college basketball coach and former head coach of the Houston Cougars women's basketball team.  He was the sixth head coach of the Houston Cougars, and officially began in that position on April 20, 2010, resigning on December 21,2013 Prior to his appointment with Houston, he served as the head coach of Houston Baptist, where he transitioned the team from the NAIA to Division I of the NCAA.  In his first season as head coach at Houston, Buchanan achieved the second best season record in the program's history, and the best ever as a first year coach for the program. The 2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.  The season marked the third for the Cougars as members of the American Athletic Conference.  The Cougars, led by third year head coach Ronald Hughey, played their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion. The 2016–17 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.  The Cougars were led by third-year head coach Kelvin Sampson and were members of the American Athletic Conference.  The Cougars played their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion.  They finished the season 21–11, 12–6 in AAC play to finish in third place.  They lost to Connecticut in the quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament.  They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament as a No. 2 seed and lost in the first round to Akron. The 2008–09 Houston Cougars men's basketball team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2008–09 season.  It was their 64th year of season play.  The head coach for the Cougars was Tom Penders, who was serving in his 5th year in that position.  The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston, Texas.  The Cougars played in the first game of the NCAA Division I season in the 2K Sports College Classic. This List of Houston Cougars head football coaches includes those coaches who have led the Houston Cougars football team that represents the University of Houston in the sport of American football.  The Houston Cougars currently compete in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and have been members of the American Athletic Conference since the 2013 season.  Seventeen men have served as the Cougars' head coach, including three who served as interim head coaches, since the Cougars began play in the fall of 1946.  Major Applewhite was named head coach on December 9, 2016. Herbert Alden Pasche (July 19, 1910 – May 9, 1986) was the first head coach of the Houston Cougars men's basketball team from 1946 to 1956.  Pasche also served of as an assistant coach for the Houston Cougars football program as a line coach from 1946 to 1947.  While at the university, Pasche served as an associate professor of health and physical education.  Pasche was a 1932 graduate of Rice University where he played football as an end for the Rice Owls. Kelvin Matthew Sampson (born October 5, 1955) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Houston Cougars men's basketball team.  He was a head coach at Montana Tech from 1981 to 1985, Washington State University from 1987 to 1994, the University of Oklahoma from 1994 to 2006, and Indiana University 2006 to 2008.  He has also been an assistant coach for several NBA teams including the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets.
Answer: Montana Tech