Denton A. Cooley Pavilion

Entrance to the Denton A. Cooley Pavilion

The Denton A. Cooley Pavilion (or Cooley Pavilion) is the practice and training facility serving the men's and women's basketball teams of The University of Texas at Austin. The facility is named for Dr. Denton A. Cooley, a UT alumnus, basketball letterman (1939–41), and pioneering heart surgeon.[1][2]

The Cooley Pavilion opened in the fall of 2003. The two-level, 44,000-square-foot facility was constructed adjacent to the Erwin Center, the multipurpose, on-campus arena that serves as the home court for the Longhorn basketball teams.[3] The Texas men's and women's teams have separate 9,000-square-foot practice court areas, each consisting of one full-court and one half-court practice area with seven basket stations. The practice facility also includes a locker room with a players' lounge, an instructional film theater, a 4,100-square-foot strength and conditioning area, an athletic training and hydrotherapy area, an academic resource and activity center, and a coaches' lounge and locker room.[1][2]

The master plan released in 2013 for the University's new Dell Medical School indicated that the Cooley Pavilion and Erwin Center would be demolished in a later phase of construction within six to fifteen years.[4][5][6]

Ultimately, UT announced plans to build a new basketball arena, to be named Moody Center, that is scheduled to open in 2022.[7] Current plans call for Cooley Pavilion to be replaced by a new practice facility located next to Moody Center.[8]

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  3. ^ "Come Early. Be Loud. Cash In". texasmonthly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "Medical District Master Plan" (PDF). utexas.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "Dell Medical School Construction Plans Unveiled". utexas.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "With Frank Erwin Center's days limited, many questions remain about venue's future". dailytexanonline.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  7. ^ "Moody Foundation donates $130M to UT; new arena to be named Moody Center" (Press release). Texas Longhorns. November 9, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  8. ^ Briseno, Alex (November 5, 2019). "Texas athletics seeks approval for new basketball practice facility". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved December 14, 2019.