Professional basketball in
Tampico started in the 1990s, with the
Correcaminos UAT Tampico; the team achieved 4 championships and were runners-up twice in the Conferencia de Básquetbol Profesional. The Huracanes was established in 2009 as a joint effort of public institutions and private entities to bring professional basketball back to the city of Tampico. Huracanes is also the first
LNBP team to have played a friendly match against a European team,
FC Barcelona Bàsquet. After the
2014–15 season, the team went on hiatus, making their comeback for the
2018–19 season. For the
2018–19 season, Argentine
Marcelo Elusich was appointed as head coach. ==Players==