Guy Lewis: American basketball player and coach (1922-2015)
Guy Vernon Lewis, II (March 19, 1922 – November 26, 2015) was an American basketball player and coach.
He served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston from 1956 to 1986. He was born in Arp, Texas.
Lewis led his Houston Cougars to five appearances in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, in 1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, and 1984. He was inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
Lewis died on the morning of November 26, 2015 at his home in Kyle, Texas from complications following a stroke he suffered about 10 years ago. He was 93 years old.
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