1. Guy Vernon Lewis II was an American basketball player and coach.
13 Facts About Guy Lewis
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Guy Lewis served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston from 1956 to 1986.
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Guy Lewis was inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Guy Lewis served as an Army Air Corps flight instructor in World War II.
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Guy Lewis played center and forward on Houston's first varsity basketball team, graduating in 1947.
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Guy Lewis was a major force in the racial integration of college athletics in the South during the 1960s, being one of the first major college coaches in the region to actively recruit African American athletes.
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Guy Lewis led the Houston Cougars program to 27 straight winning seasons, 14 seasons with 20 or more wins, and 14 trips to the NCAA tournament.
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Standout players Guy Lewis coached during his tenure at Houston included Hayes, Chaney, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Otis Birdsong, Dwight Jones, Louis Dunbar, Dwight Davis, and Ken Spain.
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Guy Lewis was hospitalized for a stroke on February 27,2002.
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Guy Lewis later recovered, but experienced some lasting effects from the episode.
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From 1959 until his death, Guy Lewis resided in the University Oaks subdivision adjacent to the University of Houston.
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Guy Lewis was the honoree at the 2012 Houston Aphasia Recovery Center luncheon benefit.
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Guy Lewis died on the morning of November 26,2015 at a retirement facility in Kyle, Texas, at the age of 93.