Lew Hill

Lew Hill earns WAC Coach of the Year Award

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men’s basketball team learned on Tuesday that Coach Lew Hill, who passed away tragically on Feb. 7 at the age of 55, is the unanimous choice for Don Haskins Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Coach of the Year. Before his passing, Hill coached the Vaqueros to an 8-4 record,

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UTRGV head coach Lew Hill dies

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley head coach Lew Hill has passed away. He was 56. This was first reported by Stadium’s Jeff Goodman earlier today. Hill had been the head coach at UTRGV since 2016. The New York native also spent time as an assistant at Oklahoma, UNLV, Texas A&M, East Carolina, SEMO, and

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UTRGV Names Luke Mackay Assistant Basketball Coach

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced that Luke Mackay, who spent the last two seasons as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma, is now an assistant coach with the UTRGV men’s basketball program. While at Oklahoma, Mackay worked with recently hired UTRGV Men’s Basketball Head Coach Lew Hill and

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Texas Rio Grande Valley Search Update

In last night’s Daily Dirt II, I mentioned that UTRGV was down to 6 finalists as to replace Dan Hipsher as the head basketball coach.  I have heard that interviews will start this weekend.  Great sources have told me the final group includes: Raphael Chillious: Assistant Coach University of Washington Lew Hill – Assistant Coach University of

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