Guy V. Lewis, a Hall of Fame basketball coach known for leading the University of Houston’s Phi Slama Jama teams of the early 1980s, died on Thursday at a retirement home in Kyle, Tex. He was 93.
Officials at the University of Houston announced his death in a statement.
“Without the presence of Lewis, the history of the University of Houston would have been drastically different,” university officials wrote in his biography on the Houston athletics website. “His tremendous impact here and on the game will be remembered across the nation.”
Lewis was Houston’s men’s basketball coach for 30 years, compiling a record of 592–279 and turning the program into a powerhouse, with 20 straight winning seasons and 14 N.