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UT-Rio Grande Valley basketball coach Lew Hill suddenly dies day after final game
Read full article: UT-Rio Grande Valley basketball coach Lew Hill suddenly dies day after final game(Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)EDINBURG, Texas – Texas Rio Grande Valley coach Lew Hill died Sunday, a day after coaching what was his final game, the university said. Hill took over at Rio Grande Valley in 2016-17, right after going to the NCAA Final Four as an assistant coach on Lon Kruger’s staff at Oklahoma. Everyone in our department is devastated by this news,” Rio Grande Valley athletic director Chasse Conque said. “This is a tragic loss, not only for the UTRGV community but for the entire Rio Grande Valley community,” school president Guy Bailey said. “Coach Hill was very involved in the community and always had a knack for making everyone he met feel special.