What is Guy Lewis?
[[File:Guy Lewis, circa 1972.png|thumb|right|200px|Lewis in 1972]] '''Guy Vernon Lewis, II''' (March 19, 1922 &ndash; November 26, 2015) was an [[Americans|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 men's basketball|Houston Cougars]] to five appearances in the Final Four of the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/ncb/story/_/id/14230875/hall-fame-coach-guy-lewis-houston-cougars-dies-age-93|title=Guy Lewis, coach of 'Phi Slama Jama' Houston Cougars, dies at 93|publisher=ESPN Go.com|access-date=November 26, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Guy}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:American basketball players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Texas]] [[Category:College basketball coaches]] [[Category:Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}