Lovette Lee Hill (March 23, 1907 – August 27, 1989) was an American football and baseball coach. He was the fourth head coach of the Houston Cougars baseball team from 1950 to 1974.[2] Hill holds the record for the longest serving head baseball coach in University of Houston history.[3] While at Houston, Hill compiled a 343–325–5 record with five first-place finishes in the Missouri Valley Conference. He guided the Cougars to their only two College World Series appearances, in 1953 and 1967. In 1967, his team was national runner-up.
 Hill, c. 1958 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 23, 1907 Granger, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | August 27, 1989 (aged 82) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1928–1931 | Centenary |
| Position(s) | End[1] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Baseball | |
| 1950–1974 | Houston |
| Football | |
| 1949–1961 | Houston (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 343–325–5 (.513) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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From 1949 to 1961, Hill also served as an assistant coach for the Houston Cougars football team. He graduated in 1931 from Centenary College of Louisiana.
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Cougars (Gulf Coast Conference) (1950) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Houston | 10–6 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| Houston Cougars (Missouri Valley Conference) (1951–1960) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Houston | 16–9 | 7–1 | 1st (West) | NCAA District playoffs | ||||
| 1952 | Houston | 11–6 | 6–1 | 1st (South) | |||||
| 1953 | Houston | 15–11 | 6–2 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1954 | Houston | 12–10 | 4–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 1955 | Houston | 6–13 | 3–5 | 5th | |||||
| 1956 | Houston | 14–10 | 5–4 | 4th | |||||
| 1957 | Houston | 6–11–1 | 4–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 1958 | Houston | 11–13 | 6–3 | 1st (West) | NCAA District playoffs | ||||
| 1959 | Houston | 7–14 | 5–4 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 1960 | Houston | 12–11 | 6–1 | 1st (West) | NCAA District playoffs | ||||
| Houston Cougars (NCAA University Division Independent) (1961–1972) | |||||||||
| 1961 | Houston | 4–11 | |||||||
| 1962 | Houston | 16–6 | |||||||
| 1963 | Houston | 4–15 | |||||||
| 1964 | Houston | 16–13 | |||||||
| 1965 | Houston | 12–14 | |||||||
| 1966 | Houston | 18–11–1 | NCAA District playoffs | ||||||
| 1967 | Houston | 21–11 | College World Series Runner-up | ||||||
| 1968 | Houston | 14–15–1 | |||||||
| 1969 | Houston | 15–23 | |||||||
| 1970 | Houston | 19–17 | |||||||
| 1971 | Houston | 24–15 | |||||||
| 1972 | Houston | 25–23–1 | |||||||
| Houston Cougars (Southwest Conference) (1973–1974) | |||||||||
| 1973 | Houston | 15–16–1 | 9–11 | 5th | |||||
| 1974 | Houston | 20–21 | 10–13 | 6th | |||||
| Houston: | 343–325–5 (.513) | 75–53 (.586) | |||||||
| Total: | 343–325–5 (.513) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Lovette Hill New Assistant Coach at Houston U." The Daily News. July 30, 1949. p. 9.
- ^ "Former UH baseball coach dies". Houston Chronicle. August 29, 1989. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ "UH Hall of Honor". Houston Cougars athletics. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
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