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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 989
	WHEREAS, The history of men's collegiate basketball in the 
State of Texas cannot be told without paying homage to legendary 
coach Guy V. Lewis, who built the University of Houston Cougars' 
program into a national powerhouse; and
	WHEREAS, A captain on the Houston basketball team that won 
two Lone Star Conference championships, Mr. Lewis returned to his 
alma mater in 1953 as an assistant coach, and moved up to the head 
coaching position three years later; and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of the next three decades, this 
superb coach led his Cougar teams to 592 victories, five National 
Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four appearances, 14 
National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament berths, two 
Southwest Conference regular season championships, and four 
Southwest Conference postseason tournament titles; and
	WHEREAS, An extraordinary assessor of hoops talent,
Coach Lewis recruited 15 players who went on to become 
All-Americans, including such greats as Elvin Hayes,
Hakeem Olajuwon, and Clyde Drexler, and had 29 of his Cougars 
selected in the National Basketball Association draft; and
	WHEREAS, He garnered national Coach of the Year honors in 
1968 and 1983, is the recipient of the inaugural Don Haskins 
Texas Lifetime Achievement Award and an inductee into the 
University of Houston Hall of Honor, and received the singular 
honor of having the Hofheinz Pavilion basketball floor named the 
"Guy V. Lewis Court" in 1995; and

	WHEREAS, Coach Lewis has maintained a level of excellence 
throughout his storied career with the University of Houston that 
few can ever hope to duplicate, and it is indeed appropriate that 
he receive special legislative recognition at this time; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
78th Legislature, hereby congratulate Guy V. Lewis on his 
remarkable coaching career at the University of Houston and
his outstanding contributions to collegiate basketball in the 
State of Texas; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be 
prepared for Coach Lewis as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas Senate.
                                                                        Williams




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    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on May 28, 2003.



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    Secretary of the Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate