Lovette Hill | |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1907 |
Birth Place: | Granger, Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1928–1931 |
Player Team2: | Centenary |
Player Positions: | End[1] |
Coach Sport1: | Baseball |
Coach Years2: | 1950–1974 |
Coach Team2: | Houston |
Coach Sport3: | Football |
Coach Years4: | 1949–1961 |
Coach Team4: | Houston (assistant) |
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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.
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.