Abe Lemons

Sport: Basketball (1977-82)
Position: Head Coach
Inducted: 1994
Hometown: Walters, Okla.

• Quotable, popular coach who raised spectator interest in UT men's basketball to a new level
• Returned Texas basketball to national prominence
• Had a 110-63 record (.636) in five seasons
• Teams won SWC titles in 1978 and 1979
• 1978 club won NIT