Deleon Hines, who was the top assistant coach with the Sharyland boys basketball team in 2014-15 and a basketball operations assistant with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in 2015-16, joined UTRGV as a special assistant to the head coach in July 2016.
Hines focuses primarily on video-related tasks.
During his time with the Vipers, Hines was responsible for player skill development, film analysis, and equipment management. He was also the head coach of the Vipers Select U14 Jr. Academy Team. At Sharyland Pioneer, Hines led practices, scouted opponents, monitored academics, and managed equipment.
A native of Houston, Hines was a two-year captain and a two-time Heartland Conference Champion at Incarnate Word in San Antonio. He began to pursue his basketball career as an assistant coach with Luxembourg Total League Contern after graduating, helping the team to records of 16-13 and 23-6. He returned to Luxembourg to play with BBC Heffingen for the next two seasons, averaging 17 points, six rebounds and five assists per game and winning a league championship in 2013.
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Hines graduated from Incarnate Word with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology in 2011. He is currently working toward a Master of Administration in Sports Management at Incarnate Word.
