Alumni Spotlight: Lewis Siblings – University of Houston Athletics

This season, the Houston track and field and cross country program will spotlight multiple alumni and their accomplishments both while as student-athletes and as accomplished members of the community.
 
The athletic genes in the Lewis family are unmatched and the University of Houston track and field program saw that firsthand through the spectacular accomplishments of Carl and Carol Lewis.
 
Carl Lewis is currently the head coach of the Cougar track and field program and is a nine-time Olympic gold medalist. Carol Lewis is a four-time US Champion, former American record holder in the long jump and was a bronze medalist at the 1983 World Championships.
 
Carl and Carol Lewis’ mother Evelyn Lawler was a track and field star and their brother Cleveland played professional soccer for the Memphis Rogues and New Jersey Americans in 1978 and 1979, respectively.
 
Both Carl (1998) and Carol Lewis (2002) are Houston Hall of Honor members.
 
Carl Lewis, 1980-81, student-athlete
Carl is known as one of the greatest athletes in the world winning 10 Olympic medals, nine of those gold, and 10 world championship medals. He still holds the school records for the indoor 55-meter dash (6.07) and both indoor and outdoor long jump records 8.56m (28′-1″) and 8.62m (28′-3.5″). A six-time All-American, Lewis won six national championships and nine…