Ricky Hewell begins his first season at Texas Southern as the team's video coordinator.

A native of Dallas, Hewell comes from High Point University as he previously served as the team's director of video operations for four seasons.

Hewell worked with Texas Tech's men's basketball team from 2011-16 as a graduate assistant and then as an assistant video coordinator. Hewell worked with former head coach Tubby Smith during Smith's tenure in Lubbock, Texas from 2013-16.

Since working with the Red Raider men's basketball team, Hewell has been a volunteer boys basketball coach at Estacado High School and as a video board operator with Texas Tech Broadcast Services.

Hewell was a four-year manager for the men's basketball team and graduated from Texas Tech in 2011 with an undergraduate degree in exercise and sports sciences. He earned his master's degree from Texas Tech in 2013 in inter-disciplinary studies with concentrations in sports management and mass communications.