HOUSTON – Roger Hinshaw, who heavily recruited the Houston area as an assistant at Rice and Lamar, has been hired by the Houston Baptist University football program as co-defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator, head coach Vic Shealy announced Tuesday.
 
“Roger is a great man of character and a great fit for HBU,” Shealy said. “He is well-known and well-respected by the greater Houston high school coaches. I was particularly impressed by the loyalty Roger showed in his time with Ken Hatfield – he has integrity and qualities to which others in this profession aspire.”
 
Hinshaw, who will work with the defensive line and defensive front for the Huskies, was the defensive coordinator at Lamar in 2010, after one season director of operations at Duke. He served as an assistant coach under Ken Hatfield for 23 years at Air Force (1983), Arkansas (1984-89), Clemson (1990-93) and Rice (1994-2005) with a combined record of 138-101-3, 10 bowl appearances and four conference championships.
 
While coaching the defensive backs at Rice in 11 of his 12 seasons, Hinshaw saw six players earn all-conference honors seven times. In 1990, the Clemson defense ranked first in the country in total defense and outside linebacker Levon Kirkland was a finalist for the Butkus Award and the following season, the Tigers ranked fourth in total defense and Kirkland earned All-America accolades. During four of his six years at Arkansas, the Razorbacks ranked among the top 20 in total defense.
 
Hinshaw earned his B.S. in health and physical education from Appalachian State in 1972 and was a graduate assistant for the Mountaineers while earning his M.S. in physical education in 1974. He began his coaching career at Watauga High School in Boone, N.C., then moved to Georgia were he was an assistant coach at Newton County High School (1975-77) and Newnan High School (1978). Hinshaw moved to Alabama and was the secondary coach for one year, then the defensive coordinator for three years at the University of West Alabama.
 
Hinshaw, 62, and his wife, Lynn, have three daughters, Beth, Lindsey and Jamie, and two sons-in-law, Ryan and Dane.