UTSA Athletics Director Lynn Hickey announced Wednesday that Lubomyr Lichonczak has been hired as head women’s basketball coach. Lichonczak, who becomes the eighth head coach in the program’s history, was named interim head coach on Aug. 8.

Lichonczak has spent 11 years on the Roadrunners’ coaching staff, including the last nine as the associate head coach. He was hired at UTSA prior to the 2002-03 season and spent two campaigns as an assistant before being promoted to associate head coach. Lichonczak primarily worked with the post players and served as the program’s scouting coordinator and team academic liaison and assisted with scheduling and recruiting.

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