All-Star Game. Athletic director When Gill retired from coaching in 1964, he became the OSU athletic director, a position he held for two years, until his death. He promoted assistant Valenti to replace him as head coach, and after the 1964 football season concluded with a Rose Bowl appearance on New Year's Day, head coach Tommy Prothro left for UCLA. Gill hired Dee Andros of Idaho, who led the Beavers to two of their best seasons (1967 & 1968) on the gridiron in his eleven years as head coach and became AD himself in 1976. Andros brought assistant coach Bud Riley with him from Moscow, and his son Mike Riley (b.1953) was the Beaver head coach for fourteen seasons (1997–1998, 2003–2014). Baseball coaching career Gill also coached the Beavers' baseball team from 1932 to 1937, over which he compiled a career coaching record of 56 wins and 70 losses (.444). Death and legacy In 1966, Gill was hospitalized in Corvallis on March 26 following what was described as a minor stroke. He remained in the hospital for ten days and seemingly made progress towards recovery until taking a sudden turn for the worse on the morning of April 5. Gill died at 3:25 pm that day at age 64. His funeral was held at Gill Coliseum and he was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Corvallis. Gill was elected a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Oregon State's basketball arena, Gill Coliseum, is named for him. Gill was the first OSU coach to include an African American player on the team. Norman Monroe was a walk-on and was the first black basketball player to play at OSU and played for the team for half of the 1960–1961 season. The first recruited, scholarship black athlete to be named to the OSU basketball team arrived only in 1966, when Charlie White was named to the squad. Head coaching record Basketball See also List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach Footnotes External links Sports-Reference profile 1901 births 1966 deaths All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Basketball players from Oregon High school basketball coaches in the United States Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Oregon State Beavers athletic directors Oregon State Beavers baseball coaches Oregon State Beavers men's basketball coaches Oregon State