Tynes wore many hats during life and career

  • Tynes Hildebrand talks to his team while coaching at Northwestern State. Frequently accompanied by his wife, he traveled across the Midwest and South, grading officials during the regular season in a wide range of conferences and in some of the iconic venues of college hoops: Allen Field House at Kansas, Cameron Indoor Arena at Duke, and Kentucky’s Rupp Arena, to cite three, along with a variety of bandboxes and showplaces, taking meticulous notes from press row seats.
    Tynes Hildebrand talks to his team while coaching at Northwestern State. Frequently accompanied by his wife, he traveled across the Midwest and South, grading officials during the regular season in a wide range of conferences and in some of the iconic venues of college hoops: Allen Field House at Kansas, Cameron Indoor Arena at Duke, and Kentucky’s Rupp Arena, to cite three, along with a variety of bandboxes and showplaces, taking meticulous notes from press row seats.
    Beginning his playing days in junior high during World War II, riding for an hour in the back of a pickup truck to start college at Northwestern State University, and finishing eight decades in organized basketball helping choose officials for the NCAA’s Division I Final Four, Tynes Hildebrand has lived an unparalleled career.Player, coach, athletics director, officials observer. From ...

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