well it was definately not a old coach... some of the most well known coaches from LA are Derward Vaughn and Larry Looper and a couple of others but they are two that people mainly remember. but the legend of Hogeye is this... about seventy years ago there was a bunch of students that went to school in this small community named Bethsaida and its nickname was Hogeye and it was in Overton County. a lot of the students that moved to LA played basketball so, when these players were on the floor at LA, the other students that had went to the Bethsaida school would cheer for their former classmates and yell let's go Hogeye. so the chant has stuck and now its just as much of a mascot as the Wildcat. Go HOGEYE!