Sports People

Siena College named former Villanova University assistant Paul Hewitt its men’s basketball coach, replacing Bob Beyer. … Home Box Office hired Zina Garrison-Jackson as an interviewer for its coverage of Wimbledon, seven years after she was a finalist in the women’s singles competition. … Harry Platt, 79, a Brown Hall of Fame basketball player, whose 48-point game nearly 60 years ago still is the best in school history, died Sunday.