Hines attended Las Cruces Union High School from 1918 to 1922 and New Mexico A&M from 1922 to 1926.
Hines became head basketball and football coach at New Mexico A&M in 1929, and athletics director in 1930.
World War II brought an early end to Hines’ coaching career.
As a battery commander of the 120th Combat Engineers, a New Mexico National Guard unit assigned to the 45th Infantry Division, Hines was among the first called to military duty in September 1940.
Hines entered the NMSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970 was inducted into the Aggie Basketball Ring of Honor in 2009.