By Daniel Chavkin The nine-time gold medalist spent the last eight years as an assistant at the university. View the original article to see embedded media. The University of Houston named nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis as the university’s track and field coach Thursday. The university also named longtime assistant Will Blackburn as the Director of Track. “Will and Carl are both incredible representatives and products of the University of Houston, Houston Athletics and our track and field programs,” Vice President for Athletics Chris Pezman said in a statement. “I am personally gra…