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Michael Lewis (basketball coach)

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Michael Lewis
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBall State
ConferenceMAC
Record35–28 (.556)
Biographical details
Born (1977-07-27) July 27, 1977 (age 47)
Jasper, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
1996–2000Indiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004Texas Tech (GA)
2004–2005Stephen F. Austin (assistant)
2005–2011Eastern Illinois (assistant)
2011–2016Butler (assistant)
2016–2019Nebraska (assistant)
2019–2022UCLA (assistant)
2022–presentBall State
Head coaching record
Overall35–28 (.556)

Michael Lewis (born July 27, 1977) is an American college basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Ball State Cardinals men's team. He played in college for the Indiana Hoosiers.[1]

Playing career

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Lewis played high school basketball at Jasper High School where he scored 2,138 career points, and was named Gatorade Player of the Year in 1996.[1] In college, Lewis played at Indiana University Bloomington, where he was an all-Big Ten third team selection and ranks second all-time in Indiana history in assists playing for the Hoosiers under Bob Knight.[1]

Indiana statistics

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College Year GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Indiana 1996–97 33 20.6 .369 .316 .798 2.2 2.9 0.8 0.0 5.7
Indiana 1997–98 32 24.8 .490 .375 .832 2.5 4.7 0.9 0.1 10.7
Indiana 1998–99 33 24 .518 .349 .789 1.8 4.5 0.7 0.1 11.4
Indiana 1999–00 29 30.9 .519 .379 .774 3.9 5.3 1.3 0.1 10.2
Cited from Sports Reference.[2]

Coaching career

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After a brief professional playing career, Lewis began coaching as a graduate assistant under Knight for two seasons at Texas Tech before a one-year assistant coaching stop at Stephen F. Austin. The next six seasons Lewis would be an assistant coach at Eastern Illinois, before accepting a job on Brad Stevens' staff at Butler.[3] He would stay on staff of the Bulldogs for both Brandon Miller and parts of Chris Holtmann's coaching stints before joining Tim Miles on his coaching staff at Nebraska.[4] Lewis would move on to UCLA under Mick Cronin in 2019, and was part of the Bruins' 2021 Final Four team.[5]

On March 25, 2022, Lewis was announced as the new head coach at Ball State.[6]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23 Ball State 20–12 11–7 4th
2023–24 Ball State 15–16 7–11 9th
Ball State: 35–28 (.556) 18–18 (.500)
Total: 35–28 (.556)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Michael Lewis - Men's Basketball Coach". Ball State University Athletics.
  2. ^ "Michael Lewis College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "Michael Lewis - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". Butler University Athletics.
  4. ^ "Michael Lewis - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". University of Nebraska.
  5. ^ "Michael Lewis - Men's Basketball Coach". UCLA.
  6. ^ Fattal, Tarek (March 25, 2022). "Ball State hires UCLA's Michael Lewis as men's basketball coach". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
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