Michael Lewis (basketball coach)

Last updated
Michael Lewis
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Ball State
Conference MAC
Record36–32 (.529)
Biographical details
Born (1977-07-27) July 27, 1977 (age 47)
Jasper, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
1996–2000 Indiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004 Texas Tech (GA)
2004–2005 Stephen F. Austin (assistant)
2005–2011 Eastern Illinois (assistant)
2011–2016 Butler (assistant)
2016–2019 Nebraska (assistant)
2019–2022 UCLA (assistant)
2022–present Ball State
Head coaching record
Overall36–32 (.529)

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]

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Playing career

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

CollegeYearGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Indiana 1996–97 3320.6.369.316.7982.22.90.80.05.7
Indiana 1997–98 3224.8.490.375.8322.54.70.90.110.7
Indiana 1998–99 3324.518.349.7891.84.50.70.111.4
Indiana 1999–00 2930.9.519.379.7743.95.31.30.110.2
Cited from Sports Reference. [2]

Coaching career

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

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference)(2022–present)
2022–23 Ball State 20–1211–74th
2023–24 Ball State 15–167–119th
2024–25 Ball State 2–40–0
Ball State:37–32 (.536)18–18 (.500)
Total:37–32 (.536)

      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

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