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Kim Lewis begins his second season as an assistant
coach at Northeastern. Lewis is no stranger to the
man from whom he now takes orders; he played at
Tulane while Ron Everhart was an assistant coach.
Lewis comes to Northeastern from McNeese State,
where he was a recruiter under Tic Price for one
year. With the Cowboys, his duties included coaching
the perimeter players, scouting opponents,
conducting individual workouts and assisting with
recruiting.
Prior to that, he spent a season at Xavier
University (La.), an NAIA school located in New
Orleans. Among his responsibilities at Xavier were
exchange of game film, scouting opponents and
conducting pre- and post-season workouts.
Lewis graduated from Tulane University in 1994 with
a bachelor’s degree in communications. He had a
distinguished career with the Green Wave. Lewis
earned Metro Conference Freshman of the Year honors
in 1991 and second team All-Conference accolades in
1992, the same year he landed a spot on the NCAA
Tournament Southeast Regional All-Tournament Team.
He helped the Green Wave to a national ranking, a
Metro Conference title and an opening-round win over
St. John’s in the 1992 NCAA tournament. In 1995,
Lewis was named Tulane’s Male Athlete of the Year.
He helped the Green Wave to two 20-win seasons,
graduated as the school’s all-time steals leader,
and appears on Tulane’s career lists in games
played, free throws, three-pointers made, scoring
and rebounds.
He got his coaching start as a volunteer with Tulane
in 1996. He parlayed that into as assistant coaching
position the following year, and stayed in that role
until 1999. During that time, he also served as a
coordinator at the Green Wave’s summer basketball
camps. Prior to that, he worked as a counselor at
the Perry Clark Basketball Camp in 1996.
From 1999-02, Lewis played in the Icelandic
Professional Basketball League. While in Iceland, he
helped lead his team to a championship, earning MVP
and best all-around player honors in the process.
His first season in Iceland, 1999-2000, he doubled
as his team’s head coach.
His other post-graduate playing experience was with
VASDA, a team of ex-college stars that toured 10
universities in the fall of 1996. Lewis helped VASDA
to a 9-1 record, its best ever.
Lewis lives in Jamaica Plain. He has a daughter,
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