Lonn Reisman

Lonn Eugene Reisman (born December 23, 1954) is an American politician and former basketball coach and athletic director. He is currently the mayor of Stephenville, Texas. He served as men's basketball coach at Tarleton State University from 1988 to 2018.

Early life and education Reisman was born in Cuba, New York, the third of five children to Lyle and Josephine Reisman. His father worked as a manufacturing specialist at Acme Electric Corporation. In 1969, the family moved to Lumberton, North Carolina. Reisman attended Lumberton High School where he was a multi-sport athlete, playing basketball under coach Bob Ivey. Shortly before his junior year of high school, Ivey accepted the coaching position at Florida Air Academy. Reisman followed his coach to the school and became a High School All-America in football and basketball. He played basketball and tennis at Coffeyville Community College before transferring to Pittsburg State University. Reisman graduated from Pittsburg State with a bachelor's in physical education in 1977.

Coaching career After considering a career in medicine, Reisman began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Fort Scott Community College. He served as a graduate assistant at Arkansas State during the 1978–79 season before coaching two seasons at Trumann High School. In 1981, he was hired as an assistant at Southeastern Oklahoma State under coach Jack Hedden. Reisman coached at Southeastern Oklahoma State until 1987, when he was offered the head coaching job at Connors Junior College. In his only season, he guided the team to a 21–10 record, with future NBA pick Anthony Jones as its star player. Reisman claimed three straight Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) titles, followed by two NAIA regional titles. He credits this initial success to the foundation of the Texan Club, a booster club for the athletic department. In 1994–95, Tarleton State made the move to the NCAA Division II and the Lone Star Conference. In September 2016, Reisman underwent successful surgery to remove his prostate cancer. On March 23, 2018, Reisman announced he was stepping down as head coach in favor of his son, Chris Reisman. He finished his career with 691 career wins, with 654 of them at Tarleton, the most wins by anyone in Tarleton history. His record at Wisdom Gymnasium was 418–72, and his teams spent 128 weeks ranked in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) poll. On May 22, he hired Mike Sirianni as the seventh baseball coach in Tarleton State's modern history. Reisman presided at a ceremony in November 2019 to welcome Tarleton State's entry into NCAA Division I and the Western Athletic Conference starting the 2020–21 season. On March 30, 2020, Reisman hired Billy Gillispie, who formerly coached at Kentucky, as the next basketball coach at Tarleton State.

In June 2024, Reisman was appointed assistant to the president for special projects at Howard Payne University. In 2025, he ran for mayor of Stephenville, Texas against David Baskett. Reisman was elected, receiving 1,265 votes to Baskett’s 643 votes.

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