Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis (born July 27, 1977) is an American college basketball coach and former player who was most recently the head coach at Ball State University. He played in college for the Indiana Hoosiers.

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.

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. 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. Lewis would move on to UCLA under Mick Cronin in 2019, and was part of the Bruins' 2021 Final Four team.

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

On March 7, 2026, Ball State fired him after a 12–19 season and a 61–64 overall record in four seasons at the school.

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