W. Kentucky works with Texas A&M-CC’s Lutz as HC

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Christi’s Steve Lutz as its brand-new males’s basketball coach, the school revealed on Saturday.Lutz is coming off back-to-back men’s NCAA competition looks, directing the Islanders to a Southland regular-season title this season. They beat Southeast Missouri State in the First 4 previously today before being up to Alabama 96-75 in the first round Thursday.”I am very excited and appreciative of the chance to be the next head coach at Western Kentucky, “Lutz said in a declaration.”This is a storied program with a rich history of success. Our teams will wear the WKU uniform with pride and represent the Hilltopper Country in whatever we do. I eagerly anticipate satisfying our players, and our household is looking forward to signing up with the Bowling Green community. Go Tops!” Editor’s Picks 1 Associated In two seasons at Corpus Christi, Lutz is 47-23 overall and 21-11 in conference play.Prior to being hired as a head coach, Lutz was a long time assistant coach at different levels of college basketball, most significantly 7 seasons at Creighton under Greg McDermott and four seasons at Purdue under Matt Painter. Throughout his time with the Boilermakers, Lutz assisted hire Wooden Award front-runner Zach Edey to West Lafayette.” We are thrilled to call Steve Lutz as our next head coach,”stated Western Kentucky University director of athletics Todd Stewart in a statement.”He is a tested winner and a highly regarded coach with a track record of consistent success in recruiting, player advancement, academics, and neighborhood participation. “Lutz began his training career as an assistant coach at Incarnate Word in 1995. At Western Kentucky, he replaces Rick Stansbury, who left his post previously this month after seven seasons with the Hilltoppers. They stopped working to reach the NCAA tournament in any of his seven seasons. Prior to Stansbury’s tenure, Western Kentucky had a strong current NCAA tournament history, going seven times under three coaches from 2001 to 2013– including a Sweet 16 look in 2008 under Darrin Horn.