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Bobby Lutz (basketball)

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Sport(s)
  
Basketball

1984–1986
  
Clemson (asst.)

Title
  
Associate head coach

1986–1995
  
Pfeiffer


1982–1983
  
Parkwood HS

Name
  
Bobby Lutz

1983–1984
  
Bunker Hill HS

Role
  
Basketball Coach

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Born
  
April 4, 1958 (age 65) Hickory, North Carolina (
1958-04-04
)

Team
  
NC State Wolfpack men's basketball

Education
  
Bandys High School, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Bobby Lutz (born April 4, 1958) is an American basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach of the Windy City Bulls of the NBA Development League. He previously was an associate head coach at North Carolina State University Wolfpack men's basketball team after being an assistant coach there. Lutz was also head coach of the Charlotte 49ers basketball team from 1998 to 2010.

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Early career

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Lutz graduated from Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina in 1976 and from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1980 with a B.A. in Psychology and Economics. He taught social studies and coached basketball at several high schools in North Carolina. In 1984 he received a job as a graduate assistant coach for the men's basketball team at Clemson University. Prior to the 1986–87 season he was named head coach at Pfeiffer College in Misenheimer, North Carolina. He led the Falcons to a 181–91 record in his nine years as their coach, including one berth in the NAIA championship game.

Charlotte

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In 1995 Lutz was named the head coach at Gardner–Webb University, but resigned two weeks after accepting the job in order to become an assistant coach at his alma mater under head coach Jeff Mullins. He served as an assistant under Mullins (1995–96) and his successor, Melvin Watkins (1996–98). When Watkins accepted the head coaching job at Texas A&M University, Lutz was promoted and became the eighth head coach of the Charlotte 49ers on April 9, 1998.

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The 49ers enjoyed consistent success during Lutz's tenure, reaching the NCAA Tournament five times (1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005), plus three appearances in the NIT (2000, 2006 and 2008). In 2005 Lutz was a finalist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award.

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On February 23, 2008, Charlotte won at home over Saint Louis 81–64, giving Lutz 183 wins at Charlotte and the all-time mark for wins by a 49ers coach, passing Mullins' 182 wins accumulated between 1985 and 1996.

Lutz' 49ers were expected to contend for their first NCAA Tournament berth as an Atlantic 10 member in 2009-10. With eight games to go in the season, they had a record of 18-5 and seemed well on their way to a bid. However, they went 1-7 the rest of the way. They bottomed out in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament against UMass when they came out of a timeout with six men on the court. The resulting technical foul derailed a last-ditch rally, and they lost the game. After not even receiving an NIT bid, Lutz was fired on March 15, 2010. He compiled a 218–158 record at UNC Charlotte, and is the school's winningest men's basketball coach. He then spent a season as an assistant coach with the Iowa State Cyclones under head coach Fred Hoiberg.

D-League

On September 30, 2016, Lutz was appointed an assistant coach of the Windy City Bulls, a new NBA Development League franchise.

Coaching tree

  • Benny Moss, head coach at UNC Wilmington, 2006–10
  • assistant coach under Lutz at Pfeiffer (1993–1995) and Charlotte (2001–06)
  • Kevin Nickelberry, head coach at Howard University, 2010–present, and Hampton University, 2006–09
  • assistant coach under Lutz at Charlotte (1999–2002)
  • Orlando Early, head coach at University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2005–10
  • assistant coach under Lutz at Charlotte (1998–2001)
  • Personal

    Lutz has a wife and two daughters.

    References

    Bobby Lutz (basketball) Wikipedia