Fred Lewis (basketball coach)

For other people named Fred Lewis, see Fred Lewis (disambiguation).

Frederick B. Lewis (January 6, 1921 – December 27, 1994) was the head basketball coach at Syracuse University from 1962 to 1968. He compiled a 91-57 (.615) record during his tenure. He took his team to the National Invitation Tournament two years after the team finished the season with a record of 2-22. Prior to coaching at Syracuse, he coached at Southern Mississippi University, where he compiled an 89-38 record. He coached at Amityville High School, where he compiled a 63-40 record from 1950 to 1953. He also coached at the University of Hawaii, where he compiled a record of 21-2.

One of his teams almost became the first team in NCAA history to average 100 or more points per game. Lewis's 1965-66 team, led by Dave Bing, participated in the NCAA Tournament and won against Davidson College in the first round before Syracuse lost to Duke University. He died in Sacramento, California, in 1994.^[1]

References

↑ "Lewis, ex-Syracuse coach, dead". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 1994-12-31. Retrieved 2012-01-16.

External links

Fred Lewis' profile

Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball head coaches

R. G. Slay (1912–1913)
A. B. Dillie (1913–1916)
No team (1916–1918)
R. G. Slay (1918–1920)
B. B. O'Mara (1920–1921)
O. V. Austin (1921–1923)
No team (1923–1924)
Herschel Bobo (1924–1928)
William B. Saunders (1928–1930)
Allen Selby (1930–1932)
Pooley Hubert (1932–1936)
Reed Green (1936–1941)
No team (1941–1945)
Reed Green (1945–1946)
J. D. Stonestreet (1946–1948)
Jess Thompson (1948–1949)
Lee Floyd (1949–1954)
Charles Finley (1954–1957)
Fred Lewis (1957–1962)
Lee Floyd (1962–1971)
Jeep Clark (1971–1976)
M. K. Turk (1976–1996)
James Green (1996–2004)
Larry Eustachy (2004–2012)
Donnie Tyndall (2012–2014)
Doc Sadler (2014– )

Syracuse Orangemen / Orange men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1901–1903) John A. R. Scott (1903–1911) Edmund Dollard (1911–1924) Lew Andreas (1924–1950) Marc Guley (1950–1962) Fred Lewis (1962–1968) Roy Danforth (1968–1976) Jim Boeheim (1976– )

Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball head coaches

Warren Conrad (1948–1952)
Hal Wolf (1952–1956)
Harvey Roloff (1956–1957)
Hal Wolf (1957–1959)
Everett Shelton (1959–1968)
Jack Heron (1968–1978)
Elmo Slider (1978–1979)
Jack Heron (1979–1984)
Fred Lewis (1984–1985)
Bill Brown (1985–1987)
Joseph Anders (1987–1992)
Don Newman (1992–1997)
Tom Abatemarco (1997–2000)
Jerome Jenkins (2000–2008)
Brian Katz (2008– )

National Basketball League (United States) Rookie of the Year Award

1938: Kessler 1939: Young 1940: Stephens 1941: Sadowski 1942: Glamack 1943: Buehler 1944: Riebe 1945: Patrick 1946: Holzman 1947: Lewis 1948: Todorovich 1949: Schayes

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