Paul Lusk
Paul Lusk (born November 14, 1971)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Purdue Boilermakers (Head coach: Matt Painter)
Current conference: Big Ten Conference
Teams coached: Dubuque Spartans, Missouri State Bears
Dubuque record^: 2-23 (.080)
Missouri State record: 106-121 (.467)
Overall record^: 108-144 (.429)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2014)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Purdue (asst) |
| 2018-2021 | Creighton (asst) |
| 2011-2018 | Missouri State |
| 2004-2011 | Purdue (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | Southern Illinois (asst) |
| 2002-2003 | Dubuque |
| 1999-2002 | Missouri Southern (asst) |
| 1998-1999 | Southwestern Illinois (asst) |
Paul Lusk Facts
- Paul Lusk
- Born November 14, 1971
- Hometown: New Baden, Illinois
- Alma Mater: Southern Illinois University (BA, 1995) / Missouri State University (ME, 2000)
- After two years at Iowa, spent three seasons playing for head coach Rich Herrin at Southern Illinois
- Helped lead the Salukis to the NCAA Tournament each year (1993-95) and earned All-MVC Second Team honors in 1994
- First coaching jobs were assistant positions at Southwestern Illinois College and Missouri Southern State
- Spent one season as the head coach for D-III Dubuque, finishing with a 2-23 (1-17) record
- Returned to his alma mater SIU to work as an assistant under head coach Matt Painter
- Followed Painter to Purdue in 2004, where he was first an assistant under Hall of Fame head coach Gene Keady for one season and then under Painter for six seasons
- Left in 2011 to become the head coach at Missouri State, replacing another former Purdue assistant, Cuonzo Martin
- Led the Bears to a 20-win season and CIT berth in 2014, his third year on the job
- Fired in March 2018 after seven seasons at the school, 106-121 overall record
- Joined Greg McDermott‘s staff at Creighton in April 2018, spending three seasons as an assistant with the Bluejays
- Returned to Purdue in 2021, rejoining Matt Painter‘s staff as an assistant coach
- Along with his wife, Melanie, has one daughter and one son
Paul Lusk Coaching Tree
- Patrick Baldwin (Milwaukee)
- Corey Gipson (Northwestern State)
- Brad Korn (Southeast Missouri State)
- Sam McMahon (Missouri Southern)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels