Steve Lutz (born October 25, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Current conference: Conference USA (C-USA)
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi record: 47-23 (.671)
Western Kentucky record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record: 47-23 (.671)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2022, 2023)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Conference USA Regular Season Champion: 0
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 1 (2023)
- Conference USA Tournament Champion: 0
- Southland Tournament Champion: 2 (2022, 2023)
Awards:
- Southland Coach of the Year: 1 (2023)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Western Kentucky |
| 2021-2023 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
| 2017-2021 | Purdue (asst) |
| 2010-2017 | Creighton (asst) |
| 2006-2010 | SMU (asst) |
| 2000-2006 | Stephen F. Austin (asst) |
| 1999-2000 | Garden City CC (KS) (asst) |
| 1995-1999 | Incarnate Word (asst) |
Steve Lutz Facts
- Steve Lutz
- Born October 25, 1972
- Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
- Alma Mater: Texas Lutheran University (BA, 1995) / University of Incarnate Word (M.Ed, 1997)
- Played at Texas Lutheran and served as team captain as a senior in 1994-95
- Started his coaching career working under Danny Kaspar at then-NAIA Incarnate Word in his hometown, San Antonio
- After one year at Garden City CC in Kansas, Lutz reunited with Kaspar in 2000 at D-I Stephen F. Austin
- In ten total seasons under Kaspar, Lutz was part of three postseason tournaments (all NAIA at UIW)
- Hired in 2006 by new SMU head coach Matt Doherty and worked with the Mustangs for the next four seasons
- Left Texas to join Greg McDermott‘s staff in 2010; made his first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance with the Bluejays in 2012 and went to four in total in his seven years there
- Played a role in the development of Doug McDermott, an All-American, National POY and future NBA player
- Worked on Matt Painter‘s staff at Purdue from 2017-21, going to the NCAA Tournament every year (excluding 2020)
- In April 2021, Lutz was hired to be the fourth-ever head coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
- He took the Islanders to both the 2022 and 2023 NCAA Tournaments via Southland Tournament crowns
- In his second season, Lutz’ team won the Southland regular season title outright and he was named Southland COY
- Lutz was hired in March 2023 as the new head coach at Western Kentucky
- Along with his wife, Shannon, has two daughters and one son
Steve Lutz Coaching Tree
- Donald Reyes (Loyola LA)
