Tim Lewis (basketball)
Timothy Charles Lewis (born 26 October 1967) is a British basketball coach who was formerly the head coach for the Thailand men's national basketball team and Assistant coach to the Great Britain 2012 Olympic Team. He worked for NBA organizations .. The Phoenix Sun and Toronto Raptors.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 October 1967 |
| Nationality | British |
| Career information | |
| High school | Don Bosco Tech |
| College | University of New Hampshire |
| Position | Head coach |
| Coaching career | 1993–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1997-1998 | England U16 Assistant Coach |
| 1998-2000 | Head Coach England U16 |
| 2000-2002 | Assistant Coach England U18 |
| 2002 -2004 | Head Coach England U18 |
| 2004-2007 | Head Coach Great Britain U20 |
| 2006-2008 | Assistant Coach Great Britain Olympic Team |
| 2006-2008 | Head Coach Canarias Basketball Academy |
| 2008-2011 | Head Coach Essex Pirates |
| 2011-2012 | Assistant Coach at the London 2012 Olympics |
| 2012-2013 | Head Coach Weissenhorn Youngstars |
| 2013–2014 | Head Coach Hitachi Sunrockers,Japan NBL |
| 2014–2015 | Assistant Coach Phoenix suns, Bakersfield Jam |
| 2015–2016 | Assistant Coach Toronto Raptors, Raptors 905 |
| 2016–2017 | Thailand |
| 2017 | Consultant TNT PBA, Philippines |
| Okt 2017-Okt 2018 | Head Coach QATAR National Team |
Coaching career
Early career
Lewis began coaching in 1990s before serving as Director of Coaching for the Sevenoaks Suns between 2004 and 2007. In 2008, he was head coach of the New York Strikeforce. He then spent two years coaching the now-defunct Essex Pirates before spending the 2011–12 season as the Director of Basketball at the Sheffield Sharks.
Great Britain national teams
Between 2006 and 2012, Lewis served as the head coach of the Great Britain U20 national team and as an assistant with the Great Britain senior national team.[1]
Return to professional basketball
In 2012–13, he was head coach of Weissenhorn Youngstars, and in 2013–14, he was head coach of the Hitachi Sunrockers.[2] In June 2014, he was appointed an assistant coach for the Panama men's national basketball team.[1]
Lewis spent the 2014–15 season as the lead assistant coach for the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League.[2]
On 28 July 2015 Lewis was named an assistant coach for Raptors 905.[3][4]
Thailand national team
On 2016, Lewis was hired as the new Thailand men's national basketball team coach. His first experience as a head coach in international play was in the 2016 SEABA Cup, the Southeast Asian qualifying tournament for the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge. On July 2017, Lewis was fired by the Basketball Association of Thailand as the country's national team head coach.[5]
Philippine national team consultant for 2 month
Lewis in 2017 worked with the rest of the staff of the Philippines men's national basketball team only with 2 month contract that will play at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games as a consultant.[6]
Head coach national team Qatar
October 2018 fired and replaced
Head coaching record
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi SunRockers | 2013-14 | 54 | 18 | 36 | .333 | 5th in NBL Eastern | - | - | - | – | 8th in NBL |
References
- Tim Lewis | LinkedIn
- Bakersfield Jam Announce 2014-15 Staff
- Today I signed a two year deal with the...
- Tim Lewis Becomes Lead Assistant at Toronto Raptors’ NBA D-League Team
- Kulsomboon, Sajjatam (July 10, 2017). "Coach Come and Coaches Go: Why Thailand National Team Head Coach was Fired". Tones and Definition. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- Sacamos, Karlo (18 August 2017). "Former coach warns of Thailand reinforcements ahead of Gilas face-off in SEA Games". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
