| Bobby Lutz | |
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| Lutz in Kuwait, 2007
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Assistant Coach |
| Team | NC State |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 4, 1958 |
| Place of birth | Hickory, North Carolina |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984-1986 1986-1995 1995 1995-1998 1998-2010 2010-2011 2011-Present |
Clemson (asst.) Pfeiffer Gardner-Webb Charlotte (asst.) Charlotte Iowa State (asst.) NC State (asst.) |
Bobby Lutz (born April 4, 1958) is an American men's college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach at North Carolina State University under head coach Mark Gottfried.[1] Lutz was head coach of the Charlotte 49ers basketball team from 1998 to 2010.
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Lutz graduated from Bandys High School in Catawba, N.C. 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 1986-1987 season he was named head coach at Pfeiffer College in Misenheimer, N.C. He led the Falcons to a 181-91 record in his nine years as their coach, including one berth in the NAIA championship game.
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.
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.
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.
On March 15, 2010, Lutz was fired by UNC Charlotte. He compiled a 218–158 record at UNC Charlotte, and is the school's winningest men's basketball coach.[2] He then spent a season as an assistant coach with the Iowa State Cyclones under head coach Fred Hoiberg.[3]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Charlotte 49ers (Conference USA) (1998–2005) | |||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Charlotte | 23–11 | 10–6 | T–3rd American | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 1999–2000 | Charlotte | 17–16 | 7–9 | T–5th American | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2000–2001 | Charlotte | 22–11 | 10–6 | 2nd American | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2001–2002 | Charlotte | 18–12 | 11–5 | 3rd American | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2002–2003 | Charlotte | 13–16 | 8–8 | T–5th American | |||||
| 2003–2004 | Charlotte | 21–9 | 12–4 | T–1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2004–2005 | Charlotte | 21–8 | 12–4 | T–2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| Charlotte (Conference USA): | 135–83 | 70–42 | |||||||
| Charlotte 49ers (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2005–present) | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Charlotte | 19–13 | 11–5 | 2nd | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2006–2007 | Charlotte | 14–16 | 7–9 | 9th | |||||
| 2007–2008 | Charlotte | 20–14 | 9–7 | T–4th | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2008–2009 | Charlotte | 11–20 | 5–11 | 12th | |||||
| 2009–2010 | Charlotte | 19–12 | 9–7 | 6th | |||||
| Charlotte (Atlantic 10): | 83–75 | 41–39 | |||||||
| Total: | 218–158 | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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Lutz, his wife, and his two daughters reside in Harrisburg, North Carolina.
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