Hampton University Athletics

Steve Lewis is entering his first season as the men’s cross country and track & field coach at Hampton University. Lewis beings over 40 years of coaching experience to the Pirate family, taking over a program looking to ascend into the upper echelon of the MEAC.

 

Lewis comes to Hampton from Delaware State, where he spent the last three years as an assistant coach with the men’s cross country and track & field teams. Prior to his work at Delaware State, Lewis spent 2002-2005 as an assistant coach with the women’s team at Eastern Michigan University. While at Eastern Michigan, Lewis coached sprints, hurdles, jumps and combined events, while also recruiting and advising student-athletes. He coached four All-Americans, one NCAA regional champion and saw Eastern Michigan finish 16^th in the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

 

Lewis arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 1982, where he spent 20 years as head coach for both the men’s and women’s teams. His Panther squads won five Big East conference titles, and in 1998 Pitt’s women’s track & field team finished third in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Throughout his career at Pitt, Lewis coached 11 individual NCAA champions and 67 All-Americans. Forty men and 95 women won Big East individual championships under Lewis’ direction.

 

Before moving to Pitt, Lewis coached track & field at Menchville High School in Newport News, Va. Lewis coached 34 All-Americans at Menchville while winning 12 indoor and outdoor state championships. Four athletes set national records during Lewis’ tenure at Menchville.

 

His 11 years at Menchville – 1970-1981 – came after three years coaching track in Mathews County – Lewis coached at Mathews County High School from 1968-1969 after coaching at Thomas Hunter High School for two years prior. Lewis also coached basketball, baseball and football at both Thomas Hunter and Mathews County. He has since been inducted into the Newport News Track Hall of Fame.

 

In his high school career, Lewis has coached 11 district champions in track & field, as well as 11 state champions. His dual meet record is 132-18, and Lewis also boasts 10 regional championships on his track & field resume. Lewis also coached four district and two regional champions in cross country.

 

Lewis graduated from Virginia State College – now Norfolk State University – in 1964, receiving a B.S. in physical education. He is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. and graduated from Wingate High School.

 

 

                -Four All-Americans

                -One NCAA Regional Champion

                -Helped EMU finish 16^th in 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships

                -Five Individual MAC Indoor Championships

                -Seven Individual MAC Outdoor Championships

                -One MAC Team Championship

                -Mid-Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year (1999, 2000, 2001)

                -1999 Big East Indoor Coaching Staff of the Year

                -Helped Pitt finish third in 1998 NCAA Women’s Outdoor Championships

                -Five Big East titles

                -Coached 11 individual NCAA champions

                -Coached 67 NCAA All-Americans

                -Coached 40 Big East men’s champions

                -Coached 95 Big East women’s champions

                -Coached 34 All-Americans

                -Produced 12 indoor and outdoor state championship teams

                -Coached four national record-holders.