Experience at Campbellsville: 1^st Year

Alma Mater: Eastern Oregon

Office Phone: (270) 789-5086

E-mail: cmlewis@campbellsville.edu

2010 will mark Chris Lewis' eleventh year coaching baseball, and it will be his first on the Campbellsville University coaching staff.   A proven winner and recruiter, Lewis was the obvious hire for head coach Beauford Sanders in the summer of 2009. In his first year with the Tigers, Lewis will be looked at to expand recruiting boundaries, on top of assisting with the day to day operations of the Tigers who are ranked #8 in the NAIA preseason poll. Lewis will be in charge of infielders, will assist with hitters as well as handling the strength program.

Lewis' most recent stop before moving to Kentucky was in Lake Oswego, Oregon, where he was the head coach for the Portland Baseball Club, a team of collegiate preps. While with Portland, Lewis led his team to a 35-15 record, good for a state championship and a 3^rd place finish in the Northwest Regional Tournament.

During the spring of 2009, Lewis finished his second stint as the assistant coach of his high school alma mater, Sherwood High School, in Sherwood, Oregon. While at Sherwood, Lewis helped lead his former high school to back to back conference championships, as he saw his team finish with a 21-7 record. During his summers at Sherwood, Lewis was the assistant head coach for the college prep team at Northwest Star Academy in West Linn, Oregon. In 2008, his team won the Babe Ruth World Series Championship and was named Oregon Sports Team of the Year.

In 2006, Lewis was given his first college head coaching job at Bethany University, in Scotts Valley, California. While at Bethany, he turned around what had been an abysmal program and led them to their best season in school history. The 2006-2007 season still stands as the best season Bethany has ever had. The Bruins finished with a 31-20 final record, which still remains the only season Bethany has ever been over .500. During the season, Lewis helped the Bruins set 40 new team records, and they led Region II with 92 stolen bases on the season. Two All Americans were named off that team, and still remain as the only All American athletes in the history of Bethany University. 

The summer prior to Bethany, Lewis was the head coach for the Portland Titans, a Summer Collegiate team that competed in the Pacific International league. Their 2006 season included the most wins and the highest winning percentage in program history.

In the spring of 2006, Lewis served as the head coach at North Valley High School in Merlin, Oregon. Lewis inherited the team with just a few weeks before the season started and made an immediate impact. In just two weeks, Lewis fundraised $13,000 making the season a possibility.

From 2002-2005, Lewis served as the top assistant coach at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon under head coach Reed Rainey. His duties for the Pioneers included recruiting coordinator, third base coach, hitting coach, and infield coach. As the recruiting coordinator at one of the nation's most academic schools, his 2005 class was the largest recruiting class in the history of L&C. Lewis was an instructor as well as athletic facilities supervisor.  During his time at L&C, Lewis spent his 2004 summer coaching in the California Collegiate League for the Salinas Packers in Salinas, CA.

Lewis's coaching career began in 2001 when he was an assistant at Southwestern Oregon Community College, in Coos Bay, Oregon. While at SWOC, Lewis helped lead his team to the best finish in school history.  His responsibilities included first base coach and he was in charge of the hitters. In the summer of 2001, Lewis was named head coach of the Bay Area Rams American Legion team, which finished 37-14, solidifying the most successful season in program history.

As an athlete, Lewis was a two sport athlete in college and a three sport athlete in high School. A graduate of Eastern Oregon University, he was a team captain in baseball, and was also an All Northwest Football Team selection. Lewis, an attendee of Sherwood High School, was named All State in football and baseball as well as being named to the 1995 Who's Who National List of high school athletes.

Lewis is working on completing his Master's Degree at Campbellsville University and expects to be finished in the spring of 2011. He and his wife Stephanie reside in Campbellsville.